Beam Suntory is Crafting the Spirits that Stir the World. Rooted in two centuries of family heritage, Beam Suntory has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Beam Suntory is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

The following position is open in Chicago, IL - Senior Analyst - Regional Commercial Analytics

What makes this a great opportunity?

• Play a key role in regional commercial reporting, business analytics, and consumption forecasting within one or more of the US Beam Suntory geographical business units

• Partner with a broad cross-functional team to drive clear insights and actionable business recommendations enabling regional and state revenue, profit, and share growth

• Gain valuable commercial experience via daily engagement with critical business functions (Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain) and senior leadership

• Be a critical part of the functional center of excellence: learning, implementing, and driving adoption of best-in-class processes, methodologies, and systems

• Ability to identify, create, and drive business opportunity

Role Responsibilities

• Become a leader in data visualization to deliver a clear message and action to key stakeholders

• Identify sales and KPI drivers, enabling data-based prioritization/investment decisions

• Partner with sales, finance, and marketing leadership to build data-driven commercial plans

• Support internal and external business reviews against KPI's with analysis focused on "WHY" and "NOW WHAT" to enable the business to make smart decisions on where to prioritize investments/resources

• Partner with Commercial Analytics Management to develop tools and resources to highlight successes and opportunities across programming, distribution, pricing, etc.

• Assist Commercial Analytics Manager to develop and present business recommendations based on performing ad hoc analyses for strategic priorities

• Develop opportunity recommendations based on market analysis and ROI

• Share and re-apply best-in-class analytics and forecasting methodologies across business

• Deliver succinct, action oriented and customer-ready business deliverables that inspire action

• Embody and foster Team Mantras of "Work Smarter, not just Harder" & "Do More with More"

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 2 years of sales, marketing, and/or financial analysis experience

• Commercial experience within the consumer products sector, preferably in one of the following industries: Spirits, Beer, Wine, Beverages, or Food

• Ability to extract, manipulate, mine, and analyze sales, share, and spending data to develop actionable insights

• Experience integrating competitive, consumer, and market insights into business recommendations

• Ability to quickly come up to speed with new applications, systems, and data types

• Intermediate/advanced Excel skills, familiarity with Nielsen, IRI and/or other retail measurement data and basic knowledge of Tableau

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Economics or Finance

• Strong team player, problem solver, self-starter, highly adaptable with excellent communication skills, and the ability to positively interact with cross-functional teams
  
  
  

In an effort to ensure the health and safety of our workforce while doing our part to protect those around us, Beam Suntory is requiring proof of full COVID vaccination for US salaried employees in our offices and commercial field roles as a condition of employment, subject to medical/religious exemptions.

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At Beam Suntory, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Beam Suntory is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant's skills and experience.

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