Pier 1 Imports is looking for a Business Analyst to join our Warehouse Management System team! The person in this role will work with our Distribution and Fulfillment Centers, IT teams and internal business partners to design and implement efficiencies within the buildings through WMS configurations.
- Assist in translating high level business features into stories/tasks utilizing logistics work flows and building layouts
- Configuration Management within each of our Distribution and Fulfillment Centers by working with each location to analyze, create a solution and implement the solution
- Communicate with our vendors on issues and gain resolution. Receive system updates from vendors and execute testing, along with supporting the deployment of the patches
- Communicate issues to the appropriate internal and external teams and insure they are tracked to resolution
- Monitor the health of the system to include all hardware devices and their connectivity within the DC and the home office
- Travel to each location to assess their needs
Desired Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree highly preferred
- Computer Science, IS or Warehouse/Business/Management preferred
- 6-12 months of applicable experience with a WMS system
- Knowledge of SQL and ability to write SQL statements
- Working knowledge of MOVE would be a plus
- Understanding of IT fundamentals and strategies, such as query languages, database normalization, indexing, views, services, data abstraction and other retrieval and performance principles
- Experience with configuration management, standardization, normalization, and other methods for ensuring consistency across warehouses
- On-call production support
- Good communication and effective team interaction is a must
- Travel to our Distribution and Fulfillment Centers, 1-2 trips per quarter
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