Analyst IV A-Brands Sourcing

Delhaize America•Quincy, MA

45d•$92,640 - $159,720•Hybrid

About The Position

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more. Responsible for overseeing center store cross brand meetings and managing outcomes to completion. This includes planning, organizing, and coordinating to ensure milestones and outcomes are delivered. The role requires leadership, problem solving skills, and the ability to work cross-functionally with teams across the organization. Responsible for all aspects of Center Store Sourcing analytics and financial insights for assigned Categories with support from the Brands Analytics team. Drive identification of opportunities related to key KPI's (S4OC, Trade Rates, and Trade Dollars with cross-Brand partners). Support key business initiatives (e.g. Cost negotiations, RFPs, value capture and any evolutions of our negotiation processes) with tools and processes designed to deliver targeted financial results. Conduct semi-weekly cross-Brand meetings designed to share best practices, elevate concerns directly related to the business, and provide a forum for planning updates and collaboration. Serve as key business partner on long-range planning, emerging business opportunities and market trends (share gains/gaps, etc.). Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC, Quincy, MA, Carlisle, PA, Scarborough, ME, Hyattsville, MD Essential job functions:

Requirements

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis until the end of their appointment
Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
6+ years of related project management, sourcing, negotiating, category, or vendor management experience
Mastery of financial components of our business (e.g P&L and the implications of Sourcing
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, etc.), with the ability to utilize advanced functions and features effectively
Leads sourcing and negotiation initiatives while managing projects and facilitating change management to drive successful outcomes

Nice To Haves

Presentation skills (both developing & delivering)
Demonstrated facilitation skills over multiple media types (video conferences, TEAMS, Skype, conference calls, in-person meetings, etc.) with varying size groups (typically 5-25)
Conflict management skills & general knowledge of industry and suppliers

Responsibilities

Project Planning: Develop detailed project plans that outline project scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines
Project Management: Oversight of and management to deliverable timelines for key projects (e.g. Omni Reviews, CPN, scaled activities, etc). Accountable for ensuring delivery of financial expectations associated with this work.
Strategic Planning: Enable the strategic direction of the assigned HUB by driving collaboration across all five category managers to maximize size and scale efforts
Performance Excellence: Deliver consistent, high-quality work across assigned HUB. Driving not only analytical excellence, but subject matter expertise and problem-solving abilities, contributing to the success of assigned categories.
Trusted Thought Partner: Serve as peer to CM teams while facilitating cross brand workshops as teams work to develop leverage points/opportunities to leverage size and scale - with ability to see across all ADUSA, not just the unique GLB's each individual CM serves. Seen as subject matter expert for assigned categories and key vendors in scope for those desks.
Develop and Deliver Insightful Negotiation Themes: Synthesize data in Fact Packs/Omni Decks to yield insights/advanced analytical support to category teams. Identify opportunities and champion leverage for growth, investment optimization and savings.
Sharing Best Practices: Train and upskill/on-board new A Brands associates. Transfer knowledge and expertise to other team members.
System Expertise: Leverage all systems (DSS, PowerBI, Circana, etc) efficiently and effectively to identify opportunities and insights to advance the financial results of ADUSA.
Process Improvement: Continue to refine our Ways of Working in service of pushing organization to think differently about how to engage the CPG's to optimize our outcomes. Identify process improvement opportunities to enhance efficiency and productive within own team and broader Sourcing organization.
Personal Development & Continuous Learning: Maintain Individual Development Plan, participate in continuous learning and training opportunities as business needs dictate
Additional job duties may be assigned as needed to meet the needs of the business and support our Values.