Work Location Type: Hybrid
As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we're dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.
Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we're looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.
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Position Details
This role will assist with the processing and tracking for brand governance, brand management and new program development for Grainger private brands. You will develop dashboards, databases, and tools used to inform business decisions across the core growth drivers for the Private Label Team. You will also collaborate with team members to assist in the processing and tracking of private label quality. You will have the opportunity to partner with multiple teams across the organization. This role will report to the Senior Manager Private Brand and Program Management.
You Will
- Produces timely and accurate reports for internal and external business partners and customers for their use in making informed decisions
- Works with department leadership and peers to support improvement initiatives and/or system development efforts
- Collaborates with end-users to answer questions and provide additional insight about specific reports at the appropriate level of detail
- Effectively correlates data to develop a complete story of analysis to fully understand Voice of Customer concerns used to route and resolve Quality Action Requests (QAR) with the appropriate level of detail
- Responsible for daily maintenance of existing reports to ensure all the information is producing the intended results and fixing any that may not be running properly
- Simplify, enhance, and engineer basic reporting processes
- Demonstrate ability to leverage both business acumen and technical skills to support new product introduction, brand governance, and maintenance processes for Private Label
- Demonstrated general understanding of key business strategies and how tools and reports support them
- Provides analysis to identify trends, operational issues and exceptions to drive improvement in operations and customer experience
You Have
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience Required
- 1+ years experience in a related field
- Proficient with Microsoft Office, primarily in Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience with SQL, Business Intelligence (Power BI, SAP Business Objects, Tableau), Snowflake, Teradata and/or other database/reporting tools
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills including a professional demeanor at all times
- Ability to work cross-functionally in a team environment.
- Self-directed with accountability to make sound business decisions while demonstrating effective time-management and multi-tasking skills.
- Demonstrates strong attention to detail, and accuracy and thoroughness in work
Rewards and Benefits
With benefits starting day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs. Check out the highlights below and review all our benefits at GraingerTotalRewards.com.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance plans and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing
• 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no match required
• Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education and tools
• Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment. With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.