Junior Store Reporting & Costing Analyst

Company Overview:

Seasons Supermarkets is one of the largest kosher supermarket chains in the nation. At present there are 4 Seasons Supermarket locations & 4 Convenience store models across the Tri-State area with plans to expand. Seasons offers its customers a full-service kosher shopping experience where everyone, including its highly dedicated associates, are treated like family.

The Junior Reporting & Costing Analyst position is responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and reporting on Seasons store performance on a weekly / monthly basis. This includes analysis of gross margins, Vendor item costs and overall profitability.

Additional primary job responsibilities include recipe costing for our Commissary Kitchens. Will require communicating with our Chefs to obtain needed recipes and cost them out in our system, via bills of materials entry. Potential Candidate will need to have the ability to travel to our Lakewood, NJ location at least once a week.

This position will report to our Director of Store Reporting & Analysis and will work closely with management to provide quality reporting and analysis. Accuracy, organization, strong work ethic, and advanced Excel/Database skills are among the key attributes of the person filling this job.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Costing out Recipes, Bill of materials and monitoring / reporting significant cost changes
• Reaching out to Vendors for Competitive Costs, cost comparisons and analysis
• Monitoring, analyzing, reporting on weekly basis. Includes margin analysis, overall performance.
• Oversight and maintenance of POS system inventory database.
• Monitoring of competitor pricing levels and reacting/adjusting company pricing.

Requirements

• Ability to travel to Lakewood, NJ, once a week
• Prior Experience costing out recipes & bill of materials set ups
• Advanced/Proficient Excel skills and experience working with large volumes of data is a must
• Good communication skills, someone who takes initiative, can do attitude