Sales Analyst Job Opening

Sales Analyst

DD Traders Inc.

Leawood, Kansas
Category: Trader

Job Description:

DEMDACO is a gift and home décor company based in Leawood, KS. We strive to "lift the spirit" with our customers, consumers and colleagues by partnering with artists representing a wide range of styles and mediums and whose work is consistent with our values - "pursuing business the way it ought to be." Products are curated through this filter then carefully reproduced by skilled craftspeople around the world. Under the DEMDACO brand, our product categories include Gifts, Home Décor, Entertaining, Fashion, Baby and Willow Tree. For more than 20 years, DEMDACO has strived to "Lift the Spirit" in times of celebration, when comfort is needed, or just to put a smile on someone’s face.

We believe that business in not merely a financial endeavor, but first-and-foremost, a human endeavor. This philosophy guides our business decisions and informs how the company interacts with colleagues and customers and it leads our efforts in creating a dynamic workplace. https://www.demdaco.com

In order to be considered a candidate for this position, you must submit your resume/application and complete the Culture Index Survey below:

https://www.cultureindex.com/c/9671A7

The Sales Analyst position is an integral member of the wholesale and retail sales team and will be responsible for influencing the organization to grow at scale for future years. This position will be responsible for performing data analysis to support business objectives for wholesale and international, and DEMDACO websites and Marketplaces). This position will provide data-driven insight and recommendations and requires proficiency and ownership of data from different sources and the aptitude to quickly develop strong business acumen.

You’re an influencer and have a strong business acumen. You’re an inquisitive analytical thinker who is data-driven. You able to tell stories from the data, come to conclusions and recommend follow-up actions. You have a bias for action and you can easily adjust to changing priorities. You are highly detailed oriented and technical-minded.


Required Experience:

The Sales Analyst will support the Vice President of Sales (wholesale and international) and Vice President of Consumer Engagement/E-commerce (DEMDACO websites and Marketplaces) and is responsible for performing data analysis to support business objectives and analytics and providing data-driven insight and recommendations with minimal direction. This position requires proficiency and ownership of data from different sources, experience using BI platforms and the aptitude to quickly develop strong business acumen. As an integral member of the wholesale and retail sales team, this position is responsible for influencing the organization to grow at scale for future years.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following: (additional duties may be assigned)

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Develop monthly business review presentations detailing sales performance to previous years and to budget.
  • Manage monthly sales forecasts for wholesale and retail sales.
  • Maintain awareness of business trends, economic conditions, competitive activities, customer developments, historical learnings, etc. to make forecast recommendations and highlight potential issues.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define report specifications, providing suggestions and guidance to requestors as necessary to ensure timely development of accurate and concise reporting. Develop and communicate clear, compelling and actionable insights and recommendations.
  • Review and analyze large datasets from multiple sources (e.g. Cognos Analytics, EMUN, Amazon Seller Central, Qualtrics) to understand drivers and outliers while maintaining context of big picture.
  • Analyze wholesale and retail sales program metrics and develop data models to successfully identify the cause and effect relationships between sales outcomes and marketing actions.


From: DD Traders Inc.