Trait Management Analyst

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Trait Management Analyst is responsible for ensuring the highest level of data integrity across multiple systems and departments. Key responsibilities include ownership of creation and maintenance of UDAs and traits, the application and maintenance of location traits to support organizational reporting, and setting up, maintaining, and validating SKU information. In addition, the role plays a key role in recall and compliance processes. By proactively identifying issues, reporting findings, and partnering with affected teams to implement corrections, this role plays a critical part in safeguarding margins, optimizing inventory turns and supporting operational excellence down to the store/SKU level.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create and Maintain location traits and location trait groups in Retek for all lines of business based on the needs of the Merchant, Visual Merchandise and Assortment Planning teams. These traits are then to be pushed into SAS to ensure clarity across both systems.

• Preform all approved Category, Class, and Subclass updates within Retek

• Validate trait accuracy and report any discrepancies to affected parties. Once reported these discrepancies are to be corrected to ensure accuracy of all assortment planning worksheets.

• Create compliance location trait changes as well as stop ships/recalls based on reports provided by the compliance team and quality control team.

• Ensure all location compliances (Tobacco age restrictions, foam restrictions, permanent marker restrictions etc.) are maintained.

• Add traits to all new stores and re-trait all renovation and relocation stores to ensure ongoing accuracy.

• Maintain Trait Inbox, handing from end to end all emails to resolution, adjusting traits as needed and directing information to appropriate teams if responsibilities due not live with in trait team

• Tracking and maintaining New Store/Renovation deadlines per Urgent Change notices from Store Planning

• Ensure Adult Beverage sales compliance across all stores by updating trait per weekly wave store list update and maintaining accurate restricted store hours per the Adult Beverage/Tobacco Merchant/Licensing teams.

• Assist with the full life cycle of SKU set-up and maintenance, ensuring timely and accurate integration across systems down to the store level, enabling accurate sales, margin and chainwide reporting.

• Other duties as assigned.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Office work environment, 40+ work hours per week

• Demonstrates a cheerful outlook towards working in a team environment:

• Roll up their sleeves, when necessary, to get the job done.

• Possesses an outlook that does not reflect a "That's not part of my job" attitude when the need arises to assist with duties and responsibilities located outside of the assigned duties of the position.

• Balances quality and thoroughness with the need for timeliness and speed.

• Applies job knowledge effectively and demonstrates confidence in making routine decisions.

• Organizes his/her work and prioritizes projects.

• Seeking help from others when necessary.

• Understands and responds to both routine and unfamiliar directions and requests.

• Accurately establishes and maintains information with 100% accuracy.

• Successfully meet and exceed customers' expectations by delivering superior customer service.

• Ability to work independently.

• Ability to multi-task while maintaining focus and composure.

• Ability to be flexible and work outside of the normal business hours as business necessity dictates.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Education - B.A or B.S in business related field preferred or equivalent work history

• Experience - 2-3 Years in Retail Stores or Merchandising

• Computer Skills - Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite; SQL development skills, along with the ability to quickly learn new systems and business tools.

• Job Related Skills - Proven history in priority setting and managing multiple tasks, strong written and communication skills, and a high attention to detail, strong work ethic, along with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

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Full time

510 Volvo Parkway,Chesapeake,Virginia 23320

Merchant Services

Family Dollar