Business Analyst (Minneapolis, MN)

Our client is a retail service organization providing sales, strategy, and analytics to their retail partners. Retail is their passion and is the driving force behind our success.

They take pride in their culture being driven by the one voice, one team mission. They value every team member and believe every person is a contributor to their one team mission, their community, and their success.

They get asked often what their culture is like and their answer is simple… they believe in work hard, play hard. Their industry is fast-paced and demanding, so having a team that brings diversity and collaboration at the same time is imperative. They believe in passion for what they do, high service integrity for their vendor partners, and development, knowledge sharing, and career growth for their team.

They are currently seeking a Maternity Leave coverage Business Analyst.

There is a potential for this temporary position to be hired as full-time at the end of the term.

Hybrid schedule is Tuesday-Thursday in-office, and Monday & Friday remote

• Office Location: Minneapolis, MN

The Business Analyst ideal candidate possesses the fundamentals of analytical, strategic and project management skills. They need to have strong initiative, communication, and organizational skills to manage multiple project timelines as the role is partnered with many vendor partners and bsg team members. They should be committed to being an energetic and positive contributor to the company’s vision and goals, driven, an initiator, and overall support to the Business Units they will partner with. This role requires initiative, strong communication, and the ability to plan, prioritize, and organize a diversified workload.

Will:

• Support needs of business units

• Run weekly and ad hoc and promotional sales reporting with summary to send to Account Manager

• Run preliminary Inventory management flow grids of domestic and import programs and provide preliminary suggestions to Account Manager

• Promotional planning – manage promotion calendar and spend for manufacturer with Account Manager guidance

• Coordinate new item set up, sampling and imaging process with Account Manager • Support Comp shop and competitive analysis

• Manage Vendor Report Card, Chargebacks and Audits for Manufacturer

• Support management of Time and Action for Account Manager portfolio

• Support Competitive retail research and trend analysis

• Coordinate samples requests, delivery and full sample process

• Support special project needs; engage in coordinating timelines and needs from goals of project • Act as a liaison between our partners and Target ensuring first class communication • Other special ad hoc projects as required to support division needs

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 1-3 years retail business analytics experience

• Understanding of Target systems including POL, PCN & Greenfield

• Strategic thinking and problem solving

• Customer Service and relationship building

• High Energy, Driven, Positive Attitude

• Moderate Excel and Power Point Skills

• Ability to multi task across multiple lines and daily tasks

• Ability to work in a high paced environment that is ever changing

• Strong decision making skills