URBN Systems Analyst - Supply Chain Reporting

Reports to

Director Global Supply Chain Management

Supervises

N/A

Overview

Global Logistics Team is searching for an individual to be responsible for business analysis, requirements gathering and management; as well as development and delivery of reports and other data output formats. The Systems Analyst works with Global Logistics team to critically assess and determine their reporting needs and requirements, including report design specifications and approvals. This resource must have a strong sense of ownership and be well-spoken, self-motivated and able to work with both business resources and third party vendors. This resource will need to have proficient knowledge of the underlying data warehouse, critically working with the data/ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) team to provide direction in how to roll in any needed aggregates or data model or ETL changes to support report development requirements. This resource is also responsible for the set-up and training business resources on the use of an ad-hoc reporting environment.

Responsibilities

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  Work with Global Logistics Team across Finance, Transportation and Distribution.
• Prioritize and manage all Global Logistics report deliveries as end-to-end projects from inception/requirements through delivery, acceptance and training
• Take ownership to plan, conduct and direct the definition and analysis of business intelligence data requirements and needs on behalf of individual business stakeholders
• Create mockups of report designs, and work with the business customers to optimize and sign off on report definitions
• Use MicroStrategy to develop specified reports for the business, working with the Data Warehouse team to ensure report data is available in the data warehouse for the report generation
• Drive and participate in quality assurance and user acceptance testing processes
• Train end users as required for new employees or new report functionality for existing employees
• Work with the business to critically assess their data analysis needs and develop a rollout roadmap based on those needs
• Provide support for any data quality, report display, training or other issues associated with the MicroStrategy report and ad-hoc environment
• Candidates must be able to collaborate in a professional manner and be responsible for multiple projects and tasks demonstrating high levels of leadership and accountability.

Qualifications

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  5 years of business intelligence report analysis and requirements definition
• 3 year experience with MicroStrategy or equivalent reporting software
• Able to write SQL
• Experience with project managing end-to-end business report requirements collection as well as business stakeholder management.
• Ability to effectively manage and execute against reporting requirements from inception to delivery
• Ability to develop and deliver necessary documentation to support end-to-end report development, including report requirements, specification mock ups, testing scenarios, project management artifacts and training materials
• Ability to think and communicate critically, in order to support and facilitate strategic analytical initiatives
• Knowledge of data modeling concepts, data warehouse and data aggregation processes and strategies
• Ability to facilitate requirements gathering meetings and experience with project management tools, techniques and methodologies
• Ability to communicate with and provide direction to members of an external team
• Ability to manage schedules and priorities proactively

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, or a related field.

Location

Philadelphia, PA