Sr. Business Analyst, Insights & Analytics- Supply Chain Ops (Virtual/Remote)

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• Lead analyses for business partners to enhance goals of their program(s). Analyses includes working with Data Scientists to gather and cleanse data; incorporating and interpreting mathematical analyses with Decision Sciences team; and developing insights from analyses.
• Partners with Data Scientists and Decision Scientists on the types of business problems that can be solved; on how to problem solve for an approach on the data sets required; and on the methodology required
• Synthesize analyses and develop clear and concise communications and presentations to business partners. Present analyses to business partners with extremely limited oversight and supervision.
• Own relationships with all business partners including Directors, Managers, and Leads of assigned business function and other business partners
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and thought leader of applicable analytics for assigned business function, including applicable analytics, appropriate applications today and in the future
• Conducts complex root cause analysis on business problems for business partners, in partnership with Data Scientists, to identify insights that inform and drive key business decisions

• Lead thought leadership in areas of tools and reports development. Create ad hoc and regular reports to meet business needs.
• Lead development of tools and reports for end users, including developing requirements, reviewing user stories, evaluating IT development progress, managing User Acceptance Testing, and training end users
• Trains teammates on 1:1 or group basis on use of key tools and reports
• Serve as a 'Power User' of custom and 3rd party applications, advanced querying and complex data aggregations and analyses not supported by a single application
• Collaborates with IT, consultants, and end users
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) of applicable tools, databases, and systems
• Engages with and contributes to Business Intelligence Center of Excellence (BI CoE) on best practices, lessons learned, and knowledge sharing on analytics and tools across the enterprise

• Identify and develop analytics to support and measure strategies for business partners
• Influence and evangelize analytical methodologies to support business partners' needs
• Identify and implement opportunities to standardize processes through analytics and tools
• Lead integration of strategies, analytics, processes, and tools
• Develop and refine core best practices to enhance the influence of Insights & Analytics across the organization
• SME on processes and tools
• Collaborate with business function(s) on analytical needs for project needs (e.g., actively participate in functional meetings and cross-functional project planning meetings)

• Reports directly to Manager/Sr. Manager - Business Analytics; Manager/Sr. Manager - Advanced Analytics Programs

• Embedded with business function
• Works closely with:
  • Quantitative Methods Team
  • Insights and Analytics Team
• Mentors Analysts at the direction of Direct Supervisor
• Interacts with:
  • Senior management (VPs, Directors)
  • IT (Business Analysts)

• Bachelor's degree in Business / Marketing / Finance / Operations/ Supply Chain Management/ Engineering or related quantitative field required

• 5+ years demonstrated successful experience in analytical roles in statistical analysis, business analysis, data analysis, data reporting
• 5+ years demonstrated successful experience in food distribution, retail, CPG, or related industries with large datasets and transactional data

• Business Strategy and Analytics
  • Strong cross-functional business acumen
  • Cross-functional expertise across multiple business functions
  • Excellent data manipulation and analysis skills
  • Ability to think logically and analytically
  • Detail oriented
  • Able to take complex, ambiguous problems, break them down into smaller parts, and problem solve to come up with a whole, integrated, and strategic solution
  • Creative problem solver
• Self-direction and Team Work
  • High degree of motivation
  • Ability to work independently and within a team
  • Very consistent ability to build consensus and lead work streams
  • Highly organized with the ability to multitask and prioritize workloads
  • Proven ability to provide direction and oversight of project completion
  • Has successively led multiple cross-functional projects
• Communication
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Able to communicate complex concepts clearly
  • Ability to influence change within complex organizations
  • Ability to relate to others
  • Strong knowledge of information visualization best practices and strategies
  • Has taken (or is enrolled in) and applying Insights and Analytics learning curriculum for Change Management, Project Management, and Presentations that Rock/Presentations that Deliver; or has attended similar related training initiatives
  • Demonstrated ability to train varied audiences on analytics principles, tools, and leading analytics practices
• Proficiency in the following required:
  • MS Office Suite, including:
    • Microsoft Outlook
    • Microsoft Excel (e.g., pivot tables; slicer; vlookup, hlookup; formulas; if then statements)
    • Microsoft PowerPoint (e.g., update presentations; create graphs, tables and other data visualization techniques)
    • Microsoft Word
  • Data querying methodologies and languages (e.g., SQL)
  • Tableau or related visual presentation/reporting tool
  • Cloud-based data warehouse environments (e.g., Snowflake/Redshift)
• Proficiency, active development, knowledge of, or application within at least two of the following a plus:
  • Open Source Technology (e.g., Python, R)
  • MS Access
  • 3rd party tools with embedded querying, reporting, and analytical applications (e.g., functional tools used in marketing, sales, or supply chain)