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Position Purpose

Sr. Merch Support Analysts are internal consultants for the merchandising department. They generate value from deep knowledge of data and business, for the intelligent decision-making process within multifunctional teams in the management of Assortment, Prices, Promotions, Planning and analytics processes. They track business results and are active part to met business goals, they are able to find-out business oportunities from the analysis of large volumes of data. They provide a statistical and financial foundation for merchandising decisions. They are responsible to devevelop business process, team reporting, data modeling , technological and innovative solutions for Merch Support Department. Must advise and mentor Merch analysts, must have developed the capability to play roles both as a teambuilder as well as as a teamplayer.

Primary Accountabilities

• (Merch Support) Provides support and numerical foundations to CMs in the Assortment Optimization process, and decisions for Right parts right placement.

• (Data Mining) Identifies with assertiveness the business drivers, manages timely decision making. Generate reports and/or analysis of root of change, he/she is capable to find out patterns and correlations between business vairables as Price, Deal, Assortment, Inventory, Commercial conditions, demographics and Customer data. He/She is expert in backend advanced process/algorithms [databases programing, mainly SAS and SQL], solid foundations for math and statistical methods.

• (Development) Proposes, designs and develops processes, models and solutions for Assortment Optimization processes/algorithms. He/She is able to develop automatic process and/or apps to ensure friendly and useful user tools [Technology .Net / Web Programming, intermediate-advanced level]

• (Coaching) Mentoring, develops and give support from Analysts of Assortment Optimization Team to enhance technical skills and understanding of the group's business, leads both teamworker and teamplayer roles.

Education & Experience

Level of Formal Education: A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent.

Area of Study: Business Administrations, Statistics, Engineering or comparable field.

Years of Experience: Five to seven years.

Type of Experience: Three to five years in an analytical role with sufficient experience in other areas to demonstrate a thorough understanding of retailing, key areas may include Business Administration, Statistics, Engineering, Programming business applications.

Special Certifications or Technical Skills: "

Should meet all of the requirements for Merchandising Analyst.

Demonstrate advanced data step/macro programming in SAS, ability to perform advanced statistical analysis including regression, correlation and cross-tabs, be team's resource for financial reporting and understanding of EVA, P&L, Balance Sheets.

Must be able to write advanced SQL queries (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL) , ETL Processes and web programming.

English advanced-intermediate required."

Other/Preferred: Graduate degree/MBA preferred.