Sr Merchandising Analyst

rm category decisions and work to grow our retail customers' businesses. Strong written, presentation, and verbal communication skills are essential; organization, creative problem-solving, and continuous improvement mentality are key qualities for success in this position.

Extract, scrub, and analyze sales data for consideration of planogram placement to ensure best target mix recommendations for lab store review process.
Provide data-based planogram recommendations to division personnel.
Support field-based planogram development, helping teammates to decrease turnaround time.
Assist with planning, directing, and coordinating lab store efforts; work with customers to provide in-depth category reviews.
Work closely with the Merchandising Category Management team to develop national, regional, and customer-specific planogram recommendations.
Perform data mining, reset billing, and billable value-added services.
Train new analysts. This position has additional duties; special projects may be assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field.
Significant analytical experience and proficiency with computer applications (Microsoft Excel, Access).
5+ years of merchandising and data analysis experience.
A combination of retail, buying, and allocation experience (preferred).

Undergo pre-employment screenings, including a background check and a drug test according to applicable laws.

McLane Company, Inc. is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law.