What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Analyst II - Merchandising position at Sprouts Farmers Market?
Please note this position is based out of our Phoenix, AZ Support Office. The Technical Analyst II position will play an important part of managing Sprouts’ product domains focusing on the end-to-end software lifecycle. This will include being part of the software selection, development, implementation, and support processes. The candidate for this position will have prior experience interacting with stakeholders, vendors, and developers to ensure the complete collection, documentation, and implementation of requirements. This role will also require strong leadership, interpersonal communication, and collaboration skills in addition to the ability to lead and guide teams through the project lifecycle with minimal supervisory direction.
Overview of Responsibilities
Essential Job Functions
- Leads and manages small to medium sized projects with little to no supervision
- Collaborates with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translates them into technical solutions that align with the organization’s goals and objectives
- Creates technical and non-functional requirements documentation to include visual representations of business processes and systems (i.e. current state, desired end state and performance of any gap analysis)
- Maintains multiple product backlogs by working across various teams to determine priority and level of effort
- Manages release/upgrade schedules while ensuring release notes are received, impacts are well understood, and pre/post deployment testing is completed
- Monitors and maintains system performance; conducts regular audits and provides recommendations for optimization and improvement
- Utilizes a variety of analytics, critical thinking, and problem-solving methods to find solutions to complex problems
- Able to effectively present information and respond to questions from all levels of the organization
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (education, years of experience)
- Innovative Mindset – Proactive and creative in terms of introducing new technologies that remove friction from the Customer’s and Store Team Member’s experience
- 2 years of experience working on software sourcing and implementation projects, including some experience in all areas of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Preference given to candidates with experience in Retail Merchandising Systems with an emphasis in Master Data Management/Product Information Management (MDM/PIM), Inventory Management, Assortment and Space Planning, Price Optimization and Promotion Planning
- Experience with Agile/Scrum, Waterfall projects methodologies preferred
- Must have a minimum of 1 year(s) combined experience from above in a retail setting, preferably with Merchandising related applications.
Benefits
In addition to a rewarding career, Sprouts offers a comprehensive program to help support you and your family. These programs include:
- Competitive pay
- Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health
- Vacation accrual plan
- Opportunities for career growth
- 15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts
- Flexible schedules
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
- Company paid life insurance
- Contests and appreciation events throughout the year full of prizes, food and fun!
Eligibility requirements may apply for the following benefits:
- Bonus based on company and/or individual performance
- Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental and vision
- Health Savings Account with company match
- Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
- Company paid short-term disability coverage
- Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers
- Paid holidays
Get Paid Every Day!
Sprouts Farmers Market offers DailyPay - if you’re hired as an eligible employee, you’ll be able to transfer the money you’ve already earned at no extra cost, and get it the next business day, for free. We offer DailyPay so you don’t have to wait for payday to access the money you’ve already worked for. With DailyPay, you can see how much you’ve made every day and you can transfer your money any time before payday.
You can learn more by visiting https://www.dailypay.com/partners/sprouts-farmers-market/.
Why Sprouts
Grow with us!
If you have a passion for inspiring people and a flair for fresh food, consider applying for a job at Sprouts! With a focus on customer service, our neighborhood grocery stores offer high-quality, farm fresh produce, natural meats, plenty of scoop-your-own bulk goods and much more in a fun, friendly, old-fashioned farmer’s market setting. Come grow your career in healthy living with a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and teams that pride themselves on empowering others along their journey.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Sprouts’ management reserves the right to amend and change duties, responsibilities, and requirements to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.
Sprouts will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance.
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