Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead account strategy for major national customers, owning senior relationships and P&L. Set pricing, promotions, forecasting and demand planning. Drive execution across cross-functional teams, develop account teams, and deliver large-scale retail growth and profitability.

Lead US retail expansion for Gumi Yum by securing listings across grocery, dollar, club and specialty channels. Manage US candy broker, prepare sell decks and P&L, drive trade execution (pricing, promotion, display), lead retailer negotiations, collaborate cross-functionally, and launch innovations into retail.

Support data collection, cleaning, and preliminary analysis. Write and run SQL queries, use statistical tools and Python, produce visualizations, document methods, troubleshoot analytics tools, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver actionable insights.

Lead end-to-end strategy and commercial performance for top-tier national accounts. Own revenue, margin, pricing, forecasting, and joint business planning. Drive execution across cross-functional teams, develop account teams, and maintain senior buyer relationships to deliver large-scale retail growth.

Own end-to-end commercial analytics for major North American retail accounts: demand forecasting, inventory and PO management, in-season replenishment, assortment planning, POS/category insights, and monthly customer P&L reviews. Integrate retailer signals, run chase/cancel decisions, lead meetings, and produce actionable commercial narratives using Databricks, AWS, retail analytics platforms, and AI tools to protect revenue, drive growth, and scale analytic foundations.

Support Key Account sales by owning trade performance reporting, dashboards, and promotional ROI analysis. Build customer-ready presentations, track distribution and SKU performance, support range reviews and NPD launches, and collaborate with Marketing, Supply Chain and Finance to ensure promotional effectiveness and accurate trade spend reporting.

Manage and grow a significant portion of ZURU's business with a major US retailer. Develop customer business plans, drive sales, profit, distribution, and market share, build financial models, forecast demand, analyze category and shopper data, lead customer meetings, influence assortment and promotional decisions, and partner cross-functionally to execute strategies.