(USA) Senior Manager, Merchandising Business Analytics - Total Deli

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Position Summary... What you'll do... Role summary: The Senior Manager, Merchandising Business Analytics, plays a critical role in supporting merchandising decisions through advanced data analysis and financial modeling. This position drives category-level forecasting, budgeting, and performance evaluation while collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize assortment strategies and promotional effectiveness. The role requires leveraging data visualization and predictive analytics to influence business outcomes and support supplier negotiations. Additionally, the manager leads strategic initiatives, monitors profit and loss, and ensures alignment with organizational goals to enhance overall merchandising performance and customer satisfaction. About the team: Our team is dedicated to delivering customer-focused strategies that drive significant business impact. We operate as a collaborative, accountable, and results-oriented group, partnering across functions to solve complex challenges efficiently. By combining data-driven decision making with a thorough understanding of customer needs, we consistently exceed expectations. Our approach balances analytical insights with practical execution to unlock growth and deliver value. This dynamic environment fosters innovation, speed, and excellence, enabling us to support merchandising and business analytics initiatives that shape strategic outcomes and enhance overall performance. What you'll do: Provide financial decision support for supplier negotiations by delivering relevant data insights and risk assessments. Develop and maintain complex category-level forecasts, aligning projections with cross-functional inputs. Utilize data analytics and visualization tools to generate actionable merchandising insights and influence strategic decisions. Support budgeting processes by building financial targets and entering budget data into planning systems. Drive markdown management and vendor analysis to optimize category performance and profitability. Collaborate with merchant partners to develop assortment strategies and feature planning based on data-driven analysis. Lead post-modular performance reviews and present key financial metrics to leadership. What you'll bring: Extensive experience in business analytics and data-driven decision making within merchandising environments. Proven ability to manage complex profit and loss (P&L) responsibilities and develop financial forecasts. Strong expertise in predictive modeling, performance analysis, and data visualization to influence strategic decisions. Skilled in supporting supplier negotiations through financial insights and risk assessment. Demonstrated capability to lead cross-functional collaboration and drive category-level assortment and promotional strategies. Proficient in leveraging digital tools to enhance analytics, reporting, and operational effectiveness. Experience mentoring and developing team members while promoting high ethical standards

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