Business Analyst
Company: Outdoor Cap Company
Location: Bentonville
Posted on: May 16, 2022
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Job Description:
Position Summary ---- - - - - - - -Title - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Business Analyst--- - - - - - -
-Department - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Operations--- - - - - - -
-Reports to - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Sr. Director, Supply
Chain--- - - - - - - -FLSA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -Salary (exempt) The Business Analyst is responsible for
driving top and bottom-line channel growth through data-driven
analysis, replenishment and supply chain analysis and report
development of KPI's and dashboards for multiple customers and
supporting operations. The business analyst must have a proven
track record developing and executing data and analytics strategy,
which support our business goals providing insights from data. As
the Business Analyst you will assist with managing and optimizing
the end-to-end performance of our entire company. This individual
should be technically savvy, with an analytical mindset, while also
having the ability to work cross-functionally with several teams
and individuals.The ideal candidate is highly motivated, possesses
great analytical, communication, and organizational skills, and
demonstrates a high sense of urgency and
solution-mindedness.Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesAnalytics
Strategy Development & Implementation - - - - - - - - -Drive
improvement and expansion of analytics within the organization. - -
- - - - - - -Ability to solve business questions deriving insights
from data and presenting solutions in a logical and convincing way.
- - - - - - - - -Strong Simparel/Exenta knowledge and ability to
create, analyze, and disseminate actionable reports and information
to internal and external partners. -. - - - - - - - - - -Analyzes
weekly sales and inventory data in multiple internal and external
databases. - - - - - - - - - -Creates and shares weekly Sales and
Inventory reports with both internal and external customers. - - -
- - - - - -Creates adhoc reports to implement into sales
presentations. - - - - - - - - -Works closely with sales team to
deliver insights and strategies to help drive sales, sell-through,
profits, turns, & GMROII of all core, seasonal, and promotional
programs in order to successfully achieve desired scorecard
deliverables. - - - - - - - - -Periodically travels with Sales Team
for Key Account seasonal meetings and or shows, as well as taking
part in the creation and delivery of Seasonal presentations. - - -
- - - - - -Develops strong relationships with buyers, planners,
sales reps, and supply chain managers, and supports these roles by
providing exceptional customer service and effectively interacting
and communicating with these teams. - - - - - - - - -Works closely
with rest of BI Team to design, implement, and manage an overall
inventory plan that enables successful execution. - - - - - - - - -
-Owns said inventory plan execution and reporting for Key retail
accounts, and communicates data to Director, BI Team so that it may
be compiled and reported to Executive team regularly. - - - - - - -
- -Develops financial acumen to become the "go-to" for financial
projections and revisions for the Key Accounts that they manage and
works closely with Director to review, revise, and report on
overall financials. - - - - - - - - -Becomes the S.M.E. in multiple
Retail Partners' data Portals and develops store/item level
reporting that is detailed and actionable for our Retail Partners
to utilize to better manage their inventory for maximum sales. - -
- - - - - - -Collaborates with Product Development, Sourcing,
Purchasing, DC teams, and Sales to ensure accurate item setup and
item file management and execution. -Additionally, supplies these
teams with the insights needed to make informed decisions around
future program development and execution. - - - - - - - -
-Demonstrates a high sense of urgency to resolve situations quickly
and accurately. - - - - - - - - - -Develop a Customer Analysis
Model across all channels of business using both financial and
non-financial metrics. - - - - - - - - -Assist in the analysis and
escalation of key issues identified from exception reports for
areas such as customer buying trends, inventory/allocation, product
creation, fulfillment, etc. Reporting, Communication, &
Data-Integrity - - - - - - - - -Build, deliver and ideally automate
valuable reports, dashboards, insights and recommendations on a
weekly/monthly/quarterly basis. - - - - - - - - -Participates in
the development of presentations and business plans, ability to
present data in a meaningful way to all audiences. - - - - - - - -
-Schedules and implements regular meetings with sales and support
teams to better understand the overall business and effectively
communicate programs and strategies with all cross functional teams
as a means to deliver best in class communication and execution. -
- - - - - - - -Help drive the ability to ensure marketing and sales
efforts are measured effectively. - - - - - - - - -Stay up to date
with technical trends. - - - - - - - - -Stands by all reports and
information generated. - -Skills and Competencies - - - - - - - -
-Excellent solution-based communicator (visual, written and verbal)
and a creative thinker with the ability to use data to inform
decisions. - - - - - - - - -Highly collaborative, able to establish
and maintain relationships and displays strong leadership abilities
to influence and work cross-functionally. - - - - - - - -
-Excellent time management, multi-task oriented, organized and keen
sense of personal accountability. Is highly motivated with strong
work ethics and demonstrated flexibility to meet tight deadlines. -
- - - - - - - -Working knowledge of data analysis and
performance/operation metrics. -Education and Qualifications - - -
- - - - - -Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Statistics,
Marketing, Computer Science or similar - - - - - - - - -And/or 3 -
5 years of experience in Retail Analytics / Operations or related
field preferred - - - - - - - - -General Financial, System, and
Business Analytical and Retail Math Skills - - - - - - - -
-Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, with strong Excel &
knowledge of Power BI Preferred - - - - - - - - -Able to understand
and create complex data models - - - - - - - - -Effective in both
written and verbal communication to technical and non-technical
audiences
Physical/Mental Requirements - - - - - - - - -Required to have
close visual acuity to perform computer tasks and operate other
office machinery. - - - - - - - - -The person in this position
frequently communicates with internal and external customers and
must be able to exchange accurate information in a clear manner. -
-Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to
assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any
time. - -
Keywords: Outdoor Cap Company, Springdale , Business Analyst, Professions , Bentonville, Arkansas
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