Sourcing Analytics Analyst

Kohl's; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

Kohl's is seeking a Sourcing Analytics Analyst to work either in Menomonee Falls, WI or New York, NY. In this role, you will analyze data to optimize costs and enhance decision-making processes for sourcing. The position requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate insights effectively.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of analytics and insights experience preferred.
• Experience building dashboards and reports, especially in BI tools.
• Knowledge of purchasing or supply chain management in retail.

Responsibilities

• Conduct analysis and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Examine large data sets to identify trends and develop visuals.
• Provide data driven insights to support sourcing decisions.

Skills

Strong written and verbal communication

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Analytics, Finance or other quantitative field

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Business Intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Qlik)

SQL

Alteryx

Job description

Role Specific Information

This role can be based at our Corporate Office in Menomonee Falls, WI or NY Design Office in New York, NY. You’ll work onsite from Monday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Fridays.

Job Description

About the Role

As Sourcing Analytics Analyst, you will identify and communicate analytics related to optimizing cost of goods and other Private Brand metrics

What You’ll Do

• Conduct analysis, determine insights and collaborate with different stakeholders

• Examine large data sets to identify trends, develop charts and create visual presentations to help businesses make more strategic decisions

• Leverage a suite of analytics tools to analyze data including spend and product cost in order to identify spend optimization, cost reduction opportunities and other key metrics

• Maintain Sourcing Optimizing tools and models

• Support the Senior Sourcing Analytics Analyst in identifying key insights from analyses, cutting through large amounts of data to quickly identify trends and implications

• Provide analysis to inform insights, reporting on findings and using analyses to help Sourcing prepare for critical vendor negotiations and overall company decision-making initiatives

• Support Global Sourcing Product Services teams in initiatives by providing data, analysis and reporting

• Track and report on macro commodity trends

• Extract, clean and prepare data

• Spreadsheet tool development and management

• Summarize data and insights in a compelling, visual format

• Build and maintain data visualization dashboards in Qlik

• Leverage AI and other technology levers to provide data driven analytics and insights

What Skills You Have

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Analytics, Finance or other quantitative field

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to translate analysis into insights

Preferred

• 2+ years of analytics and insights experience, particularly:
  Advanced skills in Excel, Google Sheets

• Experience building dashboards and reports using Business Intelligence tools (ex: Tableau, Qlik)

• Experience using SQL to query data in a data warehouse (ex: Teradata, BigQuery)

• Experience with purchasing or supply chain management in the apparel / home goods industry and/or retail knowledge

• Experience presenting complex data analyses

• Experience w/PLM, including Sourcing Optimization tool experience

• Modeling experience

• Alteryx programming skill

For NY based applicants only, the pay range is $ 65,200 - $101,100

Essential Functions

The requirements listed below are representative of functions you will be required to perform, however you may be required to perform additional functions. Kohl’s may revise this job description from time to time. To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, absent undue hardship.

• Ability to perform the accountabilities listed in the “What You’ll Do” Section

• Basic math and reading skills, legible handwriting, and basic computer operation

• Ability to maintain prompt and regular attendance and meet scheduling requirements as set by the company

• Ability to learn and comply with all company policies, procedures, standards and guidelines

• Ability to give direction and to receive, understand and proactively respond to direction from leadership and other company personnel

• Ability to work as part of a team and interact effectively and appropriately with others

• Ability to maintain composure and work in a fast paced environment while accomplishing multiple tasks within established timeframes

• Ability to satisfactorily complete company training programs

• Ability to plan, prioritize and monitor activities across business units

• Ability to complete or oversee the completion of assigned projects in a timely manner