Data and Reporting Analyst

Lozier Corporation is an industry leader in providing store fixtures to major retailers across the U.S. and around the world. Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, Lozier began manufacturing fixtures in 1956, and originated the basics of today’s shelving systems. Today, Lozier has over 4 million square feet of manufacturing and distribution space across facilities located in five states. We are committed to quality and service, building our business around integrity and respect, and investing in our people and communities.

We continue to invest in technology and people to ensure we remain competitive in the industry. That means opportunities for you to grow and develop as an employee and individual. Whether you have a clear idea of where you see yourself in your career or not, Lozier has a diverse range of departments with their own challenges and opportunities for growth to explore. You will find a welcoming and team-oriented environment where employees strive to not only help the company succeed but also help each other succeed, too.

POSITION SUMMARY  

The Supply Chain Reporting Analyst assists the supply chain with data analysis and visualization needs, creating custom data workflows, building interactive dashboards, and developing bespoke applications for solving practical problems. Provides analytical support to the entire supply chain to drive optimization within supply and demand planning, inventory management, transportation, and distribution networks. The role is responsible for building descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive models to drive impact considering the end-to-end supply chain in addition to traditional reporting and ad-hoc analysis. This individual is expected to lead complex analysis, clearly summarize findings, and present recommendations to business partners and leadership.  The analyst will work directly with Supply Chain leadership to provide business analysis and reporting needs. The primary function of this role will be to build data products, with a focus on SQL queries and report building. A key role of the Analyst is understanding the business need behind a report request and ensuring the report and data provided supports the requirement.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Champion Lozier’s Mission, Vision and Core Values by demonstrating the behaviors that contribute to Lozier’s success.
2. Work across the business to understand analytics needs, develop critical metrics and KPIs, and deliver actionable insights to stakeholders.
3. Develop Qlik Sense reports and dashboards and Routine SQL queries highlighting analytics and data patterns.
4. Implement best practices for report development.
5. Ensure a high degree of data quality and reporting accuracy, including implementing standards and processes such as data audits and reports and dashboards validation.
6. Responsible for the design, development, and implementation of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive models to meet analytical objectives for supply Chain.
7. Complete ad-hoc analysis and reporting to support key supply chain initiatives and drive continuous improvement.
8. Support the analysis, design, development, and implementation of new reporting requirements and KPIs.
9. Document technical specifications, data models, process flows, requirements, and solutions.
10. Work with data architects and engineers to define report performance.
11. Collaborate with delivery and technical team members on design and development of solutions.
12. Understand business processes, underlying Oracle EBS data and reporting needs.
13. Conduct data analysis in support of ETL development and other activities.
14. Work with management to prioritize business and information needs.
15. Train on the use of new reports and creates appropriate documentation.
16. Work to support data literacy on the Supply Chain team providing training where necessary.
17. Demonstrate regular attendance and timeliness in reporting to work, meetings and completing assignments. 
18. Ability to work and interact well with others at all levels of the organization.
19. Work collaboratively across all departments and levels of the organization to effectively meet objectives.
20. Demonstrate regular attendance and timeliness in reporting to work, meetings and completing assignments.
21. Ability to work and interact well with others.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Statistics, Business or related field.

Experience: Minimum of 4 years of business, planning or other related field, with 2 years of  experience in data and analytics; 1-2 years of Lozier experience preferred.

Required Skills:

• Experience designing, developing and implementing descriptive, predictive, and descriptive analytical models.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated critical path thinking skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with data visualization tools.
• Must have strong attention to detail, flexibility, and strategic thinking.
• Must maintain have ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a professional manner.
• Advanced organization/project/time management skills.
• Advanced problem solving skills.
• Experience in Analytics and BI platforms, such as Qlik Sense and Power BI.
• Understanding of relational databases.
• Advanced PC software skills in Access, PowerPoint.
• Experience in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

Lozier Corporation is an industry leader in providing store fixtures to major retailers across the U.S. and around the world. Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, Lozier began manufacturing fixtures in 1956, and originated the basics of today’s shelving systems. Today, Lozier has over 4 million square feet of manufacturing and distribution space across facilities located in five states. We are committed to quality and service, building our business around integrity and respect, and investing in our people and communities.

We continue to invest in technology and people to ensure we remain competitive in the industry. That means opportunities for you to grow and develop as an employee and individual. Whether you have a clear idea of where you see yourself in your career or not, Lozier has a diverse range of departments with their own challenges and opportunities for growth to explore. You will find a welcoming and team-oriented environment where employees strive to not only help the company succeed but also help each other succeed, too.

POSITION SUMMARY  

The Supply Chain Reporting Analyst assists the supply chain with data analysis and visualization needs, creating custom data workflows, building interactive dashboards, and developing bespoke applications for solving practical problems. Provides analytical support to the entire supply chain to drive optimization within supply and demand planning, inventory management, transportation, and distribution networks. The role is responsible for building descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive models to drive impact considering the end-to-end supply chain in addition to traditional reporting and ad-hoc analysis. This individual is expected to lead complex analysis, clearly summarize findings, and present recommendations to business partners and leadership.  The analyst will work directly with Supply Chain leadership to provide business analysis and reporting needs. The primary function of this role will be to build data products, with a focus on SQL queries and report building. A key role of the Analyst is understanding the business need behind a report request and ensuring the report and data provided supports the requirement.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Champion Lozier’s Mission, Vision and Core Values by demonstrating the behaviors that contribute to Lozier’s success.
2. Work across the business to understand analytics needs, develop critical metrics and KPIs, and deliver actionable insights to stakeholders.
3. Develop Qlik Sense reports and dashboards and Routine SQL queries highlighting analytics and data patterns.
4. Implement best practices for report development.
5. Ensure a high degree of data quality and reporting accuracy, including implementing standards and processes such as data audits and reports and dashboards validation.
6. Responsible for the design, development, and implementation of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive models to meet analytical objectives for supply Chain.
7. Complete ad-hoc analysis and reporting to support key supply chain initiatives and drive continuous improvement.
8. Support the analysis, design, development, and implementation of new reporting requirements and KPIs.
9. Document technical specifications, data models, process flows, requirements, and solutions.
10. Work with data architects and engineers to define report performance.
11. Collaborate with delivery and technical team members on design and development of solutions.
12. Understand business processes, underlying Oracle EBS data and reporting needs.
13. Conduct data analysis in support of ETL development and other activities.
14. Work with management to prioritize business and information needs.
15. Train on the use of new reports and creates appropriate documentation.
16. Work to support data literacy on the Supply Chain team providing training where necessary.
17. Demonstrate regular attendance and timeliness in reporting to work, meetings and completing assignments. 
18. Ability to work and interact well with others at all levels of the organization.
19. Work collaboratively across all departments and levels of the organization to effectively meet objectives.
20. Demonstrate regular attendance and timeliness in reporting to work, meetings and completing assignments.
21. Ability to work and interact well with others.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Statistics, Business or related field.

Experience: Minimum of 4 years of business, planning or other related field, with 2 years of  experience in data and analytics; 1-2 years of Lozier experience preferred.

Required Skills:

• Experience designing, developing and implementing descriptive, predictive, and descriptive analytical models.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated critical path thinking skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with data visualization tools.
• Must have strong attention to detail, flexibility, and strategic thinking.
• Must maintain have ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a professional manner.
• Advanced organization/project/time management skills.
• Advanced problem solving skills.
• Experience in Analytics and BI platforms, such as Qlik Sense and Power BI.
• Understanding of relational databases.
• Advanced PC software skills in Access, PowerPoint.
• Experience in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.