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.