Sr. Analyst, IT Merch Sys

Overall Job Summary

This position is responsible for analyzing and defining Merchandising business processes.  This requires advanced understanding of merchandising, forecasting, replenishment, store planning and supply chain solutions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Min 5%)

• Participate in the execution of test cases as part of the Quality Assurance process.
• Translate conceptual user requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers/project team.  This includes creating process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to the team.
• Meet with business partners, project managers, and vendor partners to determine project scope and vision, set system goals, identify and resolve system issues, and lead prioritization of build items.   Communicate changes, enhancements, and modifications to stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood.
• Perform and/or coordinate configuration changes for applications in the area of responsibility.
• Define, analyze, and evaluate existing business functions and processes and makes recommendations to management on opportunities for process improvements.
• Lead design sessions in prototyping new systems for the purpose of enhancing business processes, operations, and information process flow. Document risks and identify mitigation strategies.
• Provide orientation to end users for modifications to existing processes and new functionality. 
• Review system design plans for reasonableness and fit with the business requirements. 
• Conduct research on software and hardware products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.

Required Qualifications

Experience: 5 – 8 years of experience supporting Merchandising, Forecasting, Replenishment, Store Planning, and Supply Chain solutions.  Experience with software development life cycle (SDLC) methodology. 

Education:  Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field is preferred.  Any suitable combination of education and experience will be considered.
 

Preferred knowledge, skills or abilities

• Advanced ability supporting users in SAP system modules such as MM, SD, IS-R, Warehouse Management System (WMS) is preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of merchandising business processes, including forecasting, replenishment, allocations, purchasing, order management, store planning, assortment planning, master data, pricing, and promotions.
• Advanced understanding of principles of SAP material management system modules such as MM,IM and SD.
• Advanced understanding the capabilities and limitations of the native SAP technical architecture/solution.
• Advanced knowledge of I-Docs. 
• Advanced knowledge of tables and structured query language (SQL) concepts. 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.  
• Advanced ability to work independently and manage workload prioritization in order to deliver high quality work products on time and with minimal direction.
• Advanced communication, collaboration, and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to move beyond common problem-solving approaches to formulate solutions. 
   

Working Conditions

Physical Requirements

Disclaimer

This job description represents an overview of the responsibilities for the above referenced position.  It is not intended to represent a comprehensive list of responsibilities.  A team member should perform all duties as assigned by his/ her supervisor.

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