Program Management Analyst - DSD

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POSITION SUMMARY

The Analyst is the data and system integrity expert for the Direct Store Delivery (DSD) organization. This role is responsible for identifying patterns, troubleshooting data discrepancies, and ensuring that information flows accurately between different company systems. The Analyst performs deep analysis of deliveries, receipts, and invoices to identify systemic issues, trends and opportunities for improvement. This role collaborates closely with Store Operations, Merchandising, IT, Accounts Payable and other cross-functional teams to ensure data accuracy and support effective decision making. The Analyst provides actionable insights that support financial reconciliation, inventory management, and business outcomes are accurate and actionable, surfacing critical information and providing insights to drive process improvements and resolve systemic problems.

RESPONSIBILITIES

·         Reporting and Analytics: Using a combination of data mining and data modeling, leverage large datasets to generate dashboards and perform ad hoc analysis to support business inquiries and operational improvements. Continue to iterate existing corporate dashboards and vendor scorecards based on evolving business needs and findings, as program stabilizes and expands. Leverage holistic knowledge of program by serving as a SME to Store Ops, as they maintain store facing reporting.

·         System Data Monitoring: Monitor program data and exception resolution, collaborating with IT to ensure data warehouse reliability, resolve root causes, and support consistent access to critical reporting and insights.

·         Data Pattern & Trend Analysis: Regularly analyze reporting to identify recurring discrepancies in costs, quantities, and delivery patterns. With a thorough understanding of the end-to-end DSD process, communicate findings and recommendations to appropriate stakeholders.

·         Financial & Cost Reconciliation Support: Partner with the Buying and Accounting teams to investigate cost and unit discrepancies, chargebacks and credits, ensuring that the operational flow and data in our systems matches the vendor’s expectations to allow for automated processing.

·         Administrative Program Support: Partner with Store Operations to review store support tickets and identify themes and root causes of issues, providing the DSD team with the data needed to advocate for process or system improvements.

QUALIFICATIONS

·         3-5 years of retail management experience, supply chain, operations, or related field

·         Four-year degree, preferred

·         Experience conducting root cause analysis to diagnose, resolve business and operational issues and develop actionable recommendations

·         Experience querying large datasets to develop relevant reporting (ex: SQL, Python, Power BI)

·         Strong collaborative mindset, analytical and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines and high degree of flexibility with an ever-changing environment

·         Expert in MS Excel and previous use of Microsoft PowerBI preferred.

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