Operations Analyst

About RTC

RTC focuses on continual improvement, evolving our capabilities, and reinvesting in our business to deliver higher-performing solutions for our clients. Brands and retailers require more strategic thinking on the shopper experience, higher levels of innovation, a more effective process for managing customer-specific requirements, access to a broader array of manufactured solutions, and the capability to orchestrate a broader and more complex supply chain. Learn more at http://www.rtc.com/.

Information about RTC and our benefits are listed here, and details about the job opening are below.

Why should you consider a career at RTC? 

Benefits

• 401(K) Plan with company match (we also offer a Roth option)!
• Hybrid work-from-home program offered
• Health Insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield (choose from two PPO plans and one HMO plan based on your deductible comfort level)
• Dental Insurance with two plan options (both PPO Plans)
• Flexible Spending for Health and/or Dependent Care
• Commuter Transit benefit
• Critical illness benefit
• Life Insurance (we cover 3 times your salary - you can purchase more)
• Short-Term Disability Coverage (we'll cover this for you too - you can choose to purchase long-term disability)
• 2 weeks of paid Parental Leave
• 16 PTO Days (full year)
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Tuition Assistance 

Perks

• Fun Friday Hours - get a head start on your weekend by leaving at 2:30 every Friday (year-round!)
• Volunteer Time Off (VTO) plus company-sponsored volunteer events.

Wellness

• PTO is encouraged not only for vacations but mental health breaks.
• Work/Life resources such as Legal, Financial, and Counseling are available through our Employee Assistance Program.
• Discounts to eligible fitness centers for associates enrolled with Blue Cross.
• Preventative Care is covered at 100% (annual check-ups and screenings).
• Lactation rooms are available for new mothers at the Rolling Meadows location.
• Annual flu clinic at Romeoville and Rolling Meadows for our associates and any dependents covered on our health plan.  Flu shots are covered by insurance if the associate elects to go elsewhere.

Career Development & Training 

We encourage your professional growth and development.  We offer mentors with deep industry experience and management who will assist you in defining and realizing your short and long term career goals and a variety of opportunities for training and advancement.

Job Summary

RTC is seeking an Operations Analyst to join our dynamic Supply Chain team. In this role, you will support the Product, Operations, and Supply Chain team to help improve transparency and predictability of our costs of goods sold (COGS), thus enabling pricing and go-to-market decisions for our current and future product lines. The role requires an individual who can pull data, organize, and analyze it to drive decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Collects and analyzes quantitative data to develop relevant reports that drive cost reductions or profit improvement.
• The position focuses on analyzing commodity markets, conducting spend analysis, opportunity assessments, savings quantification, validation, project tracking, and reporting.
• Prepares and analyzes supplier data, including category spend and usage, marketplace demographics, and product cost structure.
• Models financial trade-offs and implications of key inventory management and product availability metrics.
• Manages and improves commodity and input price tracking for finished goods purchased from RTC’s network of contract manufacturers.
• Coordinates and tracks achievement of key contract financial commitments and partnering with stakeholders to action against any gaps.
• Coordinates and provides financial inputs for monthly and quarterly business reviews, operating plans, and project-related deep dives.
• Translates large amounts of data into useful information and actionable items.
• Manages tight deadlines, prioritizes workload, and achieves effective results in a fast-paced, dynamic, ever-growing, and often ambiguous environment; effective multi-tasking skills are vital.
• Develops and maintains reporting tools that ensure that management has access to accurate and timely information.
• Creates dashboards to track and measure sourcing department performance measurements.
• Review internal and external Excel data, evaluating and communicating anomalies and opportunities.
• Ad-hoc analysis as required.
• Special projects are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics, supply chain.
• Seeking someone with 2-4 years of experience.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills are a must.
• Ability to think creatively, highly driven, self-motivated, and intellectually curious.
• Ability to collaborate, lead/facilitate meetings, and develop/maintain relationships across the organization to enable effective completion of business objectives.
• Sound business judgment and ability to present data in an influential way.
• Strong knowledge of statistical modeling and testing techniques is a plus.
• Advanced quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

RTC is an equal-opportunity employer.  Women, individuals of all ethnicities, people with disabilities (intellectual and physical), and Veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.  We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), age (40 or older), disability or genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, religion or any other basis prohibited by law.