Sr. Sales Planning & Development Analyst (Project Hire)
Disney Parks & Resorts
Support reporting and data mining efforts providing analysis that drives sales recommendations and uncovers opportunities to grow Walt Disney’s Domestic Parks and Resorts. This is a 24-month Project Hire role within the Sales Analytics and Insights (SAI) team. The scope of the role includes working closely with internal partners to develop an understanding of the business needs to identify business trends and provide insights. Responsibilities include problem solving, integration with key business partners; statistical analysis, data management, and visualization of the broader scope. The successful candidate will be a savvy analyst who can deliver results and thrive on excellence.
Join Our Team:
Consumer Insight, Measurement, & Analytics (CIMA) is an organization that enables data-driven and consumer-centric decision making through integrated, objective and actionable insights. Within CIMA, the SAI team provides objective decision support to the Sales organization in the following areas: client and cast incentives, sales channel analytics and optimization, and sales strategy.
This is a temporary assignment with no guarantee of permanent placement.
Responsibilities
Your Role:
- Pursue innovation - Develop new efficiencies and processes for extracting and merging various big data sets
- Share knowledge - Develop an understanding of various internal and external sales-related systems for consulting with clients
- Exceed the goal – Support multiple short- and long-term projects simultaneously under changing and challenging constraints
- Interact - Foster relationships with other internal departments and project stakeholders
Basic Qualifications
- Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to develop and articulate actionable, fact-based, insights and recommendations. Deliver this by telling a simple, compelling story to varying types of audiences to guide decision-making
- Demonstrated ability to leverage data integration software skills including spreadsheets and databases software
- Demonstrated proficiency in use of Microsoft Office programs (especially PowerPoint and Excel)
- Demonstrated strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to partner with others and deal effectively with multiple projects and changing priorities
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven experience working with reporting and data mining tools such as SAS, Teradata SQL, Tableau, Business Objects, Crystal Reports, etc.
- Experience with Marketing Analytics
- Walt Disney Parks and Resorts experience
- Travel industry experience
Required Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with concentration in Business, Data Analysis, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Finance or similar discipline
Preferred Education
- Master’s degree or equivalent experience with a concentration in Business Administration, Data Mining & Analysis, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Finance or similar discipline
Full Time