General Mills

Manufactures and distributes packaged foods

Senior Analyst - Sales & Commercial Capabilities

Data AnalysisUpdated on Nov 12

Full-timeMumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

A full-time bachelor's degree from an accredited university is required.
Four to five years of relevant business reporting or analytics experience in the CPG or a related industry is required.
Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, SQL, Tableau, and planogramming knowledge are required.
The candidate must communicate clearly, collaborate to solve problems, adapt to changing priorities, take ownership, and build trusted stakeholder relationships.
Applicants must meet the minimum age qualifications in the country where the job is located.

Responsibilities

Provide analytical and category management support to the Walmart NAF Category Advisor team, primarily focused on ISF Bakeries.
Strengthen recurring analytics, address data access or quality issues, and provide timely support for Walmart ad hoc requests.
Analyze assortment to improve shelf assortment and measure the impact of assortment changes.
Assist with Relay drawings for in-store merchandising modifications, including shelf design and assortment.
Build fact-based category stories and recommendations that translate retailer, consumer, and market information into actionable insights and support total category growth.
Deliver accurate and complete work within agreed timelines by clarifying requests, validating data and logic, and setting expectations with stakeholders.
Manage recurring and ad hoc deliverables, prioritize work, and communicate progress, dependencies, and risks.
Identify opportunities to simplify reporting, strengthen data quality, and improve analytical processes and tools.
Develop reusable approaches and share effective practices to support team productivity and continuous improvement.
Develop subject-matter expertise across multiple areas.
Understand client needs and requests and consider the broader context to enable holistic solutions.
Recommend and influence process and procedure changes.
Explore business development opportunities and turn them into tangible results.
Communicate challenges assertively and work through people and processes to achieve results.
Prepare comprehensive presentations tailored to the audience.
Partner on a dotted-line basis with a Senior Category Advisor on the Walmart NAF team and collaborate with other Walmart category advisor teams as needed.

Desired Qualifications

A master's degree in Business Management, Statistics, Marketing, Retail, or Economics, with five to six years of relevant business reporting and/or analytics experience in the CPG or a related industry.
Experience supporting Walmart or other large retail customers, including familiarity with Walmart data sources such as Luminate or Retail Link.
Working knowledge of category management, shopper insights, assortment optimization, and in-store merchandising; experience creating Relay drawings or planograms using JDA software is a plus.
Ability to turn complex category and consumer data into compelling customer-ready stories and recommendations, and assess their business impact.
Experience managing cross-functional stakeholder relationships and improving recurring analytics, reporting, or business processes.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

OVERVIEW

As a Business Category Lead (BCL) supporting Walmart’s NAF business, with a primary focus on ISF Bakeries, you will provide analytical and category management support to the Walmart NAF Category Advisor team.
Through recurring and ad hoc analytics, assortment and shelving analysis, Relay drawing support, and fact-based category stories, you will help translate retailer, consumer, and market information into actionable recommendations that strengthen in-store execution and drive total category growth.
The role will work in a dotted-line partnership with a Senior Category Advisor on the Walmart NAF team and collaborate with other Walmart category advisor teams as needed.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Business Analysis & Capability Development

Data and reporting support: Strengthen recurring analytics, address data access or quality issues, and provide timely support on ad hoc requests from Walmart.
Assortment Analysis: provide analysis to improve shelf assortment and measure impact of those changes.
Drawing Support (Planogram Execution): Assist in relay support via drawing for in store merchandising mods – shelf design and assortment.
Category story development: Build clear, fact-based category stories and recommendations. Drive actionable insights and strategic category recommendations to drive total category growth.

Continuous Improvement, Executional Excellence & Project Management

Deliver accurate, complete work within agreed timelines by clarifying request requirements, validating data and logic, and setting clear expectations with stakeholders.
Manage multiple recurring and ad hoc deliverables, prioritizing effectively and communicating progress, dependencies, and risks.
Identify opportunities to simplify reporting, strengthen data quality, and improve analytical processes and tools.
Contribute to team productivity and continuous improvement by developing reusable approaches and sharing effective practices.

Building Stakeholder Relationships

Brand themselves as a SME on multiple fronts
Understand client needs/ customer request and see the larger picture to enable holistic solutions
Ability to recommend and influence changes to process/procedures
Explore business development opportunities and transform into tangible results
Ability to communicate challenges in an assertive manner
Work through people and processes to accomplish superlative results
Articulate comprehensive presentations to the audience

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Full time graduation from an accredited university with a bachelor’s degree.
Experience: 4 to 5 years of relevant Business Reporting or Analytics experience in CPG (or related) industry
Technical Skills: Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, SQL, Tableau, Planogramming knowledge
Soft Skills: Clear communicator and collaborative problem-solver who adapts to changing priorities, takes ownership, and builds trusted stakeholder relationships.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Masters degree in Business Management, Statistics, Marketing, Retail or Economics, with 5 - 6 years of relevant Business Reporting and/or Analytics experience in CPG (or related) industry
Experience supporting Walmart or other large retail customers, with familiarity with Walmart data sources such as Luminate or Retail Link.
Working knowledge of category management, shopper insights, assortment optimization, and in-store merchandising; experience creating Relay drawings or planograms using JDA software is a plus.
Demonstrated ability to turn complex category and consumer data into compelling, customer-ready stories and recommendations, and to assess their business impact.
Experience managing cross-functional stakeholder relationships and improving recurring analytics, reporting, or business processes.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.

About the Company

General Mills

Manufactures and distributes packaged foods

General Mills is a global food company that manufactures and sells a wide range of packaged foods. Its products include cereals (like Cheerios), baking and ready-to-eat mixes (Betty Crocker, Pillsbury), ice cream (Haagen-Dazs), and pet foods (Blue Buffalo). The company distributes these products through grocery stores and online retailers and supports its brands with targeted advertising. Its food lines reach households, families, and pet owners alike. General Mills differentiates itself through a broad, well-known portfolio, a commitment to quality and sustainability, responsible sourcing, and community involvement, which helps build customer trust. Its goal is to provide tasty, nutritious foods while making a positive impact on people, communities, and the environment.

Company size: Not listed
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Minneapolis, MN
Founded: 1928

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