Business Analyst

Payrate: $53.38 - $53.38/hr.
 
Responsibilities:

• Marketing Competitive Bid/Quote Management: Lead competitive bidding and quote processes for marketing initiatives, with a focus on retail campaigns, in-store marketing, shopper marketing, POS, and promotions.

• RFx Management: Develop and manage RFx events (RFI/RFP/RFQ) for creative, media, print, digital, and retail activation agencies and suppliers.
• Policy Support: Maintain Procurement (local) and Suwon (global) competitive bidding standards and policies tailored to retail marketing and store execution.
• Compliance and Reporting: Prepare and provide reports to Compliance and Internal Audit to ensure processes meet company policy and regulatory expectations.
• Project Planning and Roadmap: Work with marketing and retail business teams to translate annual/seasonal plans into a sourcing roadmap. Support intake, prioritization, and project planning to ensure procurement is engaged early and aligned to timelines.
• Negotiation Strategies: Execute retail-specific strategies for rate and term negotiations. Develop negotiation strategies that reflect retail realities (tight timelines, seasonal peaks, in-store needs). Lead rate negotiations with agencies and marketing suppliers to ensure competitive pricing, favorable terms, and flexibility for retail campaigns.
• Legal Contract Review: Verify that commercial terms align with negotiated pricing and scope. Identify discrepancies and drive corrections before execution.
• Vendor Validation: Validate new marketing and retail vendor requests for business fit, duplication, risk, and alignment with preferred supplier strategies. Coordinate with risk, finance, and legal teams as part of the onboarding and approval process.
• System and Process Improvements: Use data and stakeholder feedback to identify gaps in marketing procurement workflows and tools (e.g., BQMS, CLM, intake forms). Recommend and support implementation of process and system enhancements that improve speed, compliance, transparency, and user experience.

 
Background/Experience

• To qualify for this position, the following minimal background and skill levels are required:
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience at in procurement or a related field.
• Proven expertise in marketing procurement with a focus on retail campaigns.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to manage complex procurement processes.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle).

 
Necessary Skills:

• Ability to gather and analyze data from multiple sources, prepare spreadsheets, charts, graphs and tables of information and plan/prioritize multiple work assignments
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage progress for multiple activities at once and work independently within in a team environment to achieve collective goals and meet established deadlines
• Ability to develop and maintain excellent working relationships with multiple levels within the company and with external contacts including vendors, third-party partners and other subsidiaries
• Keen sense of ethics and discretion with an eye to anticipate potential conflicts of interest
• Strategic sourcing and procurement management.
• Competitive bidding and RFx management.
• Retail marketing and shopper marketing expertise.
• Contract negotiation and legal review.
• Vendor management and onboarding.
• Process improvement and system optimization.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving.
• Collaboration and stakeholder management.
• Attention to detail and compliance awareness.
• Adaptability to retail-specific challenges (e.g., tight timelines, seasonal peaks).
• Leadership and project management.

 
Pay Transparency: The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is: $53.38 - $53.38/hr. Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match,  life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law. 

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