Senior Analyst Business Insights North America

1 month ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States BEL Full time

For All, For Good, our company signature, reflects Bel's commitment to a healthier and responsible food for all. This mission mobilizes 12,600 employees every day in over 30 countries to build a profitable and sustainable business model.

Universal and positive, our brands - The Laughing Cow, Kiri, Mini Babybel, Boursin, GoGo SqueeZ - are constantly reinventing themselves to offer healthier and responsible fruit and dairy snacks to all consumers.

Do you want to join a company with strong brands that puts consumers and responsibility at the heart of the decision-making process? Then Bel is made for you

Are you bold, pragmatic, and determined? Do you want to contribute to the transformation of an international agri-food company? Then come join us and measure the impact of your talent and energy in realizing an ambitious and sustainable company project

#IWorkForAllForGood

Located: New York or Chicago

Job: Full time / Immediate availability (Hybrid)

At Bel, the vision for the Strategic Insights department (SI) is to become a competitive advantage for the company, ​running a Best-in-class Insights & Foresights factory, powered by big & smart data analytics.

The Senior Analyst Business Insights North America belongs to the global SI team and supports both the Cheese and SqueeZ businesses, with a direct reporting line to the NorAm Business Analytics Group Manager. The position is located in either New York or Chicago.

MAIN MISSIONS

Within the Strategic Insights department (around 25 people in the world), and as part of the SI North America Market Champions team, you will lead research and data analysis to further understand consumers & shoppers, Bel brands, categories, and competitors, and to influence the development and implementation of relevant brand, innovation, and category strategies in the local BUs. You will also contribute to transversal projects (Brand agnostic, Multi brands and/or Multi countries).

You will act as a business partner for cheese and squeeze USA & Canada Marketing and Sales teams, and lead or support business analytics work to drive growth in those business units.

Your main responsibilities will be to:

  1. Support the NorAm Business Analytics Group Manager to execute the relevant business analytics learning agenda & roadmap to address local key business priorities.
  • Leverage trends, data, consumer & shopper insights to inform local strategies, accelerate business growth and identify new business opportunities.
  • Identify learning gaps and turn them into data-based learning roadmap with clear objectives.
  • Leverage data & analytics agency partnerships to maximize added value.
  1. Drive and expand data & analytics culture and usage (sell out data, consumer data, retailer data)
  • Drive business and brand performance analysis and processes. Support in monthly consumption analysis & reporting process and act as a business partner to marketing and sales teams.
  • Develop and manage analytic tools on both ongoing and ad-hoc basis in partnership with Global Business Analytics lead. Upskill & Train the local teams leveraging analysis templates and tools developed by the SI Business Analytics group (RGM, Sales uplift, etc.)
  • Leverage various data sources (POS data, HH purchase dynamics, consumption trends, retailer data etc.) to explain drivers of business performance and inform both tactical and strategic business decisions with actionable recommendations.
  • Translate data into clear, persuasive reports and presentations for senior leadership.
  • Support Marketing, Sales, Finance and Supply Chain teams in category and retail analysis to understand underlying trends and impact to brand/retailer volume performance.
  1. Contribute to the NorAm SI team & Global Strategic Insights full team life and mission:
  • Responsible for transversal projects in the SI Community and Share business cases and best practices with other members across the globe.
  • Roll out & amplify SI global Business Analytics programs.

Performance Expectations

Ability to gain the trust and respect of coworkers and senior leadership across the organization Quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, and thoroughness of work performed

PROFILE/SKILLS

Education & Experience:

  • 5+ years of experience and expertise as business analyst / consultant with a strong focus on business analysis in CPG in North America.
  • Experience working with data and data providers such as Circana/ Nielsen, Kantar, or loyalty cards analytic programs coupled to strong sensitivity to consumer, market & product.
  • Experience working in a multicultural, international environment / company is necessary.
  • Fluent in English.

Technical skills

  • Excellent analytical skills and experience manipulating large, complex datasets from multiple sources (Nielsen, Circana, etc.), coupled to solid business thinking.
  • Strong POS & HHP data knowledge and ease with data providers software.
  • Affinity for visualizing data in a way that is relevant to answering specific business questions.
  • Expert knowledge of Microsoft excel, PBI is a plus.

Soft skills

  • Accountable, autonomous & proactive
  • Strong business & analytical acumen
  • Strong capacity to connect the dots: Ability to translate data analysis into clear presentations with actionable insights and recommendations. Strong attention to detail and ability to see the strategic implications for the business in the big picture.
  • Excellent storyteller, leveraging effective & impactful communication skills.
  • Enthusiast & energetic Team player, with a sharing & cross-fertilization mindset and strong collaboration skills - must be comfortable working with teams throughout the organization (horizontally and vertically), with drive and enthusiasm.
  • Solid Influencing skills – has a point of view, articulates it, and has the ability to influence senior leadership at local and global level.
  • Curious learner & hard-working mindset, with strong appetite for new tools and approaches (AI, DIY, etc.)
  • Eager to work with people from different countries and cultures.
  • Flexible and agile, with capacity to overcome obstacles & create solutions when they don't exist. Problem solving skills.

Bel Brands is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Bel Brands also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Bel Brand's policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

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