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JOB SUMMARY:
The Senior Analyst will work cross-functionally to develop and recommend data-driven strategies to improve business performance. The Senior Analyst will work closely with Merchandising leadership to analyze market trends/dynamics, supplier/brand economics, customer loyalty, and related optimization opportunities across various levers, such as assortment, placement, pricing and promotion. The Senior Analyst will be required to capture and manipulate data to define the current business profile; analyze, design, and recommend future business strategy; synthesize and communicate results to leadership.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop standardized analytics and leverage these tools to define the current state for a given product portfolio including portfolio definition and scope, current spend and cost drivers, customer and segment landscape, comparisons across markets and existing supply network mapping
- Support the development of the annual plan and continuous management of the product and cost negotiation fact-base to support the end-to-end Strategic Sourcing process with the Merchandising leadership team
- Assist with competitive bid analysis by identifying product assortment and network gaps.
- Coordinate with key stakeholders and develop strategies, assumptions, and analysis deliverables through in-depth data-driven insights and provide thought-leadership and recommendations to drive profitable growth.
- Model, analyze and compare various supply chain scenarios using supply chain optimization tools to identify all cost components including comprehensive freight analysis.
- Research, select and recommend scenario which is the most profitable and executable from business perspective and project cost/savings impact for the future state supply chain.
- Assist in the development, maintenance and enhancement/optimization of reports and tools to improve usability of Sysco’s internal data sources; drive long-term support for internal data management; identify and implement opportunities to further leverage 3rd party tools.
- Enhance and enforce documentation, archiving, and audit processes for agreements with suppliers.
EDUCATION:
Required: Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred: Business
EXPERIENCE:
Required: Two (2) Years experience
Preferred: Distribution, Consulting, Retail/CPG, Banking/Private Equity
Technical Skills and Abilities
- Advanced MS Office Suite experience required
- Experienced quantitative problem solver who can manage complex issues and interpret large data sets comfortably
- Analytical thinker who can draw sound business conclusions from multiple sources of information
- Self-driven individual who can manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment and adapt to shifting priorities
- Collaborative team player who can effectively work in a matrix/cross-functional organization
- Possesses general business acumen and can turn a business problem into a data-driven solution
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Detail-oriented
- Able to work independently and proactively within the defined scope of responsibility
Physical Demands:
Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
Working Environment:
This position must be performed from the corporate facility in Houston, Texas.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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