About the Role

In this role, you will identify and communicate analytics related to Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) optimization.

What You’ll Do

Partner with Product Development and Strategic Sourcing teams on Kohl’s highest-priority sourcing projects

Work in cross-functional teams to extract, clean and prepare data and present findings to stakeholders

Leverage a suite of analytics tools to analyze spend and pricing data to identify spend optimization and cost reduction opportunities 

Independently identify key insights from analyses, cutting through large amounts of data to quickly identify trends and implications on the sourcing strategy approach

Translate analysis into insights, reporting on findings to senior leadership and using analyses to help the sourcing team prepare for critical vendor negotiations and overall company decision-making initiatives

Analyze bid results from vendors and help develop negotiation strategy based on internal and external sources of information

Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

Required

Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Finance or other quantitative field 

4+ years of analytics and insights experience

Advanced skills in Excel, Google Sheets, Tableau and SQL or equivalent analytics programs

Modeling experience

Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to translate analysis into insights and build reports for leadership teams

Experience presenting complex data analysis to mid-level management and above

Preferred

Master’s Degree or equivalent

Experience with purchasing or supply chain management in the apparel and home goods industry

Alteryx programming skills

Retail knowledge

For NY based applicants only, the pay range is $88,900-$151,100