New Business Development & 7-Venture Portfolio Analyst
Job description
- Who we are
Imagine working in a place where continuous improvement and innovation is celebrated and rewarded; where fast-paced, high-impact teams come together to positively drive results for one of the largest & most iconic brands in the world.
As the only rapidly growing retailer, you may know us as your friendly neighborhood store. You probably know our familiar name, have seen our pervasive logo, and have tried our highly sought-after products, such as Slurpee® and Big Bite®. “Brain Freeze” is a 7-Eleven registered trademark for our 53-year old Slurpee® and with over 77,000 stores globally (more than any other retailer or food service provider), we sell over 14 million a month.
But there’s a lot more to our story and much more left to be written. We are transforming our business, ensuring we are customer obsessed and digitally enabled to seamlessly link our brick and mortar stores with digital products and services.
At 7-Eleven the entrepreneurial spirit is in our DNA and has been ever since our inception 90+ years ago. It’s what drove us to invent the convenience industry in 1927 by envisioning how a simple ice dock could provide household staples such as milk and eggs to better serve the needs of our customers.
Today we are redefining convenience and the customer experience in big ways...we are fundamentally changing our culture and we want talented, innovative, customer obsessed, and entrepreneurial people like you to come make history with us.
How we lead
At 7-Eleven we are guided by our Leadership Principles.
Be Customer Obsessed- Be Courageous with Your Point of View
- Challenge the Status Quo
- Act Like an Entrepreneur
- Have an “It Can Be Done” Attitude
- Do the Right Thing
- Be Accountable
Each principle has a defined set of behaviors which help guide the 7-Eleven team to Serve Customers and Support Stores.
About This Opportunity
- Perform category or industry research to identify pipeline opportunities in CPG, Tech, ESG using IRI, 7E Internal data systems, CB Insights, and other research databases and tools.
- Evaluate and manage pipeline of emerging brands and companies for testing / investing: participate in screening calls, meet with early-stage companies, manage pipeline tracker and cross-functional feedback meetings, conduct due diligence and build investment memos.
- Prepare quarterly snapshots to 7-Ventures Officers and Board members sharing portfolio return, investment updates, and pipeline opportunities.
- Build a network in the CPG, Tech, and ESG community by researching companies, trends, investors, incubators, and fostering new relationships with existing networks developed by the team
- Serve as an internal advocate that accelerates portfolio companies in 7-Eleven stores and creates buy-in across the 7-Eleven store support center, Franchisee-based and corporate operations, unlocking assistance, value and synergies where applicable
- Support Portfolio company with expansion opportunities and continuous improvement of our strategic suite of services such as international expansion strategy, P&L management, forecasting, leveraging 7E data assets, and fundraising.
- Conduct data analysis using Power BI and Excel reporting and verification of portfolio companies’ sales for tests, regional and national launches
- Assist 7V Operating Manager by attending weekly, monthly, and quarterly calls and ensuring the portfolio needs and adhoc requests are being met by the team; Ensure we are on track with executing our Services Agreement.
- Help support adhoc Business Development team initiatives such as new pilot launches, new product launches, data reporting, sampling events
- Flexible and willing to support team in ad-hoc projects and complete requested activities on-time and independently once tasks are discussed and aligned upon
Qualifications:
Ideal candidate would have: Strong communication and organizational skills, strong analytical skills, ability to synthesize large data into meaningful insights and recommendations, comfortable navigating ambiguity, and retail / CPG / finance experience. Proficient in Microsoft Suite and PowerBI.
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