Supply Chain Business Analyst

Job Description

Company Overview :

Party City is a part of Party City Holdco Inc. (PCHI), a global leader in the celebrations industry, with offerings spanning more than 70 countries around the world.

PCHI is also the largest vertically integrated designer, manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of party goods in North America.

PCHI operates across multiple businesses within its Retail Division and Consumer Products Division. On the retail side, Party City (partycity.

com) is the leading omnichannel retailer in the celebrations category, operating more than 800 company-owned stores, franchise stores, and Halloween City (halloweencity.

com) seasonal pop-up stores. The Consumer Products Division includes design and manufacturing entities Amscan, an industry leader in celebration décor, tableware, costumes, and accessories, and Anagram, the global market leader in foil balloons.

PCHI is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, N.J. with additional locations throughout the Americas and Asia.

Job Overview :

The Supply Chain Analyst will be responsible for blending their knowledge of Supply Chain and Inventory, analytical acumen, and data modeling / visualization skills to identify Supply Chain and Inventory optimization opportunities and create predictive modeling that informs business decisions.

Ultimately this position is key to identifying cost savings and Inventory Reduction within the Supply Chain and creating effective presentations to business leadership to help prioritize optimization opportunities.

This role reports directly to the Manager, Supply Chain Analytics.

Responsibilities and Duties :

This position will be responsible for :

Analytics and Predictive Modeling

• Utilize knowledge of Inventory, Distribution, Transportation, and Financial concepts to support analysis requests from cross-functional business partners to solve complex business problems.
• Synthesize inputs from Inventory Optimization and cross-functional partners to build flexible, scalable modeling that drives end to end Supply Chain and Inventory Optimization.
• Enable transparency to financial and operational performance of the Supply Chain, through ownership of reporting that measures actual results versus plans and forecasts.
• Comfortable mining large data sets and building models to simulate various outcomes.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and fast-paced Retail environment. Uses business acumen and problem-solving skills to offer sound recommendations when source data is incomplete.

Empower Organization with Visibility through Reporting

• Partner with management of the business functions to define reporting requirements, and prioritize delivery of reporting solutions
• Provide key highlights from data to operations partners, understanding the operational context of the data
• Develop effective presentations utilizing insight from data analysis to drive business discussion.
• Participate in key business meetings then independently develop follow-up actions

Requirements

Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field
• 2-3 years Supply Chain or Inventory experience in Analyst or Engineering role, consulting experience a plus
• Strong technical skills a must. Experience with Python, VBA, and Data Visualization tools (Tableau, etc.) a plus
• Comfortable handling very large data sets, and identifying the important information to drive business results
• Ability to dissect complex business problems into an actionable plan for analysis
• Comfortable formally presenting analysis and recommendations to management
• Ability to integrate qualitative and quantitative information into a cohesive analysis and set of recommendations
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced retail environment
• Ability to travel to Distribution Facilities (travel may vary based on business needs, but generally
• Physical Demands : regular hearing, talking, and sitting in an office environment walking throughout the DC environment
• Ability to lift to 20lbs

Work hours : ability to work a flexible schedule