Lead Analyst, Merchant Analytics
About The Position
BJ's Wholesale Club leverages analytics to deliver exceptional business results while providing greater value to our members. A key driver to our success is our Enterprise Analytics team that uses data and analytics to achieve a transformational and competitive advantage. The Enterprise Analytics team acquires, consolidates, and transforms data into relevant information and is “at the table” collaborating and influencing our business leaders to drive innovation as well as strategic business decisions and outcomes. This EA team is looking for strong analytical leaders who can turn insights into action. Come join our team and drive our strategic growth initiatives while serving a growing membership base focused on providing exceptional savings and value to our members and the communities we serve.
Requirements
- Four-year college degree or equivalent experience; Finance and/or other quantitative analytical degree a strong plus.
- 3+ years of relevant analytical experience with strong merchandise profitability understanding.
- Understanding of retail merchandising basics (i.e., category management) and merchandising organizational structures and processes.
- Strong analytical skills including Excel skills.
- Effective communication skills, including the ability to translate analytical research into presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Expert user of Business Intelligence and similar software systems and proficiently conducts primary research with limited supervision.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple assignments and meet tight deadlines.
- Ability to develop effective working relationships with all levels of Merchandise leadership.
- Ability to work independently and adapt to changing work priorities.
- The candidate selected for this position will be a self-motivated, intellectually curious, and high-energy individual who can easily function in a high demand, performance-driven environment.
- Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
Nice To Haves
- Project management/leadership experience preferred.
- Negotiation experience highly preferred.
- Familiarity with AI tools, including ChatGPT.
Responsibilities
- Work with the Category Review team to develop "Ask" materials to be shared with merchants in preparation for vendor negotiations.
- Value savings opportunities and perform financial modeling during negotiations to support decision-making.
- Conduct rigorous analysis and research, including: Vendor insight (cost structures) and extensive SKU/brand/vendor-level analysis (relative productivity, profitability, brand loyalty, SKU transferability, cost modeling, etc.).
- Protect against claw-back, ensuring that vendors do not find ways to pull back the value over time.
- Track vendor cost increases to identify unjustified vendor increases (e.g., relative to commodity price movements) and proactively identify decreases due to BJ’s commensurate with commodity price drops.
- Serve Merchant team as point person for all SKU based analytical research focused on should-cost modeling.
Benefits
- Weekly Pay
- Free BJ's Memberships
- Generous Paid Time Off (vacation, personal, sick days, holidays, bereavement, and jury duty leave)
- Flexible and Affordable Health Benefits (three medical plans, optional dental, vision, Health Savings Account (HSA), and flexible spending account options)
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
