Sr. Analyst Online Strategic Planning

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Position Purpose:

The Sr. Analyst Online Strategic Planning, is part of the Interconnected Experience organization and supports strategic planning, prioritization, and reporting for the Online portfolio. This role helps drive alignment and execution by supporting key operational processes and frameworks. The Senior Analyst will enable strong communication and collaboration among Online stakeholders and business partners. They will organize and synthesize complex information to support strategic storytelling that clearly communicates priorities, progress, and outcomes. This role also contributes to improving meeting structures and cadences to ensure the right people are engaged at the right time, with the right information, to drive decisions and deliver results.  

Key Responsibilities:

• 50% Planning Process: Supports the strategic and operational planning cycle through building models, performing business analysis and benchmarking studies. Works closely with the business to help communicate the strategy and planning outcomes.
• 40% Strategic Projects: Analyzes business problems, structures the issue and performs analyses. Synthesizes data to help develop a solution, creates documents communicating solution using structured communications principles, helps present solution to team and stakeholders, and works with stakeholders to implement the solution.
• 10% Competitive and Market Intelligence: Perform research on key competitors and market trends; own regular reporting on one or more data sources

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• Reports to a Manager, or Director of Business Ops & Strategy.
• This role had no direct reports.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Background in strategic planning, product operations, business planning, or a related role within the retail or e-commerce industry 
• Experience in preparation of visual presentation materials (specifically PowerPoint), with experience creating executive-ready materials 
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and varying levels of leadership 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present strategic recommendations and insights to senior leadership 
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with strong project management skills 
• Familiarity with Product Management principles 
• Ability to thrive in an evolving environment, embracing change and navigating complexity to make informed decisions 

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 3

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Strong technical abilities including model building and accessing, structuring and analyzing data
• Proven ability to solve problems and perform strategic/financial analysis
• Proven ability to analyze, evaluate, and interpret complex data; innate intellectual curiosity
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• High comfort level working in high growth / fast paced environment