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We help The Kroger Co., consumer packaged goods companies, agencies, publishers and affiliates create more personalized and valuable experiences for shoppers across the path to purchase.\nPowered by cutting-edge science, we utilize first-party retail data from more than 62 million U.S. households sourced through the Kroger Plus loyalty card program to fuel a more customer-centric journey using 84.51° Insights, 84.51° Loyalty Marketing and our retail media advertising solution, Kroger Precision Marketing.\n84.51° follows a 5-day in-office work schedule to support collaboration, alignment, and team connection.\nJoin us at 84.51°!\n__________________________________________________________\nApplicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with the Kroger Family of Companies (i.e. H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status)\nThe Salesforce Reporting & Analytics Specialist is a member of Sales Operations responsible for developing, maintaining, and governing Salesforce reports, dashboards, and commercial analytics solutions. This role helps leaders and business teams turn Salesforce data into accurate, timely, and actionable insights that support pipeline management, forecasting, revenue visibility, opportunity tracking, quote performance, and executive decision-making.\nThe specialist will partner across Sales, Sales Operations, Finance, Product, Engineering, and other commercial teams to understand reporting needs, translate business questions into scalable analytics solutions, and ensure that Salesforce reporting reflects established business processes and definitions. The role will also strengthen reporting governance, reduce manual data requests, promote self-service analytics, and establish the data foundation needed for future automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities.\nKey Responsibilities\nSalesforce Reporting and Dashboard Development\nDesign, build, validate, and maintain Salesforce reports and dashboards that support commercial, operational, forecasting, and executive reporting needs.\nDevelop reporting solutions that provide visibility into pipeline, revenue, opportunity progression, quote performance, forecast performance, and other business-critical metrics.\nEstablish scalable reporting structures that meet both immediate business requirements and longer-term analytical needs.\nOptimize dashboards and reporting processes to improve usability, performance, consistency, and stakeholder adoption.\nBuild solutions that reduce manual reporting activity and expand access to self-service insights.\nForecasting and Pipeline Analytics\nDevelop and maintain reporting that supports Salesforce-native forecasting processes, categories, methodologies, and review cadences.\nProvide clear visibility into pipeline health, opportunity progression, forecast changes, and performance trends.\nSupport forecast accuracy by identifying reporting gaps, investigating variances, and validating the underlying Salesforce data.\nPartner with Sales Operations and business leaders to improve forecast transparency, accountability, and confidence.\nSupport reporting structures used by sellers, commercial leaders, Finance, and executive stakeholders.\nData Quality, Reconciliation, and Reporting Integrity\nMonitor Salesforce reporting data for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and reliability.\nPerform field-level, record-level, financial, and reporting reconciliation when discrepancies are identified.\nInvestigate reporting defects, dashboard inconsistencies, duplicate data, integration-related issues, and forecast gaps.\nPartner with business and technical teams to identify root causes and coordinate remediation.\nHelp ensure consistent definitions and calculations across Salesforce reports, dashboards, Finance reporting, and executive metrics.\nEstablish controls and monitoring practices that increase stakeholder trust in Salesforce as the system of record.\nReporting Governance and Intake Management\nEstablish and maintain reporting standards, definitions, documentation, and best practices.\nManage or support a structured intake process for new reports, dashboards, analytics enhancements, and data-related requests.\nEvaluate requests based on business impact, urgency, scalability, and alignment with Salesforce reporting strategy.\nReduce redundant reports and encourage the use of standardized, governed analytics assets.\nMaintain an operational backlog of reporting gaps, data-quality issues, forecasting improvements, and workflow simplification opportunities.\nProvide data-informed recommendations to Salesforce governance and prioritization discussions.\nCross-Functional Business Partnership\nConsult with Sales Leadership, Account Teams, Finance, Sales Operations, Product, Engineering, and Executive Leadership to understand reporting and analytics requirements.\nTranslate business questions and operational needs into clear reporting requirements and scalable Salesforce solutions.\nServe as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure that reporting accurately reflects commercial processes.\nCommunicate findings, reporting risks, data limitations, and recommended actions in clear business language.\nSupport cross-functional validation and prioritization of reporting enhancements and platform improvements.\nSalesforce Adoption and Enablement\nDevelop reports and dashboards that help users understand, monitor, and manage their business within Salesforce.\nSupport user adoption by making information accessible, understandable, and actionable.\nCreate documentation, reporting guidance, FAQs, and self-service resources.