Channel Business Analyst

Associate Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales Reps and Customers to develop and align on pre-season Account Level Assortment Plans based on top-down Targets provided by the Channel Leaders
• Participates in regular pre, post and in season checkpoints and inputs with Demand Planning
• Responsible for reporting Revenue vs the Customers Targets and related Customer point of sale KPIs such as Sales, Inventory, Margin and Turn
• Participates in Wholesale Inventory Management through reviewing Fill Rates and In Stocks and monitoring ATP and Contract consumption and availability
• Participates in Account analysis incorporating product, geography, and consumer insights to identify actionable opportunities to increase top-line sales while mitigating risk
• Establish cross-functional relationships to promote best practices and processes with teams including Field Sales, Retail Brand Marketing, Strategy and Insights, Merchandising, Customer Care, Demand Planning, and IT
• Research, benchmark, design and implement new or enhanced processes/projects to meet key business objectives
• Support the business in the creation of business cases and change requests to support corporate strategies with clear ROI and to continually improve the functionality, performance, and reliability of our systems and processes
• Lower level of analysis for key customers: digging in by store, region. Analyze how different sets perform (SIS, Evolution, Fusion)

Required Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience required in Related Field

Required Skills & Experience

• 4 or more years of Business Analyst experience required.
• Apparel, ecommerce, retail or consumer products manufacturing experience preferred
• Strong MS-Office skills required (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), High proficiency with Excel is strongly preferred including, but not limited to: VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables.
• 2 Years of experience with SAP Business Objects or a similar data extraction platform
• Knowledge of analysis tools such as Lumira, Tableau, or MS-Power BI
• Demonstrated understanding of business processes and key metrics which relate to retail sales, finance, inventory, etc.
• Outstanding organizational skills with demonstrated ability to prioritize workload and attention to detail
• Professional communication skills and the ability to present information in an understandable format
• Strong oral and written communication, interpersonal skills, organization, time management and analytical/problem solving skills are required along with a high degree of flexibility and creativity
• Demonstrated experience in writing clear and comprehensive formal reports based on specific queries and other subjects relating to work assignments