Sr. IT Business Systems Analyst- Merchandising
Job Description About Kendra Scott:
We are a fun, talented and driven team dedicated to providing our customers with gorgeous products and a WOW! experience. Family, fashion and philanthropy are at the core of our company and though we move at a very fast pace, we are committed to maintaining a family-oriented work environment and giving back to our community. A passion for great design, dedication to innovation and a strong social media presence are our building blocks for creating a unique and engaging lifestyle brand across all channels, including retail stores, wholesale accounts and e-commerce. Our headquarters are located in the heart of Austin, Texas, and we embrace the unique vibe and energy of our hometown as an inspiration for our brand and company culture.
Position Overview: We have an exciting career opportunity to participate in building IT systems. Reporting to our Director of IT, our Senior Business Systems Analyst - Merchandising, will plan, design, test, launch and support new systems for our growing business!
Responsibilities: - Review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems
- Meet with key decision makers, systems owners, and end users to define business, financial and operations requirements, systems goals, and identify and resolve systems issues
- Evaluate and articulate technical requirements and identify impact, risk and benefits of alternative solutions
- Interpret user needs and write functional specifications for new systems, systems changes and/or systems enhancements
- Provide technical expertise in identifying, evaluating, designing and developing systems and processes and procedures that are cost effective and meet user requirements
- Configure systems settings and options; plans and executes unit integration and acceptance testing and creates specifications for systems to meet business requirements
- Create, coordinate and perform test metrics and test plans; partner with QA for system, integration and regression tests
- Provide third level post implementation support to business users with a high level of customer service
- Provide orientation and training to end users for all new and modified systems
Our Ideal Candidate Will Have: - Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or equivalent
- 5+ years of experience in a Senior Business Analyst role supporting Merchandising
- Experience working in a Retail environment with a major merchandising system is required with Oracle Retail or Aptos strongly preferred
- A strong background in implementing enterprise-grade solutions and vendor management experience
- Experience with defining a new merchandise hierarchy and/or re-classing products in the hierarchy
- Strong knowledge on the use of attributes to enable operational and analytical reporting
- Systems integration and data conversion experience
- Experience building and implementing new systems with new business processes to maximum operational efficiency and improve the customer experience
- Extensive experience interpreting use needs and writing functional specifications for new systems, systems changes, and/or system enhancements
- A high aptitude for interpreting technical documentation as well as authoring or updating documents including help desk run books and training documentation
- Strong analytical skills to devise solutions to complex problems and the ability to effectively present complex solutions to technical and non-technical staff at all levels of the organization
- The ability to generate buy-in and build consensus across the organization
- The desire to be a life-long learner with high just in time learning capability
- The ability to work well independently and prioritize tasks to achieve objectives according to deadline.
- Proficiency in general IT concepts (user interface, database, security, networking)
- Solid project management skills and exposure to standard methodologies
- A shared appreciation for our 3 core values of Family, Fashion and Philanthropy
