About Wakefern

Wakefern Food Corp. is the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States and supports its co-operative members' retail operations, trading under the ShopRite®, Price Rite®, The Fresh Grocer®, Dearborn Markets®, Fairway®, Dibruno Bros. and Gourmet Garage® banners.

Employing an innovative approach to wholesale business services, Wakefern focuses on helping the independent retailer compete in a big business world. Providing the tools entrepreneurs need to stay a step ahead of the competition, Wakefern’s co-operative members benefit from the company’s extensive portfolio of services, including innovative technology, private label development, and best-in-class procurement practices.

About You

As a member of the Insights and Analytics Team, the Business Analyst supports our Procurement Division with data driven analysis and strategic guidance. This role will have a primary responsibility around strategic funding and assortment optimization.

Essential Functions

Creation of monthly Vendor scorecards tracking costs, sales, dead net profit, funding, and creating materials for divisional checkpoint meetings.
Generate vendor strategy playbooks, evaluate negotiated vendor offers, create funding forecasts, track vendor funding and performance requirements to ensure actuals meet forecasts.
Present insights and recommendations to Category Managers, Procurement Managers and Division VP’s
Utilize internal as well as syndicated data sources to conduct assortment reviews and provide assortment recommendations based on insights gathered
Build relationships with key members of Procurement teams as well as vendor community
Work hand in hand with Procurement and Accounting to ensure follow through of strategic budget

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics or equivalent.
Demonstrated analytical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis skills required.
Strong statistical and mathematical aptitude, including an understanding of the components of financial analysis and the ability to work accurately with numbers.
Experience querying large data sets and the ability to translate the data into business insights
Exceptional collaboration, communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
Solid organizational skills with an above average attention to detail and accuracy.
Prior experience in Procurement, Merchandising, and/or utilization of syndicated data desirable.
Highly analytical thinker with ability to derive insights beyond the “obvious”.
Ability to produce and present succinct analyses to provide decision support as well as communicate findings to all levels of the organization.
Excellent technical skills in Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint with ability to rapidly learn new software system required.
Demonstrated ability to independently develop new Excel models, charts and graphs as necessary, experience with predictive analytics desired.
Proficiency with Alteryx, SQL, and visualization tools desired but not necessary.
Ability to multi-task while being flexible and reacting quickly to change.
Strong written and oral communication skills.

Working Conditions & Physical Demands

Ability to monitor computer screens for long periods of time
Ability to work a hybrid schedule, with a current requirement of 4 days in person
Ability to flex hybrid schedule to attend important meetings and vendor or store visits based on business needs

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