Business Analyst

Job Description

About the company

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. With a fixation on raising the bar with innovation and building belonging through our culture, our team is rallying our company around a unique purpose: to create joy around each table and inspire a healthier tomorrow for every community.

Albertsons Companies is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States, with over 2,200 stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen, Carr's, Kings Food Markets, and Balducci's Food Lovers Market. We support our stores with 22 distribution centers and 19 manufacturing plants.

Placing a premium on adaptability, safety and family well-being, our work model, Presence with a Purpose, offers a hybrid work environment between remote work and office time. A one-size-fits-all approach does not apply to everyone, and teams are empowered to make decisions best for them.

Bring your flavor

Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table.

What you will be doing

The Supply Chain Business Analyst will work collaboratively across Albertsons' value chain. evaluate our supply chain design to meet our strategic objectives, develop network optimization models to help understand how changing business strategies and needs will impact service, and analyze potential solutions that improve our ability to meet our strategic outcomes. The Supply Chain Analyst will perform analysis at a level of detail that accelerates the decision-making process and mitigates risk factors to the organization. The Supply Chain Analyst will communicate complex processes and analysis to cross-divisional stakeholders, including Albertsons' Senior Leadership Team. This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to join a driven and growing team as we embark on our Supply Chain transformation. Self-starters, proactive and energetic candidates who are looking to contribute with ideas, innovative thinking, and tireless actions should apply. We offer a great work-life balance, with an intense, challenging, and fast-paced working environment that ultimately celebrates results but demands absolute professionalism at every step. We welcome and value diversity, unique experiences, and wide skillsets.

Who you are: The ideal candidate is a self-starting Supply Chain professional, with an entrepreneurial mindset who is persistently looking for places to improve, is curious, and excited by the work in the field of Supply Chain. You are a true team player looking to learn, share, teach, and grow with the team. You are comfortable with ambiguity and understand that collaboration is a key for top results.

We are looking for: Change agents, consensus builders and strategists who are driven to optimize via best-in-class processes and thought leadership.

The position will be based in Fullerton, CA, or one of our main regional offices.

Main responsibilities

• Design and deliver supply chain design solutions using the Llamasoft/Supply Chain Guru modeling suite, SQL, and BI tools.
• Interact with internal stakeholders to identify requirements, constraints, and objectives of a given supply chain problem.
• Conduct comprehensive analysis of the company's operations. Identify opportunities to optimize the supply chain network design to reduce costs, improve customer service and improve overall supply chain performance.
• Address strategic and operational challenges by applying quantitative modeling and analysis to transportation optimization, strategic network design, inventory management strategies and warehousing/distribution operations.
• Support the development of supply chain network optimization as part of a network modeling team that drives supply chain organization goals and objectives.
• Provide analysis to support recommendations on capital spending decisions as part of network optimization projects.
• Evaluate ideal site locations accounting for total landed cost and customer service requirements.
• Fully document modeling approach, data sources and transformations, assumptions, and
• constraints.
• Review and validate data, build and validate models, run scenarios, and assist in the preparation of modernization project presentations.

The salary range is $82,900 to $119,720 annually. Starting salary will vary based on criteria such as location, experience, and qualifications. There may be flexibility for exceptional candidates. Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay (accrued based on hours worked), PTO/Vacation Pay (accrued based on hours worked) or Flexible Time Off, paid holidays (8-9 days annually), bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (such as 401(k) eligibility). If applicable: Associates in this position are also eligible for a quarterly bonus.

A copy of the full job description can be made available to you.

What we are searching for

• Supply Chain Exposure
• Experience in or knowledge of supply chain planning and design
• Familiarity with supply chain concepts such as planning, forecasting, transportation, and inventory management
• Ability to communicate effectively to department teams, cross-functional partners, and upper management
• Knowledge of the principles of optimization and how optimization is performed using
  software packages
• Understanding of simulation and the differences between optimization and simulation
• Familiarity with network optimization, inventory optimization, product flow analysis,
  operations planning, and cost to serve analysis
• Database skills strongly desired
• Some programming skills a plus, especially in optimization software packages
• Strong planning skills with the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to prioritize work and manage time effectively
• Ability to be cost-conscious and understand the levers that impact cost and profitability
• Ability to convey information clearly and concisely
• Must be able to analyze large data sets in a way that can efficiently and succinctly convey a message and provide appropriate guidance on actions needed
• Must be flexible and able to adapt to the changing needs and demands of the business
• Detail oriented and capable of delivering a high level of accuracy
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to implement structured problem-solving techniques
• Excellent cross-functional teamwork and facilitation skills
• Ability to employ persuasion skills with discretion and consideration
• Ability to work independently and with little supervision
• Ability to work effectively on a virtual/remote team and support high levels of performance
• Desire to continually add value to and ensure accuracy and quality in all work performed
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, time management and problem-solving skills
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, or Supply Chain or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years experience data mining and extraction skills like; SQL, Python, R
• Ability to travel overnight domestically: 25%

What is it like at Albertsons?

Our 290,000 associates have a passion for great service and building lasting relationships with our customers. Through a companywide focus on innovation, we are continually enhancing our digital and product offerings, making it easy for customers to get what they need, wherever they are.

Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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