POSITION OBJECTIVE:
This position is primarily responsible for partnering with the Management team, Planners, Merchants and Operations team driving and maximizing reporting and data mining on key metrics at all calendar intervals. Partners with the Planners to determine projections and provide data and/or reporting.
FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develops, produces and distributes standardized reporting. Reports are published with accuracy and in a timely manner. Partners with the Brand Merchandising, Operations and Managements teams to develop, run and maintain ad hoc reports. Provides data and share observations or recommendations.
- Engages the MIS report development team in developing and validating reports.
- Clarifies and prioritizes requests for enhancements or systems changes with the requestor and documents initiative definition.
- Maintains and fosters effective working relationships with all parties.
- Engages the business to provide in-season and post-season analytics designed to recap and guide future decision-making. Participates in Hindsight meetings as well as MBR sessions to learn about business issues and to develop new reports to meet emerging ideas.
- Analyzes master data elements and provide analytics relating to attributes by article and site. Partners with Strategic Planning to generate directional reporting.
- Monitors Master Data unassigned issues. Follow-ups with the Master Data team and develops strategies to improve data integrity.
- Participates in MIS initiatives to expand BI functionality and improve database integrity.
- Partners with the Strategic Planner to recap OTB and week of supply call-outs (turn). Challenges the Merchants and Planners to improve sales and stock deficiencies.
- Partners with the Planning team on managing the Monthly Business Review (MBR) process with the development of reports of sales, markdown, receipts and inventory forecasts.
- Partners with Senior Management in leading Brand with reporting and analytical initiatives.
- Develops ad hoc reports using reporting tools (Crystal reports, Business Objects) or Excel/Access/VBA
- Travel as needed.
COMPETENCIES:
- Functional / Technical Skills: Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
- Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
- Priority Setting: Spends his/her time and the time of others on what's important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus.
- Process Management: Good at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient work flow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others can't; can simplify complex processes; gets more out of fewer resources.
- Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
- Comfort Around Higher Management: Can deal comfortably with more senior managers; can present to more senior managers without undue tension and nervousness; understands how senior managers think and work; can determine the best way to get things done with them by talking their language and responding to their needs; can craft approaches likely to be seen as appropriate and positive.
- Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
- Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
- Self-Development: Is personally committed to and actively works to continuously improve him/herself; understands that different situations and levels may call for different skills and approaches; works to deploy strengths; works on compensating for weakness and limits.
- Problem Solving: Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.
QUALIFICATIONS:
· Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Information Systems or a related field preferred
· Minimum 3 years prior retail experience, preferably in an Apparel Specialty Store environment, with significant hands-on experience using databases or report writers
· Requires high competency with Microsoft Suite; particularly Excel, Access and Visual Basic. Experience with SQL preferred.
· Preferred 1 year of experience with a best-of-breed Business Intelligence solution.
· Preferred 1 full life-cycle implementation of a best-of-breed software solution
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