Consultant-Merchandising Operations Data Governance

Location: Mooresville, NC (SSC) 1999

Do your Best Work in Mooresville

This position is based at our headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Our corporate office is a space where you can collaborate and do your best work. Take a walk, grab a bite (or a cup of coffee), work out or get a check-up – we invest in you so you can find your inspiration.

Your Impact

The Consultant-Merchandising Operations supports the run the business work within a key functional area of Merchandising Operations. The Consultant will support the Manager of the area by informally leading the Sr. Analysts and Analysts on day-to-day processes. The Consultant will coordinate with the Manager and other leaders on projects and initiatives and may take a lead role on issues impacting their line of business.

The position will also help drive improvement of merchandising and vendor processes and efficiencies. Key functional areas include Vendor/Item Onboarding, Reporting, Operational Services, Vendor Compliance, Product Content, Data Governance and Tech Enablement. Responsibilities may vary based on the area of work.

What You Will Do

• Analytics- Handle interpretation, higher level analysis, storytelling of data. Consumer - utilizing segmentation. Utilize internal and external facing applications, Microsoft data analytics tools. Support team with DACI/IT projects.
• Building Relationships- Promote cooperation and teamwork with the analysts and sr analysts; strong interpersonal skills; establish and maintain trust and credibility with leaders and team.
• Communication- Review communications under the guidance of the Manager. Liaison with GMMs as directed.
• Issue Resolution-Handles medium/high complex issues and works to identify root causes.
• Training/Development-Works with team and manager to drive both new hire and ongoing development. Partner with manager on gap analysis.
• Reporting-Gathers and analyzes data and helps translate date into action and insights.
• Process Improvement- Assists manager with driving process improvement and streamlining, along with root cause analysis. Monitors status of processes.
• Technology Requirements- Gather customer data; input; prioritizes; customer data; partnership with tech/stakeholders.
• Project Management-Provide customer feedback, manage project timelines with own projects.
• Liaison with international partners on more complex issues.
• Merchandising & Vendor Engagement- Ensures positive engagement level; influence into segmentation; trusted partner (merchant & vendor).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• 5 years Relevant Business Experience
• 3 Years General work experience
• Experience in structuring and writing formal documents, developing and delivering group presentations, project planning, and/or cross-functional collaboration

Preferred Skills/Education

1 year Leadership Experience

Experience in Microsoft products (Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.) and relational business software