Job Description

About Company

Company embodies the world of creativity and music by encouraging our teammates to find their own individual sound. We strive to craft lifelong musicians and make a difference in the world by enabling musicians and non-musicians alike to experience the almost indescribable happiness that comes from playing an instrument. We believe in putting our customers first, engaging with respect and integrity and fulfilling our mission with passion.

Why

join us?

With a career at Company, you become part of the world's largest multichannel musical instrument retailer. Whether at our Stores, Contact Centers, Distribution Centers, or Support Center, Company employees have a common goal: to help people find their sound and fill the world with more music.

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Requirements

Job Title: Manager, Strategic Planning

Do you love music and have a passion for data analytics? The purpose of this job is to manage the Strategic Planning Group (SPG) in the functions of resource allocation analysis, growth opportunity assessment, test design and measurement, financial modeling, analysis of return on investment, analysis of sales and margin impact of business promotions programs and/or changes, research and competitor assessment, and market share analysis for Company enterprise-wide.

Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to the following:

• Manage or self-perform data gathering and analysis
• Identify key actionable insights from data and analysis, synthesize these findings and create story lined presentations to communicate these findings to management
• Review and structure the work product of an analyst and/or senior analyst
• Manage an analyst and/or self-create financial models to assess business cases and scenarios
• Build positive/successful working relationships with leaders across the company (the internal client) by working with business leads to design measurable tests to assess or track operational performance
• Produce reports and/or dashboards which detail financial performance of particular promotions, business operations or business changes and, if disclosed to competitors or vendors, this information could have significant financial impact on the business.
• Additional duties as assigned.

To join our band you'll need the following experience:

• Bachelor's Degree (or 4 years of equivalent work experience), preferably in Finance, Math, Statistics, Engineering, or related field.
• 6years of relevant work experience (in addition to degree or years of previous experience)
• 3 years of experience leading projects or products
• 3 years of experience in corporate strategy, financial planning and analysis or strategy consulting
• Advanced-level ability with MS PowerPoint and Excel
• Skilled proficiency reviewing complex Excel financial and data models
• Intermediate proficiency pulling data with SQL

Position Status

Full-time