Burlington - Burlington, NJ
posted 4 months ago
Overview: If you want an exciting job with one of the largest off-price retailers in the nation, join Burlington Stores, Inc. team as a Merchant Import Operations Analyst! The Import Merchant Operations Analyst is well-experienced in merchant import order procedures and systems. Responsibilities include supporting the vendors and merchants in determining the most efficient approach to import order logistics and flow and ensuring estimated landed costs (ELC) are appropriately calculated. Duties and Responsibilities: The role involves maintaining factors contributing to ELC and providing recommendations to merchants to drive costs down as appropriate. The analyst will maintain ELC and report the impact to merchant margin, develop training for vendors on the import order process and supporting systems in partnership with the Import department, and analyze metrics to identify opportunities to improve profit through order management initiatives. In the Import Process, the analyst will identify opportunities to streamline the merchant import order process, including ELC calculation, duty, commissions, freight, and other load factors. They will onboard, train, and support vendors in the import process and PLM system, serving as the vendor point of contact for all related PLM system issues. The analyst will partner with the Import Department, Merchandise Process Analysts (MPAs), Vendor Relations, Supply Chain Initiatives, and Legal to problem-solve issues with existing or new vendors related to order writing. They will maintain supporting tools for the merchants to utilize in the Import Order Process and act in a support capacity for user acceptance testing for system updates, working with IT to develop system capabilities to support needs and adapt to changing business. The analyst will be recognized as an expert for all import-related systems and supporting tools, developing and maintaining effective working relationships amongst members of cross-functional teams (Buying, DCs, Vendors, MIO, and Supply Chain). They will demonstrate and utilize strong communication skills in interactions with internal and external business partners, creating a customer-centric environment. The analyst will serve as the first point of contact for the vendor community on import order execution processes and systems, responding promptly and accurately to issues and inquiries surfaced by merchants, vendors, and MIO business partners. They will keep individual, division, and total company goals in mind when making decisions and foster an environment based on Burlington's core values.