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Description

For Our Employees:

Competitive Salary and Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Store discount of 20% to 25%

Up to $96 per month in store credit

100% match, up to 5%, for 401K

Affordable Medical, Dental & Vision insurance for all employees who 20 hour/week

AND MORE!

Summary and Mission: Founded in 1973 by health-conscious individuals, we have grown from one culturally iconic store to two locations in the Treasure Valley of Southwest Idaho. The Co-op has over 35,000 Co-Owners and 200 employees.

As part of our guest-oriented team, you’ll help us create an experience that makes our community as excited for honest food as we are. When you work at the Boise Co-Op, you’re helping us create a healthier community. You’re working alongside an enthusiastic and dedicated team that brings their passion and pride to all that they do. You will deliver a welcoming shopping experience by providing a world class customer service experience for our guests.

What we are looking for: You might be a great match if you: get excited about working in a fun and energetic environment. Love providing world-class customer service to our guests that help them leave our store feeling good about their purchases.

Primary Skills, Abilities, and Responsibilities:

• Provides pricing and promotional recommendations and solutions for business decisions using transactional data and advanced trend analysis.
• Evaluates and measures department key performance indicators to provide pricing and promotional recommendations to Category Managers.
• Create new tools and capabilities to manage inventory and pricing initiatives across the organization.
• Create the 12-month rolling promotional forecast utilizing historical data, current trends, and statistical models to facilitate the agreement of a consensus business plan.
• Prepare promotional order guide for operations prior to every ordering period, by comparing multiple cost offerings across multiple suppliers.
• Execute retail price update decisions based on cost updates and departmental margin targets.
• Support the annual financial plan and budgeting process. Providing risks and opportunities when needed.
• Tracking and reporting of KPIs and objectives, being able to present KPIs, Product Reviews, forecasts, etc. to Leadership team.
• Develop, implement, and maintain dashboard reporting to support a continuous improvement of the supply chain based on metric driven decisions.
• Conduct SKU analysis to create line architecture targets for endcaps and buy-in areas for the Category and Marketing team each promotional period.

Qualifications

Knowledge and Soft Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Supply Chain or other related field.
• Minimum 5 year of experience in Demand Planning Forecasting / Analytics function (CPG preferred).
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills; able to investigate and analyze information and to draw conclusions.
• Strong understanding of forecasting, analytics and Sales & Operations Planning with the ability to adopt a growth mindset with continuous improvement.
• Must be proficient in toggling between the minute details and the high-level perspective with the ability to interpret and communicate the impact to the business.
• Knowledge of vendor sources, products and purchasing procedures.
• Knowledge of cost analysis, margin blending and competitive retail pricing techniques.
• Able to document work in progress.
• Strong records maintenance skills.
• Proven successful track record on cross-functional team projects, including leading teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Detail oriented with attention to accuracy.
• Demonstrate strong aptitude in analysis, root causes identification, and problem solving.

Physical Demands and Working Environment:  The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. 

Environment: Work is performed primarily in a grocery store setting with extensive public contact and frequent interruptions.

Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.

It is the policy of Boise Co-Op that qualified individuals with disabilities not be discriminated against because of their disabilities in regard to job application procedures, hiring, and other terms and conditions of employment. It is further the policy of Boise Co-Op to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in all aspects of the employment process. Boise Co-Op is prepared to modify or adjust the job application process or the job or work environment to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of the applicant or employee to enable the applicant or employee to be considered for the position he or she desires, to perform the essential functions of the position in question, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment as are enjoyed by other similarly situated employees without disabilities, unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the HR Department by phone (208)472-4500 or in person at 888 W Fort Street, Boise ID 83702.

Boise Co-op is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status or any other protected category under applicable state/federal law.