Business Analyst at Wisen HR Services

Our client, a producer of innovative, handcrafted jewelry and accessories from sustainable materials, is looking for Business Analyst to join their growing company.

Jobs role:

The Business Analyst will support upper management with a broad range of deliverables including supporting strategic initiatives and projects, forecast reporting and project management. The job holder will play a critical role contributing to their day-to-day business operations duties and partnering with the US and Kenya teams.

Responsibilities

 Core

• Support leadership team with The Analyst will support the leadership team with generation of weekly forecast reports through monitoring, analyzing and summarizing key data points.
• Drive plan and execution of
• Responsible for reporting on and providing the Supply Chain Director with the appropriate data to ensure production functions and goals are tracked to accomplish goals.

Scorecard Management

• Manage Scorecard reports to monitor, analyze, and summarize Supply Chain Activities by accounts, format and life cycle.
• Organize reports into visually appealing presentation and distribute reports internally
• Prepare analysis and forecasts to enable management to monitor performance and drive strategy for maximum profitability.
• Create and design scorecards and other reports that deliver insightful and timely reporting.

Candidate will have:

• Strong business analysis and decision making skills.
• Persistence in obtaining critical information from key sources and proactively communicating it.
• Ability to effectively communicate with senior level leaders via in person presentation and written communication.
• Ablility to work in a fast paced environment and pay close attention to detail
• Have a strong sense of urgency and commitment to deadlines.
• Solution oriented and have the ability to prioritize.
• Ability to adapt to an ever-changing environment. Consistently meets or exceeds current job responsibilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to define goals, implements processes and maintain deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Strong strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and respond to tight deadlines
• Experience with retail landscape, entertainment and/or consumer packaged goods industry
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Finance, Economics, Statistics or similar degree from an accredited university, MBA or related Master’s degree is a plus
• More than 4 years working experience in an analytical role within the fashion or home goods industry collaborating with both internal and external sales and management team
• Experience in quantitative demand planning highly desirable
• Flexibility in managing competing priorities and changing expectations while achieving results is required
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills including written, verbal, listening, and presentation are required
• Knowledge of supply chain management, global distribution practices, inventory management, business, economics, basic accounting, statistics and project management methodologies is desired.