About the Role
Consulting Analyst<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><div><p><b>As a Consulting Analyst on the Strategic Asset Management (SAM) team, you will support strategic recommendations on critical business decisions nationwide. This role provides a unique opportunity to gain real-world experience in end-to-end retail business functions. You will work closely with senior leadership to solve complex challenges that drive results and long-term strategic vision. By addressing a diverse set of business hurdles, you will build deep business acumen and become a well-rounded asset in business management. You will provide foundational analysis and essential delivery support across all team engagements.</b></p><ul><li><b>Strategic Execution:</b> Provide analysis and execution support for client engagements, including asset investments, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and business optimization.</li><li><b>Project Communication:</b> Support the preparation of presentations to track project status, initial findings, and final recommendations.</li><li><b>Stakeholder Engagement:</b> Participate in presentations to management teams, boards, and external stakeholders, such as bankers, alongside project leaders.</li><li><b>Data Administration: </b>Provide constant attention and administration to identifying, requesting, and receiving the financial or operational data needed from clients to identify business opportunities.</li><li><b>Financial Modeling:</b> Employ ag-retail capital and business valuation models to prepare financial assessments with review from senior team members.</li></ul><p><b>What you bring:</b></p><ul><li><b>Education:</b> Bachelor's degree or higher in a business-related field</li><li><b>Experience:</b> 5 or more years of related business experience and a background in analyzing data - required</li><li>Previous consulting experience and knowledge of the retail agriculture industry - preferred</li><li><b>Technical Skills:</b> Excellence in Excel and PowerPoint is required; experience with PowerBI, Tableau, Snowflake is a benefit. Experience applying AI use cases to business or data challenges is preferred.</li></ul><ul><li><b>Learning Potential:</b> A curiosity-driven potential to understand industry drivers, disruptors, and environmental challenges.</li><li><b>Problem-Solving Capability:</b> Proven analytical capability and the capacity to use insight analysis to create hypotheses and recommendations - required</li><li><b>Core Skills:</b> Exceptional communication, listening, and presentation skills. You must be detail-oriented while focusing on larger strategic themes.</li><li><b>Collaboration:</b> Ability to collaborate with all levels, including CEOs, functional leadership, and internal team of consultants.</li><li><b>Ability to travel up to 20% of the time, primarily for day trips - required</b></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Salary range: </b>$81,200 - $121,800 <span>(in most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges) </span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span>#LI-DF1</span></p></div><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p><b>About Land O'Lakes, Inc.</b></p><p></p><p>Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.</p><p><br />We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Land O’Lakes and our global entities support diversity in employment practices.</p><p></p><p>Neither Land O’Lakes, nor its affiliates or search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested. </p><p><span> </span></p><p>If you need to submit a reasonable accommodation request to complete the employment application process, please call the HR Solution Center at 844-LOL-HR4U (844-565-4748) M-F 8:00am-4:30pm <span><span>CT. </span></span></p>