Business Performance Analyst

Posted 10 Days Ago
Chicago, IL, USA
In-Office
75K-102K Annually
Junior
Food
The Role
Monitors business-unit performance through monthly health checks, consolidates IBP data, identifies performance gaps, tracks value drivers and strategic initiatives, supports scenario modeling, facilitates management business reviews, and maintains accountability action logs.
Summary Generated by Built In

Job Description:

Business Performance Analyst

You are responsible for ensuring that the IBP process translates into measurable business results. You will monitor the health of the BUs, identify performance “leakage” and make sure we are on the right path to deliver the core Strategic Initiatives required to deliver our ambition. We are looking for a strategic operator that can go deep into the data to find the root cause of a BU performance miss and help them correct it.

What are we looking for?

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree

  • 1+ years of experience in CPG, food, beverage, or consumer products background

  • Experience with Excel, PowerBI, Nielsen, Anaplan, and Kinaxis

What will be your key responsibilities?

Enterprise Performance Management ("The 8P Pulse")

  • The Monthly Health Check: Manage the consolidation of IBP performance data from all BU's, identifies "Red Flags" in preparation of the Management Business Review (MBR).

  • Value Tracking: Track and report on specific value drivers, such as Innovation Health (NPI success), Promotion ROI, and Waste Reduction.

Strategic Initiatives

  • Initiate Tracking: Make sure teams are executing strategic projects as planned or setting actions to deliver them.

Decision Support & Analytics

  • Scenario Modeling: Assist the Sr. Director in preparing "What-If" scenarios for the ALT.

Center-to-BU Governance

  • Review Facilitation: Support the Sr. Director in orchestrating the monthly Center-level MBR. Ensure that all pre-work is synthesized and that the most critical trade-off decisions are highlighted

  • Accountability Tracking: Maintain the “Action Log” for the IBP cycle, ensuring that commitments made by BU General Managers at the Center level are actually executed.

What can you expect from Mars? 

  • Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.  

  • Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

  • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Accelerator, a global Division of Mars Snacking, is on the front line of unlocking growth across high-potential categories and brands to fuel what’s next for Snacking. It’s home to both emerging and enduring brands, including KIND, TRÜ FRÜ, NATURE’S BAKERY, RXBAR, EGGO, POP-TARTS and RICE KRISPIE TREATS. Combining the scale of Mars with the agility of a start-up, our Division has the ambition to accelerate the future of snacking by delivering products consumers love today, discovering category-shaping innovations for tomorrow and developing entrepreneurial teams whose impact will last for generations.

We’re looking for passionate talent who dare to dream big, agile collaborators who talk straight and decide fast, and driven performers with a growth mindset. We’re proudly part of Mars, while also building something boldly different. If this inspires and energizes you, you’ve found the right place where you can do cool things with fun people for one of the biggest snacking companies in the world!

Mars does not sponsor visas for this role.

This position is not eligible for relocation benefits.

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.

The pay range listed is applicable to IL:USD 74,511.00 - USD 102,453.00

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 1+ years of experience in CPG, food, beverage, or consumer products
  • Experience with Excel
  • Experience with Power BI
  • Experience with Nielsen
  • Experience with Anaplan
  • Experience with Kinaxis

Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.

  • Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.

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The Company
HQ: McLean, VA
41,866 Employees
Year Founded: 1911

What We Do

For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™. We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.

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