Schematic Analyst

Schematic Analyst

Are you looking to join a team for a fast-growing company that can offer you flexible scheduling, competitive rates, and the possibility for advancement as you move throughout your career? If so, SAS Retail Services has a great opportunity for you!

As an SAS team member, you will partner with retailers to enhance the consumer's shopping experience. You will be responsible for maintaining a strong communication flow between all parties as well as supporting the team by providing the necessary tools to execute our services in the most efficient manner while delivering high-quality results.

At SAS Retail Services, we hire talented associates like you and give you the tools and training you need to succeed and advance in your career. As a large growing company with a national and global reach, our company offers you many opportunities to learn new skills and seek higher positions. APPLY TODAY!

What we offer:

Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) plan
• Paid training and ongoing career development

Responsibilities:

• Support retailers and/or clients POG development throughout defined category review process or client initiatives.
• Maintain project schedule by monitoring project progress, coordinating activities, resolving problems, and adjust as needed to meet deadlines.
• Communicate business opportunities and recommend action plans by working with clients, customers, and/or Business Development Managers.
• Organize information by studying, analyzing, interpreting, and classifying data.
• Provide Assortment Analytics to supporting departments.
• Utilize space productivity metrics and principals to maximize SKU and assortment mix, space/shelf allocation, sales and profits.
• Create Core/Template Planograms which represent the visual presentation standards and product placement goals of merchandising, supports clustering strategies, and optimizes space/shelf productivity. Communicate goals & versioning for store specific challenges as required.
• Develop and incorporate merchandise presentation standards in the creation and maintenance of all planograms.
• Executes test sets in supermarket environment.
• Educate store personnel through written communications and memos with regard to executing new sets.
• Determine and quantify primary business opportunities and key drivers as they pertain to shelving.
• Support key business opportunities by recommending merchandising/assortment solutions based on applicable data.
• Prioritize optimal assortment and/or shelving information to support the goals of our clients, customers, and company.
• Evaluate the reliability of source information by weighing raw data and organizing results for analysis.
• Provide planogram information for clients, customers, and/or Business Development Managers using syndicated or customer-specific data sources.

Qualifications:

• Non-perishable/perishable product knowledge and merchandising background in a supermarket setting preferred.
• Must have a working knowledge of product resets and ability to read planograms.
• Strong PC skills (preferred Microsoft Office and Excel workable knowledge).
• JDA experience a plus.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to solve business problems.
• Team oriented with excellent time management and organization skills.
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal & written)
• Customer service oriented with ability to maintain positive attitude in all situations.
• Must possess and demonstrate a strong sense of urgency, energy, and be very detail oriented.
• Sterling integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to view the changing dynamics of the grocery industry and seek out opportunities for synergy and integration within different areas of the business.
• Able to effectively cope with change.

This position is an in office role.

This job will remail open until filled.

The Company is one of North America's leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

Planogram Development & Maintenance

• Manage project timelines for assigned categories, often at the direction of the retailer
• Manage the retailer defined category review process and planogram execution
• Planogram production based on retailer defined flows, adjacencies and space definitions
• Planogram quality assurance to make sure all planograms meet assortment requirements, innovation opportunities, and shelving metrics
• Often help execute and evaluate test sets

Data Analysis / Interpretation / Application

• Utilize available sales data to help facilitate planograms with defined days of supply and pack out metrics
• Make assortment decisions utilizing sales and shopper data to support cluster and size-specific planogram requirements

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports
- This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports
- This position does not have guidance or mentoring responsibilities for indirect reports

Travel and/or Driving Requirements

- Travel and Driving are not essential duties or functions of this job
Travel up to 5%

Minimum Qualifications

The following are the minimum job-related qualifications which an individual needs in order to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job
Education Level: (Required): A.S. IN Computer Science, Data Management, or equivalent job-related experience

Field of Study/Area of Experience:
1+ years of Retail experience

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a team; a hunger for "winning together"
• Self-directed work ethic and desire to succeed; thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize business requests
• Good communication - written and oral - skills and strong interpersonal skills
• Well-organized and strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Intellectually curious, eager to problem solve, and a quick learner
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Strong work ethic and desire to succeed (often with minimal supervision)
• Microsoft Office experience : Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of space management technology platforms preferred (JDA, Symphony Gold (Apollo), Spaceman)

Environmental & Physical Requirements
Office / Sedentary Requirements

Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear the telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may also require the ability to lift up to 10 pounds.

Additional Information Regarding The Company Job Duties and Job Descriptions
Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one's supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job position or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.

Any estimate, schedule, or guideline provided to associates in this job description or elsewhere in connection with their jobs is only intended to help describe job duties and for planning purposes. Regardless of any such estimate, schedule, or guideline, associates must always record all time worked for our company (which includes but is not limited to on-site work time in an assigned store, office, or other work location; required waiting time; administrative time; and work-related travel time).

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of associates so classified.

The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.