Role Overview

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The Analyst, Strategic Sales & Analytics (SS&A) plays a critical role in transforming data into actionable insights that fuel commercial excellence and market leadership. Reporting into the Manager, SS&A, this role partners closely with Sales, Category, Marketing, and Finance to identify opportunities, diagnose performance, and recommend actions that help SharkNinja win—faster and smarter than the competition.

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This role is ideal for a highly analytical, commercially minded self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, competitive environment and is motivated by results, impact, and continuous improvement.

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Key Responsibilities

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Performance & Business Analytics

• Analyze sales, market, customer, and item-level performance to uncover trends, risks, and opportunities
• Develop recurring and ad hoc reporting that clearly communicates performance vs. targets, forecasts, and competitive benchmarks
• Support category, retailer, and item-level analyses to inform pricing, promotions, assortment, and distribution decisions

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Strategic Insight Generation

• Translate complex datasets into clear, actionable insights that drive winning strategies
• Identify whitespace and growth opportunities across categories, retailers, and items
• Conduct competitive and market analysis to support strategic initiatives and new launches

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Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with Sales, Category Management, and Marketing teams to support business planning and execution
• Support leadership with insight-driven storytelling for internal reviews and external customer meetings
• Act as a thought partner to the SS&A Manager, proactively surfacing opportunities to improve performance and decision-making

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Tools, Data & Process Excellence

• Build and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and analytical models using internal and external data sources
• Continuously improve reporting efficiency, accuracy, and scalability
• Champion best practices in analytics, data visualization, and insight communication

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Winning Mentality & Mindset

At SharkNinja, winning isn’t optional—it’s expected. This role requires:

• A relentless drive to win in the market, every category, every retailer, every item
• Intellectual curiosity and a bias toward action—never accepting “good enough”
• Comfort with ambiguity, pace, and high expectations
• Ownership mentality: treating the business as your own and holding yourself accountable for outcomes

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Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Economics, Finance, or related field
• 1–3 years of experience in analytics, sales analytics, strategy, or a related role (CPG experience preferred)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret large, complex datasets
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.) strongly preferred
• Ability to clearly communicate insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

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