Nestlé Looking for Business Analyst at Mississauga, ON Full Time

As a company made up of pet owners, we believe that pets and people are better together. If you share our passion for pets and you’re looking for a career where you can take ownership, collaborate and contribute to challenging, satisfying and meaningful work, then you are the type of person we want at Nestlé Purina PetCare Canada. We are a leader in the pet care and pet nutrition industry, producing Canada’s best loved brands including Alpo ®, Beneful ®, Beyond ®, Dog Chow ®, Cat Chow ®, Fancy Feast®, Friskies®, Tidy Cats®, Pro Plan®, Purina ONE® and many more. Join us in enriching the lives of pets and the people who love them.

Position Snapshot

Business areas: Nestlé Purina Petcare

Job title: Business Analyst

Location: Mississauga, ON

Position Summary

We are looking for a Business Analyst based at our Nestle Purina Canada office in Mississauga Ontario, reporting into the Director, Pet Specialty. This is a key position on the Pet Specialty Team. This position is responsible for driving positive business performance through meaningful insights. This is a highly data driven and analytical role that utilizes the strong communication and investigative skills to recommend positive changes in the way we approach our business. The successful candidate will make fact-based recommendations to help the account team deliver success against our KPIs and optimize the business.

A day in the life of…

As a Business Analyst, you will be responsible for promotional analysis/evaluations within the Pet Specialty team to drive KPIs to optimize investment.

You will also:

• Be responsible for promotional analysis/evaluations to drive KPIs to optimize investment
• Provides input to support: Account Plan / Business Plans, Volume Submissions, Trade Spend Management
• Engage Customers to support numerical findings and promotional Best Practices
• Act as back-up support to the Key Account Managers to the customer
• Be the liaison in communication between cross functional groups internally focusing on Customer Insights, Trade Development (ie. new item launches, seasonal opportunities), Sales Finance, Supply chain, Accounts receivable etc.
• Manage and develop customer administration: Contracts, New Product Forms, Pricing Adjustments, Customer Listing Base / Distribution. Additional support as required on an ad-hoc basis within the Customer Business Team

What will make you successful

As the successful candidate, you will have excellent interpersonal skills coupled with experience working cross-functionally with many departments. You will need to be passionate, results focused, detail oriented and really enjoy working in a highly analytical and numbers driven position. You will already have great analytical and problem solving skills coupled with your ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment. You will have strong communication skills and expertise presenting to both small and large groups. You will also:

• Have a University degree in a Business-related discipline
• Have 2-3 years of progressive data analysis experience coupled with 1-2 years of experience within a sales function.
• Have the ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects and tasks.
• Have financial acumen and an understanding of P&L drivers.
• Have an excellent understanding of technology (MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Access) and a good understanding of network applications related to Sales Information. SAP experience is an asset.
• Have some experience in the extraction and analysis with Nielsen.

We have a friendly, supportive team with a coaching and mentoring environment. There are real opportunities for future development and progression – this really could be a move towards the exciting marketing career you’ve always wanted.

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestle including a comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one as well as a Company matched retirement savings plan, Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company.

The closing date for applications is March 11, 2022. We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

Nestlé is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.