Project Analyst, Cigarettes & Tobacco

7-Eleven is an iconic family of brands with over 86,000 locations, surpassing every retailer in the world. We revolutionize convenience, restaurants and fuel through cutting edge innovation — working hard to be the customer's first choice. 7-Eleven empowers our employees to "activate awesome" and make a meaningful impact in their stores and communities every day. If you're ready to grow, lead and make a difference, come join our team and help shape the future of convenience.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Category Project Analyst will directly support the Sr. Category Manager of Cigarettes, and be primarily responsible for collecting, researching, and analyzing data to support the decision-making process. Responsible for understanding Category Managers’ business intent and executing that intent through project work, report building, and gaining expertise in 7-Eleven’s proprietary business system.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:

Support the on-going needs of the Cigarette Category Team, including:

• Responsible for assigned projects from Sr. Manager to scope and understand in advance any proposed program and/or contractual changes by vendors/manufacturers.
• Interface directly with Operations and/or Field Merchandising leadership to solicit feedback regarding program or executional changes.
• Track and work with category support/pricing/accounting to track and accelerate closure of open issues with manufacturers/operations raised issues. Accountable to monthly accounting alignment and review to ensure category is on track towards P&L and budget goals.
• Coordinates with Sr. Category Managers and Category Managers to understand pricing/promotion intent and appropriate KPIs/success measures to build verification reporting
• Collaborate cross-functionally, and with manufacturer analytics and insights teams to build robust, sustainable reporting and modeling to drive accurate, timely data driven decision making.
• Develop and update Tobacco/OTP Pricing Models and reports to accommodate any contractual changes, Category Manager strategy shifts, or cost/retail changes
• Execute analysis to provide recommended retails to support external team functions such as New Item setup, Field Operation inquiries and Manufacturer partner retail & promo analysis
• Generates and distributes standard category performance reports, inclusive of deriving insights from such data/reporting and building/updating presentations for socialization
• Ad-hoc special projects directly related to the business unit, inclusive of modernization efforts which require collaboration with multiple departments, 3rd party groups, and manufacturers

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

EDUCATION: Bachelors/4 Yr Degree

YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE: NA

YEARS OF MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE: NA

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Strong interpersonal, and written communication skills.
• Familiarity/Exposure to retail operations preferred.
• Must have the ability to develop and adapt complex pricing models and reports using MS Excel.
• Competency with both standard and custom Business Intelligence systems, such as Power BI.
• Prior experience using Excel and Power Point strongly preferred.
• Position requires high school diploma plus 3 to 4 years' experience with heavy PC usage. 
• Project Management/Analyst experience / College education is also strongly preferred.

*Position not eligible for sponsorship*

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