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THE VALUE YOU’LL BRING:
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Are you a driven and motivated Sales professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, building relationships with customers, collaborating with great internal teams, being innovative to achieve business results? Join one of the country’s top consumer packaged goods companies, Smithfield Foods! We have built a culture that places value on our employees, our animals, the environment and the communities we all share. Smithfield Foods and our Sales teams are consistently evolving and looking for individuals that can help foster relationships and achieve results to impact our bottom line!
As a Senior Sales Analyst, you are at the heart of driving strategic sales growth by transforming market intelligence into actionable insights. This role blends analytical rigor with cross functional collaboration. You support sales teams in launching new products, optimizing performance, and identifying opportunities across key categories like bacon, ham, and fresh pork. You monitor sales and trade trends, evaluate sales against targets, and craft compelling reports that influence planning and execution. Working closely with Sales, Marketing, Business Management, and Operations, you help shape data driven decisions that fuel long-term customer success and elevate our market presence.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
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Sales Planning & Support: Coordinate and analyze sales planning and administrative activities, ensuring alignment between field sales, business management, and trade teams to drive strategic execution and operational efficiency.
Reporting & Data Analysis: Compile, analyze, and deliver daily, weekly, and monthly reports—including margin, pricing, fill rates, shipment performance, and KPIs—transforming raw data into actionable insights that enhance sales productivity.
Forecasting & Budget Management: Manage forecasting inputs and budget tracking by compiling historical data, projecting future expenditures, and maintaining accurate, user-friendly forecasting tools for field sales teams.
Systems & Tools Optimization: Develop and maintain reports using BI tools, SAP, and Blacksmith Trade Planning, while serving as a liaison with the help desk to support hardware/software initiatives and troubleshoot field sales tech issues.
Customer & Broker Relations: Act as a key contact in the Orders to Cash process, managing broker contracts, retail execution coordination, couponing, scorecards, and customer-specific inquiries to ensure seamless service delivery.
Event & Initiative Coordination: Support the planning and execution of meetings, food shows, and special events, ensuring all logistics and communications are aligned to maximize impact and engagement across stakeholders.
WHAT WE’RE SEEKING:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
Education & Experience: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, or related field, and 5+ years’ experience in data analytics; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Technical Proficiency: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite Excel and Access (e.g. formulas & functions, data organizing, pivot tables, power query, macros, advanced data charting).
Analytical & Problem-Solving: Demonstrated excellence in problem-solving and analytical thinking.
Communication & Interpersonal: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to be respectful, approachable, and team-oriented while fostering positive working relationships.
Organizational & Customer Service: Highly organized, detail-oriented, and committed to maintain positive work relationships in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
OTHER SKILLS THAT MAKE YOU STAND OUT:
Experience in Business Warehouse, SAP, Blacksmith, Vistex, or Sales Discovery preferred
Familiarity with Nielsen/IRI and other syndicated data, a plus.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The physical demands described here are representative of those an employee should possess to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Capable of sitting for extended periods of time.
Must be able to occasionally lift up to 25 lbs.
Frequently required to sit; stand; walk; reach with hands and arms.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
Able to travel as needed.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EEO Information
Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years experience in data analytics
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel (formulas, pivot tables, power query, macros)
- Proficient in Microsoft Access
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Experience with Business Warehouse, SAP, Blacksmith, Vistex, or Sales Discovery
- Familiarity with Nielsen and IRI syndicated data
Smithfield Foods Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Smithfield Foods and has not been reviewed or approved by Smithfield Foods.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support stands out as a strong component of the package, with a 401(k) match repeatedly characterized as competitive. This element is portrayed as a meaningful contributor to overall total rewards beyond base pay.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, prescription, disability, and life coverage. Insurance quality is often positioned as a notable strength relative to other parts of the employment experience.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is frequently framed as competitive for the industry, particularly for skilled trades and certain salaried roles. Overtime availability is depicted as a major lever that can materially increase take-home pay in many settings.
Smithfield Foods Insights
What We Do
Headquartered in Smithfield, Va. since 1936, Smithfield Foods, Inc. is an American food company with agricultural roots and a global reach. With more than 60,000 jobs globally, we are dedicated to producing "Good food. Responsibly®" and serve as one of the world's leading vertically integrated protein companies. We have pioneered sustainability standards for more than two decades, including our industry-leading commitments to become carbon negative in U.S. company-owned operations and reduce GHG emissions 30 percent across our entire U.S. value chain by 2030. We believe in the power of protein to end food insecurity and have donated hundreds of millions of food servings to our communities. Smithfield boasts a portfolio of high-quality iconic brands, such as Smithfield®, Eckrich® and Nathan's Famous®, among many others.
