Business Analyst

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Who We Are:

• Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned independent Coca-Cola bottler that is the third largest privately-held and the sixth largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States.
• Coke Florida sells, markets, manufactures and distributes over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies including Monster Beverage Corporation and BODYARMOR.
• Coke Florida was named as a 2023 US Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal. This program recognizes outstanding U.S. private companies and the achievements of their management teams in four key areas: strategy, ability to execute, corporate culture, and governance/financial performance.

What We Offer:
Eligible full time Coke Florida Associates can participate in our Total Rewards Program which includes:

• Total Wellness Programs including health, dental and vision plans
• 401K program with healthy company match
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Three weeks of vacation pay, and 11 company paid holidays*
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Competitive compensation

Coke Florida is searching for a Decision Support Analyst / Business Analyst to work out of our Tampa location, working first shift Mon-Fri from 8AM-5PM.

What You Will Do:
The Profit Growth and Support provides modelling and advanced analytical support as part of the Coke Florida Decision Support Team. The Decision Support Analyst /Business Analyst is a cross functional role that liaises with other key functions (Sales, Field Operations, Profit Growth Management (PGM), Finance, Enterprise Planning, Marketing) providing support for activities including, but not limited to, customer trade spend and investment, commercial agreements, supply chain, pricing, marketing investments and working capital. This role also supports the consensus forecasting process, activity-based costing, and the annual planning process.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Pre- and post-analysis of customer programs, strategic projects, new product launches, operational changes, and marketing investments with an emphasis on helping the business make the next best decision
• Analyze performance of various pilot initiatives while following a testing framework (i.e. A/B Testing)
• Maintain and update required tools based on business requirements i.e. BPM or Route Planning models
• Identify errors, inconsistencies and gaps in reporting and processes and provide solutions
• Proactively look for trends and patterns in the information that is reviewed to identify gaps or opportunities the enterprise needs to consider or address
• Support with design and development of Coke Florida tools to improve economic objectives in consideration of the various levers from top line to bottom line with continued development of value chain capabilities
• Model business scenarios based on known data sets and business needs/requirements
• Provide ad-hoc analyses and reporting as needed and prepare executive summaries
• All other related and assigned duties

For this role, you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Operations, or related field
• Minimum of 3 years of Business Management, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance or Operations experience with an emphasis on analysis, modelling or forecasting
• Management Consulting or Engineering experience highly preferred
• Strong Excel skills - Pivots, VLookups with modelling capabilities
• Strong data literacy
• Data visualization via Tableau or Microsoft Power BI
• Proficient in other MS Office applications (PowerPoint, Access, Word, Visio)
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Understanding of Profit & Loss Statement
• Balance long term and short-term priorities, managing multiple complex tasks
• Effortlessly collaborate with cross-functional teams and dynamically support various stakeholders
• Strong change management skills
• Able to work independently with strong self-accountability
• Can demonstrate an entrepreneurial thinking to drive growth in total system profitability
• Dedication to continuous improvement

Additional qualifications that will make you successful in this role:

• Advanced Excel skills including Visual Basic, simulations, solver and SQL
• Statistical analysis leveraging R or similar tool
• Knowledge of Margin Minder (Salient Interactive Miner) or other data mining/sales reporting tool
• Knowledge of SharePoint
• Operational understanding of selling, distribution, warehouse, production processes
• Project management or facilitation experience

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Coke Florida reserves the right to revise the job description at any time and to assign additional duties and responsibilities as needed.

Employment with Coke Florida is at-will. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.