POSITION TITLE: Merchandise Business Process Analyst
Location: Bolingbrook, IL
Contract: 6 months+
Setting: Hybrid
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Business Process Analyst role will cross-functionally to help in the documentation and execution or existing business processes and collaborate with the training team for training creation on vetted processes. This individual will be responsible for assisting, creating, updating, and maintaining all prioritized procedures/process documentation including process step references, best practices, quick reference guides, and flow charts for Merchandising and Merch Planning & Inventory (MP&I) processes. This role will also be responsible for helping to monitor compliance to business practices and assist MP&I time with process execution as required; in order to drive change management and adoption.
CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Partners Merchandising as well as cross functionally to identify process gaps within the specific area of responsibility and influence process improvement initiatives.
* Act as an agent of change, owning and promoting continuous improvement initiatives Collaborates and socialize impact as a result of interconnected processes and workflows
* Assists in business transformation, streamlines operations, and builds new solutions to simplify business processes Documenting new & existing processes and business rules as they are conceived, determined, and prioritized.
* Support Merchandising and MP&I performance by identifying ownership, risks, process improvements, assists in the oversight of process execution
REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION:
* Bachelor's degree preferred
* 1-3 years relevant work experience, or equivalent combination of work and education experience in retail merchandising and/or planning & inventory
* Proven advanced level organizational skills
* Critical thinking and creative resolution are a must for this role
* Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills to communicate with associates
* Ability to motivate others to take action dictated by data
* Self-starter and growth mindset approach to skills development
* Strong verbal and written communication skills