Project Planning Analyst

Great opportunity with a global company! You will support multiple new retail merchandising reset projects that are in the roll out phase. Your focus will be on project planning. This role is a mix of project coordination/planning, data analysis, scheduling, research, inventory management, customer management, and process improvement.

This is a 12-month contract (potential to extend or convert).

This is a hybrid role in the Vinings (in-office Mon-Thu & remote on Fri).

Visionaire Partners offers all full-time W2 contractors a comprehensive benefits package for the contractor, their spouses/domestic partners, and dependents. Options include 401k with up to 4% match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short/long term disability, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident coverage, and Medical/Dependent Care FSAs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Gather and collect info. from field store partners for project creation
• Audit project readiness in internal web-based system
• Work as a liaison between field and cross-functional partners to meet all toll gates and assist in problem resolution
• Creat, organize and run reports in Excel
• Build Powerpoint decks for leadership
• Calculate how many items need to be ordered
• Place labor, outbound, and direct-to-store orders
• Monitor inventory depletion and adjust orders
• Become knowledgeable in Plan-o-grams (maps showing where each product sits within bays)
• Analyze each bay (aisle where specific product sits) to ensure that all product info. is accurate and merchandise reset can be successfully executed when a bay is moved
• Communicate any discrepancies with bay sizes or other factors impacting execution
• Provide lists/reports of upcoming merchandise resets where bulk order items need to be ordered into the materials distribution center
• Place re-orders for missing, damaged, or additional required materials
• Liaise with Issue Resolution and assist with field communication for quick resolution
• Review and help to resolve any issues recorded in internal, web-based system
• Assist field partners with scheduling and managing one-off issues
• Manage post-reset implementations
• Provide process improvement suggestions for projects

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• 2 years of experience as a Project Analyst, Project Coordinator, or PM
• Experience executing projects from start to finish and understanding of project scope
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUPS, Pivot Tables, SUMIF)
• Experience building reports via Excel
• Experience building Powerpoint decks to summarize project status for leadership
• Proven process improvement
• Experience interacting with cross-functional partners
• Detail-oriented
• Excellent communication skills
• Bachelor's Degree (highly preferred)

W2 ONLY; No 3rd Parties / C2C / Visa Sponsorship