Flexe delivers enterprise-grade technology to deliver innovative eCommerce fulfillment, retail distribution, same-day delivery, and network capacity programs to the Fortune 500. Ready to join the team transforming the $1.6T logistics industry?
The Flexe Analytics team is looking for a Lead Business Analyst to join the Flexe team to mine insights from our data that enable the organization to make calculated, informed decisions. Reporting to the Manager of Business Analytics, this role will strive to improve productivity and effectiveness for both our internal teams and external customers and warehouse partners. The ideal candidate has exceptional analytical, communication, and technical skills. Candidates should possess a natural curiosity for technology and drive to build out our Business Intelligence platform.
Responsibilities
- Leading complex analytics projects:
- Partner with external and internal stakeholders across the organization to discover and refine the business problems they are trying to solve.
- Carefully select methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
- Deconstruct projects into pieces that can be developed by multiple teams and multiple analysts.
- Coordinate smooth implementations with all stakeholdersContinuously check back with stakeholders to ensure the solution is solving their problems and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Develop, define, and track company-wide KPIs with scalable and secure dashboards that drive operational quality and measure progression towards organizational goals.
- Analyze warehouse activity and labor data to deliver information to our warehouse partners in consumable ways that increase their performance against SLAs and operational efficiency.
- Analyze customers’ flow of goods and deliver insights to them that enable them to manage their business and optimize their logistics network.
- Force multiplier — set the standard for analytical excellence within the team.
- Coach and mentor fellow team membersProvide constructive direction to peers regarding accuracy, scalability, and best practices.
Requirements
- 8+ years as an analyst with hands-on experience using analytical/statistical methods.
- An understanding of BI solutions best practices and common pitfalls from architectural design, data source, ingestion, storage, analysis and visualization.
- Highly analytical and proven ability to solve problems with no instruction on day-to-day work and collaborate on methods and procedures for new assignments.
- Proven ability to manage your workload, organize and prioritize tasks, and clearly communicate status.
- Strong relational database background with hands-on experience building reports and dashboards. Preferred tool set: SQL, Looker, Excel, Jira, Confluence, Metabase, Python, Git and other Business Intelligence tools.
- Logistics, warehousing, or supply chain experience preferredPrefer bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Business or related experience.
- Must be authorized to work in the US. We will not be sponsoring visas for this role at this time.
Benefits
The benefits package at Flexe is thoughtfully designed to help people lead healthy lives in and outside of work.
- Health benefits for individual:
- Dental and vision are covered 100%
- Medical is covered 100% for HSA or a tiny premium for PPO.
- 401k Matching Program
- Internet Stipend, while we’re 100% work from home
- $300 Work from home office reimbursement
- 20 days of PTO ‑13 Total Holidays
- 10 company holidays (We’ve added Juneteenth to our list of holidays observed)
- 2 floating holidays
- Take your birthday off!
- Paid Parental Leave & Bereavement Leave
- Paid Volunteer Time
- Industry learning initiatives with talks, demos, site visits. Etc.
Working at Flexe
Here are a few perks that make day to day work at Flexe even more enjoyable:
- Choice of MacBook or PC and monitor setup, and height-adjustable standing desk
- Located in historic Pioneer Square; restaurants, bars, shops, and mass transit hub
- PhilanthroFlexe program. A quarterly program where we give back to the community through volunteer work, fundraising drives, etc.