Anthropologie Business Systems Analyst

Urban Outfitters•Philadelphia, PA

21h

About The Position

Anthropologie is looking for a Business Systems Analyst to partner with Merchandising, Buying, Planning, Allocation, and Technology teams to deliver reporting and analytics solutions that drive informed business decisions and support key promotional and planning initiatives. This position will be responsible for delivering end to end reporting and analytics solutions using diverse accountabilities in a Retail specific environment. These accountabilities include system and data analysis, report creation and automation, documenting business requirements, trouble shooting and resolving issues encountered by our merchandising and planning partners. This position is heavily weighted towards merchandise promotions process and works most closely with the Anthropologie Planning teams. Must display a broad knowledge of Retail processes. Learn and support current BI landscape and make recommendations for continuous improvement. Needs to anticipate and identify issues that may prevent deliverables and develop and implement corrective actions. Responsible for one or more aspects of BI system analysis, design, development, testing and training. Communicates and coordinates project activities with business, technical and IT organizations. Assesses projects and identifies essential tasks; reprioritizes tasks dynamically during the project; identifies and evaluates alternatives and provides possible solutions. Must embrace technology. Negotiates and persuades other groups with diverse perspectives to gain cooperation and achieve merchandise objectives.

Requirements

Strong understanding of Retail concepts and business processes
Minimum 2 years of Retail experience
Ability to work under pressure and deliver to deadlines
Comfortable interacting with all levels of the organization
Strong attention to detail with emphasis on both quality and speed
Ability to prioritize work effectively and handle multiple competing demands
Able to work independently and in a team environment
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both oral and written
Embrace technology

Nice To Haves

MicroStrategy knowledge
Access knowledge
MS-SQL knowledge
Previous working knowledge of Island Pacific Merchandising
Previous working knowledge of Qlik reporting
Previous working knowledge of Excel

Responsibilities

Delivering end to end reporting and analytics solutions
System and data analysis
Report creation and automation
Documenting business requirements
Trouble shooting and resolving issues encountered by merchandising and planning partners
Learning and supporting current BI landscape and making recommendations for continuous improvement
Anticipating and identifying issues that may prevent deliverables and developing and implementing corrective actions
Responsible for one or more aspects of BI system analysis, design, development, testing and training
Communicating and coordinating project activities with business, technical and IT organizations
Assessing projects and identifying essential tasks; reprioritizing tasks dynamically during the project; identifying and evaluating alternatives and providing possible solutions
Negotiating and persuading other groups with diverse perspectives to gain cooperation and achieve merchandise objectives