Analyst, Business Unit & Sales Strategy
Posted Sep 3, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you presented data in a weekly routine. How did you keep it useful?
What they are checking: Whether they can communicate performance clearly and point to what needs action, not just what happened.
Tell me about a time a field sales team pushed back on your analysis.
What they are checking: Whether they can listen to field knowledge and either adjust or defend their work with evidence.
Tell me about a time you turned a large data set into one clear recommendation.
What they are checking: Whether they can simplify, because customers and sales teams act on a clear point, not a spreadsheet.
What would you do
A recommendation that's best for the category would cut one of our own items. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they protect the credibility of category advice, which depends on being objective with the customer.
A broker's performance is lagging in one region. How would you look into it?
What they are checking: Whether they can measure broker execution fairly and separate it from other causes like pricing or supply.
About the work
What is a category selling story, and how would you build one for a retailer?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that retailers care about growing the whole category, not just our brands.
How would you use velocity and distribution data to recommend which items should be on a shelf?
What they are checking: Whether they can make objective assortment calls even when the data favors a competitor item.
Walk me through how you would track a new product launch in its first eight weeks on shelf.
What they are checking: Whether they know what speed to shelf, distribution build and early velocity tell you about a launch.
What syndicated data or retailer data sources have you used, and what are their limits?
What they are checking: Whether they have hands-on data experience and know where each source can mislead.
How would you support the Annual Operating Plan for a category?
What they are checking: Whether they understand how pricing, distribution and promotion plans roll into a yearly target.
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