Business Analyst in Chicago, IL
Robert Half - Robert Half has been the leader in specialized financial recruiting for over 50 years. We provide exceptional full-time opportunities Accounting and Finance Professionals. Our client, the world?s largest fragrance company, is looking for a Business Analyst. The Business Analyst position we are seeking provides data management support to the National Account Managers on Walgreen's, Kmart, Meijer and Ulta by analyzing POS data and converting it into information for identifying business development opportunities, decision-making/influencing support, program assessment and business reporting. The Business Analyst supports the account analysis, business planning and implementation processes and is responsible for all business analysis tasks, activities and projects for the assigned account and product line. Key Responsibilities: ? Manage account data sources (i.e. Shipments, POS, Nielsen, store level/store cluster demographic data) and complete and build custom POS templates. ? Provides business performance analysis and assessment with respect to basic stock assortment, promotion effectiveness and new items/launch results. Quantifies facts relevant to product line and account's business performance. ? Perform analyses to determine business development opportunities (i.e. store modular analysis, ROTO performance, brand/sku ROI and GMROI analysis, in-stock conditions, pre-pack sell through and optimum pre-pack assortments by store/store demographic clusters, ideal product assortments to support different account promotion vehicles, data gathering to support return analysis and other market analysis). ? Monitor category trends to assist in brand planning. Robert Half International, Inc. has over 325 offices worldwide and we are located in almost every major metropolitan market across the United States. Robert Half International, Inc., was recently included among Fortune magazine's list of "America's Most Admired Companies." Contact Tom Casey at (312)616-8200, or to be considered immediately for this position. Experience: To be considered for this position please call Tom Casey at (312)616-8200 extension 399 or email your resume to . Qualifications: A Bachelors Degree in Finance or Accounting is required. The ideal candidate will have 5 plus years of work experience. Experience in a consumer products company is required. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here