What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Process Analyst- ERP/data position at REI?
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This job contributes to REI’s success by supporting the current and future critical business capabilities that will enable REI’s future Merchandising, Data and Supply Chain to successfully deliver on initiatives and strategies to meet evolving customer needs. Utilizing your strong collaboration skills and merchandising background, you will work with Merchandising, Data and Supply Chain teams, as well as with Information Technology and the greater REI business community to design, deliver and support ground-breaking business capabilities.
The Business Process Analyst role participates in future solution design while playing a primary supp ort role on current Merchandising, Data and Supply Chain applications. Acts as a subject matter expert on Merchandising, Data and Supply Chain business processes, systems and tools. Utilizing your strong communication skills, you will advocate for the interests of Merchandising, Data and Supply Chain teams on cross-divisional projects. Coordinates carefully with cross-divisional partners and provides inputs to Change Management and Training activities. Models and acts in accordance with REI’s guiding values, competencies and mission.
Your Planning & Navigating Requirements (the plans the job is responsible for creating and executing, and how the job ensures they are implemented)
Contributes to business process design workshops, advocating for business users, understanding and enabling industry leading best practices across multiple merchandising disciplines.- Partners with technology teams to support all Merchandising, Data and Supply Chain strategies and initiatives.
- Supports the implementation of industry best practices, company programs, procedures, methods and practices to promote REI’s business strategies and growth targets.
- Develop and maintain a complete working knowledge and documentation of Merchandising, Data and Supply Chain current and future processes, gaps/pain points, and applications (including business functionality, interfaces, data flow, and functional architecture).
- Prepare requirements, functional specifications, user stories, business processes, and requests for proposals (RFPs) associated with Merchandising, Data and Supply Chain projects.
- May participate in the design or development of division-specific tools. May administer systems and tools used by Merchandising, Data and Supply Chain teams.
- Supports small to medium sized projects in collaboration with cross divisional partners, most significantly Merchandising, Data and Supply Chain Information Technology (IT)
- Participate in all project status meetings as business lead; daily stand-ups, sprint retrospectives and sprint demonstrations for Agile projects and all other project meetings as required.
- Supports meeting project deadlines, milestones, release dates and schedules
- Contribute to backlog grooming/prioritization sessions to ensure sign-off by business and development teams
- Contribute to dashboards, reports, presentations and visual aids designed to educate, inform and influence business decisions of merchants and business leaders
- Develop and build test cases, work with QA teams, and conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with end-users.
- Develop end-user documentation and assist with training and rollout plans for new systems, or enhancements to existing systems as determined by direct Manager and/or Change Management lead.
Bring your passion and expertise
Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Product Design, Retail, Supply Chain, Operations or related field
- 3 years of progressive experience in Merchandising, product design & development, operations, process improvement or similar for related business units
- Advanced computer skills, to include Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Visio, Word, PowerPoint, Project, SharePoint), Jira
- Must showcase ability to intake requirements and deliver them as a finished product.
- Has to have deep knowledge in data management, data conversions and vendor operations.
- Must demonstrate optimal collaborative characteristics and align broad groups of people from different parts of the organization with different motivations.
- Needs to have experience testing, converting, and cleansing data.
- Must be able to manage multiple work streams at the same time and show flexibility in prioritization.
- Strong analytical, business process, communication and business acumen skills
- Demonstrated experience with facilitating end-user sessions
- Demonstrated ability to self-educate and learn while doing
- Actively participates and collaborates with others on one's own team and across REI for the achievement of business goals
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge/proficiency with Excel VBA, SQL, or other programming languages
- Project management skills including ability to create individual action plans and timelines, and complete action items in a timely manner
- Ability to author technical scripts, macros or database queries using tools such as Excel, MySQL, MS SQL Server and HTML/CSS
REI hires, trains, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We remain deeply committed to making the Co-op a place where everyone can feel safe and be themselves. Join us.
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As required by applicable Pay Transparency laws, REI provides a range of compensation for roles that may be hired in locations under these requirements. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include a wide array of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic location or other relevant factors.
The pay for this role is: $63300 - $101500 per year .
At REI we offer an enviable work environment that Fortune Magazine has recognized on the "100 Best Places to Work" list since the award's inception – 23 years in a row! Sure, we work hard, but it’s balanced with time off to play—a strategy that works for us as we continue to grow and thrive. Want to enjoy a workplace where you can be yourself, be heard and be respected while having a job that challenges you? This is the place.
With more than 160 retail locations (and growing), REI offers unique competitive benefits to its more than 15,000 employees, including healthcare, gear and apparel discounts, free equipment rentals and challenge grants to help employees reach personal outdoor goals, generous retirement plan contributions, public transit subsidy, adoptions assistance, paid sabbaticals, and more.
REI is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Posting Range
$63300 - $101500 per year
Salary : $63,300 - $101,500
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