Basic American Foods · 5 hours ago
Sales Operations & Planning Analyst
Basic American Foods is seeking a Sales Operations & Planning Analyst to support both Sales Analytics and Sales Operations for the Commercial organization. The role involves developing and analyzing key performance indicators, delivering actionable insights, and ensuring data accuracy across various platforms while collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and IT.
AgricultureFood and Beverage
Responsibilities
Provide sales and forecast analysis to Commercial and channel teams, uncovering insights related to volume performance, geographic trends, operator behavior, and customer activity. Support the development, testing, and deployment of BI and Excel-based reporting tools, ensuring accuracy and usability for end-users. Translate Commercial Team needs into analytics requirements and partners with IT to align reporting processes with evolving business needs
Gather and document business requirements from Commercial team users and translate them into functional specifications or reporting prototypes. Partner with IT to design, test, and implement enhancements to reporting tools, data structures, and analytics platforms
Maintain and update broker commission tables to ensure accurate and timely processing. Use BI tools and system data to research and resolve broker commission questions or discrepancies. Identify and implement improvements to streamline the commission process and ensure alignment with Sales management expectations and brokerage program goals
Oversee customer setup and maintenance within ERP databases, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with internal data standards. Design and run merge/purge procedures, duplicate record identification, and data imports to improve data quality
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Finance, Marketing, or a related field
3–5 years of experience in sales analytics, business analytics, sales operations, data management, or similar analytical roles
ERP system experience (e.g., customer master, pricing, order management, or forecasting modules) is required, in a greater capacity than just as a user
CRM system experience is required
Experience with BI/reporting tools (PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik, or similar) is required
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook is required
Working knowledge of SQL for querying databases or manipulating datasets is required; ability to learn additional data tools as needed
Preferred
Previous experience within the foodservice industry, such as with food manufacturers, brokers, distributors, or operators is strongly preferred
Benefits
Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
401(k) with profit sharing
A generous time off program
Life and disability insurance
Adoption assistance
A scholarship program for children of employees
An employee assistance program for you and your family
Company
Basic American Foods
Basic American Foods provides dried potato products to the food service market.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
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