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Director, Ecommerce Strategic Planning & Analytics page is loaded Director, Ecommerce Strategic Planning & Analytics Apply remote type Hybrid locations 6625 Excellence Way, Plano, TX, USA time type Full time posted on Posted Today time left to apply End Date: November 18, 2024 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition id R94398

Position Summary

The Samsung direct-to-consumer ecommerce team is looking for a Director of Strategic Planning and Analytics to drive both short term and long term Demand and Supply planning for Mobile business. This candidate will play a critical role and responsible to manage weekly/monthly/quarterly sales forecast with high accuracy using analytics and build models based on Ecommerce sales drivers, promotional analysis and using category specific business knowledge.

The individual is expected to be hands-on to prepare Sales forecasting, product mix, risk/opportunity analysis and to evaluate Ecommerce sales drivers (Traffic, conversion rate), impact of promotions on different sales platforms (e.g. Employee purchase plan), promotional analytics (attribution, elasticity and ROI/financial analysis) and creating what-if scenarios to achieve business goals. The person will also ensure continuous improvement towards integrated planning and to manage the overall demand and supply planning. Additionally, the candidate is expected to define and drive gap closures to achieve the target plan. The role also includes creating insights/presentation for executive reviews. A successful candidate is highly analytical with critical thinking skills and business savvy, be adaptive and able to work cross functionally to influence sales and operations teams working towards a common goal in a highly matrixed, fast pacing organization. The candidate is expected to have a strong experience in B2C Direct to Consumer business with strong emphasis on quantitative business analysis to conduct business analysis. The position is located in Plano, TX.

Role and Responsibilities

Lead the team to manage weekly/monthly/quarterly sales forecast for both quantity and revenue
Lead the Promotional analysis for attribution, elasticity and ROI/financial analysis
Develop monthly/quarterly targets and distribute the targets to various categories/channels and traffic drivers for Ecommerce
Build business cases and financial targets for Ecommerce business promotions and marketing spend
Drive Supply Chain transition and transformation to effectively integrate demand and supply and financial targets
Significantly improve planning process by integrating demand plan, supply plan, financial outlook and target plan for a long term sustainable business
Define the gap vs the target/management plan and work with CMs to drive gap closures
Create presentations with compelling data driven story to share with leadership, cross-functional teams to provide insights and recommendations
Work with Category Management, Finance and Operations team to work on gap closures
Hands-on to work on forecasting, gap analysis, presentations and Promotional analysis
Manage the team to for multiple categories (MX HHP, Tab, WW, TWS and PC)
Work with Category Management, Finance and Operations team to define and work on gap closures

Skills and Qualifications

Background/Experience
12+ years of experience in Ecommerce business planning, category management and/or data and analytics-intensive role with an emphasis on Quantitative analytics and a people manager for 3+ years
Bachelor's degree in Business/Economics or in math/analytics/engineering is required
MBA from top-tier university is required
Hands-on with advanced excel with attention to detail to integrate complex data to build forecasting and to perform analysis
Knowledge of ML/AI models for forecasting, pricing and promotional analytics for business analytics will be a plus
Experience with Financial analysis to build business cases and to create P&L analysis
Creative thinker with excellent business acumen, analytical skills and experience with statistical modeling
High level of confidence, integrity, enthusiasm, executive presence that fits a fast-paced, energetic and proactive organization
Adaptability, using advanced preparation to quickly pivot throughout the week
Exceptional presentation skills with good Microsoft PowerPoint capabilities
Experience of working with Telecom, Technology, Consumer Electronics and/or Retail industry is strongly preferred

Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Employee Purchase Program, Tuition Assistance (after 6 months), Paid Time Off, Student Loan Program (after 6 months), Wellness Incentives, and many more. In addition, regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) are eligible for MBO bonus compensation based on company, division, and individual performance.

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