Senior Manager, Merchandising Business Analytics - Grocery Private Brands

Position Summary What you'll do

Cost and Term Negotiation Decision Support Supports buyer with supplier negotiations by providing relevant financial inputs and highlighting risks. Helps determine information needed for each negotiation dossier.

Data and Digital Acumen Leverages data analysis tools to explore complex data. Develops and tests hypotheses. Builds and presents insights using visualization tools. Uses visualization tools to represent data and construct coherent stories to influence decisions Identifies implements and drives technology change within scope of own work. Develops and makes recommendations on department category subcategory fine line financial targets. Builds category level bridge plans for a complex category.

Enters budget information into the planner financial system for department category budgets. Business Management Decision Support Owns and consistently updates projections of department category and subcategory level forecasts for a complex category and aligns forecasts with cross functional team input and discussion. Drives discussion in Open to Buy OTB 306090 meetings on category business drivers opportunities key action plans and get well dates.

Owns markdown management. Performs vendor analysis for example Joint Business Planning in preparation for negations and Top to Top meetings Executes TAB coverage. Creates the distro for non basic items aligned to catalogs Owns daily profit and loss tracking and review. Category Forecasting Supports department level financial forecasts. Builds month end profit and loss review content to present in meetings with leadership.

Supports forecasts at the category level for a complex category. Supports department category level forecasting by combining data driven analytics trends business intelligence known upcoming changes and head wind tailwinds.

Category Assortment Strategy Decision Support Owns and develops recommendations for department category level strategy for a complex category and supports execution. Collaborates with buyer to develop department category subcategory fine line strategy and makes recommendations to enhance effectiveness Advises on omni assortment strategy based on insights. Feature and Promotion Management Supports the determination of item quantities for features. Supports merchant partners with analysis on prior feature execution and relevant trends.

Provides input on item selection Modular Financial Modeling Walkthrough Reporting Supports walkthroughs. Supports identification of mods to be used to build line reviews and supports adjustments based on post mods analysis. Makes recommendations to merchants. Performs and drives post modular performance analysis and reporting on merchandise and instock opportunities. Identifies effectiveness key actions and get well dates. Presents key financials metrics at modular walkthroughs.

Tracks liability for modular ending lifecycle. Omni Channel Customer Focus Makes customer centric recommendations and decisions across all customer touchpoints Constantly incorporates applicable and actionable customer feedback to improve function effectiveness. Understands customer behavior across channels or within relevant channels for example demand trends buying behaviors consumption patterns around SKUs. Anticipates customer trends and influences customer demand through deep understanding of customer requirements and depth of category vision

Product Development Financial Modeling Owns guidance on points of distribution and financial impacts of product development issues once units have hit the stores. Oversees unit level projections as components of Product Development. Recapping and Reporting Supports department category profit and loss review for a complex department category. Conducts ad hoc analysis as needed and resolves conflicts over prioritization with leaders. Supports hindsight analysis as needed for categories.

Provides In Season reporting and analysis for Key Seasonal Events. Builds department level Quarterly Business Review with risk upside ranges with input from category teams and divisional merchandising manager DMM. Strategic Initiative Decision Support Determines distribution. Develops financial roll ups. Presents key financials metrics at AE walkthroughs. Executes prioritized highly complex strategic initiatives from merchant leaders. Conducts highly complex analysis to support strategic initiatives and provides input on actionable insights stemming from analysis.

Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs developing and communicating business plans and priorities removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance providing resources identifying performance standards measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly developing contingency plans and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning. Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and…