ADUSA Procurement, a partner company to Retail Business Services, provides supply chain services that enable end-to-end optimization and visibility, balancing service and cost with collaboration and supporting the delivery of product from a supplier to the warehouse. Like Retail Business Services, ADUSA Procurement provides services to five omnichannel grocery brands, including Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop.

Analyst III Advantage is responsible for providing category specific insights for medium complexity categories in terms of scope/value (process and financial). Liaison between the ADvantage Support Center and the assigned category specific POD. Responsible for knowledge in a sub-set of categories

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage small/medium initiatives in terms of scope/complexity/value (process/financial)

• Manage the relationship with the vendor collaboration center - expected to resolve issues quickly and effectively

• Communicate effectively with POD/Category leadership as well as the ADvantage Support Center

• Responsible for providing first-level category specific analysis, vendor analysis and vendor support, sharing documents, parsing files

• Support senior-level collaboration analysts and appropriately escalate issues

• Support delivering business insights and change management

• Support cross-functional process improvements, projects, and initiatives

• Collaborate with teams from 3rd party resources, Supply Chain, SC Procurement, and the Brands, conducting analysis to target improvements in sales, on-shelf availability, COGS, and unsaleables

• Support implementation of the company's new ways of working in assigned areas and the Brands

Knowledge:

• Subject matter expert of assigned Brands and Categories in store operations, category management, forecasting, and replenishment

Skills:

• Excellent communication skills, oral and written

• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint

• Strong analytical and data analysis skills demonstrated; experience developing data-driven analytical models

• Customer Focus

• Strategic Planning Acumen

• Proven project management skills: conceptualizing, planning, estimating and executing.

• Negotiation Skills

• Excellent people skills and ability to build strong relationships and lead groups.

Abilities:

• Attention to Detail

• Ability to manage and influence others in the organization, including executive levels

• Proven track record of delivering high quality results in a timely manner.

• Ability to influence change within ADUSA, the Brands and the Vendor community

• Ability to analyze complex problems and data sets

• Comfortable working in a virtual environment with reporting associates and/or leadership located in other campuses

Education:

• Bachelor's in Business, Supply Chain Management, or similar work experience

Experience:

• 2 years relevant experience

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