\nContribute to Salesforce Office Hours, training sessions, knowledge resources, and other enablement activities as needed.\nIdentify recurring user questions, reporting pain points, and adoption blockers, then recommend improvements.\nPromote consistent reporting and data-management practices across commercial teams.\nAutomation, Advanced Analytics, and AI Readiness\nIdentify opportunities to automate recurring reports, dashboard processes, reconciliations, and manual data requests.\nSupport the development of scalable reporting architecture for advanced analytics and emerging AI use cases.\nImprove the structure, consistency, and governance of Salesforce data used by analytical and automated solutions.\nPartner with technical teams to assess the reporting and data implications of platform changes, integrations, and new capabilities.\nHelp position Sales Operations for continued growth in self-service analytics, automation, and data-informed decision-making.\nREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS\nThe following qualifications are recommended based on the stated responsibilities of the role:\nFive+ years’ experience developing and maintaining reports, dashboards, or analytical solutions in Salesforce or a comparable CRM platform.\nDemonstrated ability to translate business needs into reporting requirements and actionable insights.\nFive+ years’ experience working with pipeline, forecasting, revenue, opportunity, quote, or commercial-performance data.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to investigate discrepancies and validate data.\nUnderstanding of data-quality, reporting-governance, and metric-definition practices.\nAbility to communicate technical or analytical findings to nontechnical business stakeholders.\nFive+ years’ experience partnering across business and technical teams.\nStrong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple reporting requests and priorities.\nCommitment to accurate, consistent, and well-documented analytical work.\nPreferred Qualifications\nThese are recommended qualifications that support the future-state scope described in the attachment:\nFive+ years’ experience with Salesforce report and dashboard architecture.\nFive+ years’ experience with CRM analytics, business intelligence, data visualization, or commercial analytics.\nThree+ years’ experience with PowerBI architecture\nUnderstanding of sales forecasting, pipeline management, revenue reporting, or sales operations.\nFive+ years’ experience automating reports, dashboards, reconciliations, or recurring analytical processes.\nFamiliarity with data flows between Salesforce and downstream reporting platforms.\nExperience supporting user acceptance testing, reporting validation, system implementation, or platform stabilization.\nFamiliarity with advanced analytics, AI readiness, or governed data foundations.\nFive+ years’ experience creating reporting documentation, standards, or self-service training materials.\nCore Competencies\nAnalytical problem-solving: Investigates complex reporting and data issues and converts findings into practical solutions.\nBusiness acumen: Understands how Salesforce data supports pipeline, forecasting, revenue, quoting, and commercial decisions.\nData stewardship: Maintains a strong commitment to accuracy, consistency, governance, and trusted reporting.\nStakeholder consulting: Builds effective partnerships and translates varied business needs into scalable reporting solutions.\nSystems thinking: Understands the relationship between Salesforce processes, integrations, reporting, and downstream business impacts.\nCommunication: Explains metrics, discrepancies, decisions, and recommendations clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.\nContinuous improvement: Looks beyond one-time solutions to simplify, automate, standardize, and scale reporting capabilities.\nOwnership and accountability: Manages reporting needs through discovery, design, validation, delivery, documentation, and ongoing maintenance.\nMeasures of Success\nSuccess in this role may be measured through:\nAccuracy, reliability, and consistency of Salesforce reports and dashboards.\nImproved visibility into pipeline, forecasts, revenue, opportunities, and quote performance.\nReduction in reporting defects, inconsistencies, and recurring reconciliation issues.\nReduction in manual reporting requests and reporting backlog.\nFaster delivery of business-critical reporting and insights.\nIncreased stakeholder confidence in Salesforce metrics.\nIncreased adoption of governed reports, dashboards, and self-service analytics.\nImproved reporting documentation, standards, and governance.\nDemonstrated automation of repeatable reporting activities.\nReadiness of Salesforce reporting data for advanced analytics and AI-supported use cases.\nThese measures reflect the outcomes identified in the source 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Actual salary offers will be determined by multiple factors including but not limited to geographic location, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and alignment with market data and cost of labor. In addition to salary, this position is also eligible for variable compensation.\nBelow is a list of some of the benefits we offer our associates: \nHealth: Medical: with competitive plan designs and support for self-care, wellness and mental health. Dental: with in-network and out-of-network benefit. Vision: with in-network and out-of-network benefit.\nWealth: 401(k) with Roth option and matching contribution. Health Savings Account with matching contribution (requires participation in qualifying medical plan). 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