Business Analyst

Our Company:
We’re a rapidly growing outdoor sporting goods and clothing e-commerce company. We design, manufacture, market and sell our own brands on Amazon.com. We are a market leader in many product categories such as sleeping bags, cots, ski gloves, ski goggles, running gloves, stand up paddles, surfing accessories, headwear, and more.

Established in 2012, our business has grown organically to 8-figures of revenue.

Company mission: making the outdoors accessible to all through quality outdoor sporting goods.

Introduction:
We are looking for a Business Analyst to help us make data driven decisions in all aspects of our business. As our Business Analyst, you will need to have the ability to view the business from 10,000 feet all the way down to 10 feet. Through data and analytics, you’ll be integral to identifying our strengths and weaknesses in order to provide insights on opportunities for us to effectively manage and take the business to the next level. To be fit for this role, you are a business analyst with at least 2-3 years of experience in eCommerce and/or PPC analytics or supply chain analytics. You are an expert in both Excel, Power BI and Looker and happy to use your knowledge to enhance our dashboards and reporting systems.

Experience & Qualifications we’re looking for:

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in eCommerce and/or PPC analytics or supply chain analytics
• An expert in both Excel, Power BI and Looker
• Experience with detailed business analysis, outlining problems, opportunities and solutions for a business
• Experience with working cross functionally on complex projects
• Experience at a multi-million dollar revenue business
• Knowledge of SellerCentral reports is a plus but not essential

Traits we’re looking for

• Highly analytical, logical and have a strong business acumen
• Insanely attentive to detail
• Have strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize a varied workload
• Independent and proactive, can learn and figure out things quickly
• Motivated, curious, eager to learn and take on more responsibility
• Understands the bigger picture

Here are some of the areas you will work on

• Weekly Reporting & Analyses: which products were up W/W and Y/Y? Which ones were down? Review our sales KPIs and create actionable highlights
• Creating Power BI Dashboards: understand business needs and create dashboards that can increase efficiency in different parts of the business from Sales and Marketing to Creatives and Inventory Management
• Inventory Management: create reports and dashboards that will allow us to always have sufficient inventory at Amazon and at our 3PLs and that can support our Supply Chain department in the execution process
• Seasonal and Regional Reviews: conduct analysis and create dashboards that will allow us to understand the specifics of our regional markets and seasonal changes of our weather driven products
• Minimizing Amazon fees: conduct monthly reviews on our inventory levels vs storage fees and create actionable insights to reduce our costs
• Automations and simplification: review our current reports and dashboards and offer recommendations on automations and simplification to save time for the teams while keeping our high standard of results
• PPC dashboards: understand our PPC processes and create a dashboarding system that will allow us to better manage our spend, ACOS, etc.

Your Experience at the Company

• You will report to the Director of Operations and will work closely with the Sales and Marketing, Supply Chain and Creative teams.
• You must be okay with morning or late evening calls to talk with the team in the Philippines, China, UK/Spain/Hungary or on the US East Coast, or with our 3PLs and forwarders on the US West Coast.
• Remote work, no commute: work from the comfort of your home, local coffee shop, or resort

If you are interested, please answer the following questions:

• Your experiences (written, video, audio). How have your past experiences prepared you for the responsibilities of this job?
• Describe your Excel, Power BI / Looker experience or projects that you worked on with these tools.
• Have you ever worked remotely? If so, describe the experience. If not, tell us why you would like to work in this arrangement?
• Your favourite business books or podcasts
• Expected Salary
• Available to start