Director, Supplier Insights (not open to remote)

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The Director Supplier Insights is a data driven strategic-minded resource that will lead supplier analysis and presentations analytical commercial projects and the development and execution of strategic initiatives for the Commercial Intelligence organization and SGWS Commercial Executive Leadership. The roles primary focus will be to develop the implementation of supplier initiatives and deep dives that translate into commercially actionable strategies to drive profitable growth and performance across the SGWS footprint while being hands on and leveraging data insights and analytics derived from internal and external data sources while collaborating closely with supplier leads across the Commercial Intelligence team.
This role reports into the Sr. Director Supplier Insights under the Strategic Insights Commercial Intelligence team.

Supplier Strategy & Analytics
Serve as a subject matter expert on the Supplier Insights Team to extract and synthesize information from internal and external data sources to develop actionable insights and analysis for supplier strategic project needs with minimal supervision
Serve as the subject matter expert on Supplier Insights and how to translate these into actionable insights for supplier analysis
Serve as the project lead in support of the Sr. Director Supplier Insights on enterprise-wide strategic and analytical supplier initiatives
Leverage insights and analytics for the SGWS suppliers to deliver solutions in support of their business and analytical needs with supplier innovation and new product performance such as category and competitive benchmark analysis
Partner with the other Strategy & Insights teams to develop analytical projects in support of supplier requests TTT presentations and SGWS growth initiatives
Proactively identify commercially relevant industry analysis that can be leveraged across various levels of the organization to include key learnings from historical data and actionable insights for outlooks
Drive coordination and collaboration on SGWS supplier initiatives across functions as directed by the Sr. Director Strategy & Insights
Support Supplier Top Presentations with strategic analysis content and RFP capabilities presentations as needed
Drive national consistency and engagement across supplier leadership presentations and processes and embedding tool deployment across SGWS internal teams and corporately managed suppliers
Develop reporting tools that leverage SGWS and syndicated data sources for reusable intelligence through automation that helps enable faster and better commercial decisions.
Manage multiple concurrent projects efficiently to ensure timely completion with a high quality and visually impactful deliverable.

Executive Leadership Support
Support the Sr. Director Supplier Insights on initiatives and projects requested by Supplier and/or Executive Leadership that include but are not limited to:
Evaluation of Supplier expansion and alignment opportunities
Collaborating with Suppliers on strategic projects
Preparation and presentations for supplier Top-to-Top meetings Supplier QBRs planning meetings among others.
Support the Sr. Director Supplier Insights on cross functional and executive leadership presentations
Collaborate with the Office of Strategic Management and the Performance & Enablement Team on developing analytical insights forecasts and tools to support regional and market level needs to more effectively respond to RFP requests and execute supplier footprint strategy and projections as directed by leadership

Strategic Project Management
Drive strategic enterprise-wide projects and initiatives in support of Supplier and/or Commercial Senior Executives as needed

8 years of experience within the consumer products sector including at least 5 in BevAlc
At least 5 years experience under a Strategy or Commercial Analytics function with a strong track record of shopper insights and commercial metrics
At least 5 years experience managing complex datasets under a Business Intelligence or Commercial Analytics function with a strong track record of analytics and data mining / manipulation and proficiency at managing datasets
Experience is managing complex leadership presentations from beginning to end
Experience in data manipulation and synthesizing information from various internal and external data sets to develop actionable insights and analysis
Advanced Analytics / Critical thinking skills that translate into a strategic and analytical mindset
Advanced level Excel capabilities to manipulate data into a digestible format to utilize in reporting and analysis
o Experience in pivot tables intermediate to advanced Excel formulas data visualizations are a must
Advanced data visualizations knowledge in Excel PowerPoint and Think-cell
Preferred but not required experience in Tableau Power BI and Databricks
Knowledge across multiple data sources including SGWS internal data syndicated data such as Nielsen consumer/shopper data such as Numerator Technomic Nielsen HomeScan
Excellent Presentation skills including preparing and presenting while using strong analytical frameworks and storytelling
Commercial project management experience ability to drive an analysis from planning through completion with minimal supervision independent thinking required
Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Department Initiatives
Strong track record of collaboration with cross-functional project teams

Preferred Qualifications
MBA in a related field preferred; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Strong/Expert level Business Objects (BO) experience
Strong track record of cross-functional collaboration
Ability to develop motivate and influence teams while driving changes within a transformational organization
Experience managing RFPs
Deep industry knowledge across the SGWS footprint and overall BevAlc industry
Ability to effectively manage projects that include both internal and external stakeholders
Ability to deliver presentations to senior leadership
Digital knowledge including a strong understanding of SG Proof capabilities
Ability to collaborate closely with Southern Glazers Performance & Enablement Team
Prioritization and decision-making skills
Strong knowledge of market dynamics for wine & spirits
Working knowledge of BevAlc regulations in major states
Working knowledge of customer dynamics for wine & spirits
Teamwork / cross-functional collaboration
Communication public speaking and influencing skills

Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g. keyboard mouse and monitor) or adding machine
Physical demands with activity or condition may include occasional to the rare amount of time include walking bending reaching standing and stooping
Critical nature of this job may require extended hours overtime and weekends
May require occasional lifting/lowering pushing carrying or pulling up to 20lbs

Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits an Affirmative Action/EEO employer prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicants arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience knowledge skills abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazers pay bands or ranges.

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