▶ Who we are

Imagine working in a place where continuous improvement and innovation is celebrated and rewarded; where fast-paced, high-impact teams come together to positively drive results for one of the largest & most iconic brands in the world.

As the only rapidly growing retailer, you may know us as your friendly neighborhood store. You probably know our familiar name, have seen our pervasive logo, and have tried our highly sought-after products, such as Slurpee® and Big Bite®. “Brain Freeze” is a 7-Eleven registered trademark for our 53-year old Slurpee® and with over 77,000 stores globally (more than any other retailer or food service provider), we sell over 14 million a month.

But there’s a lot more to our story and much more left to be written. We are transforming our business, ensuring we are customer obsessed and digitally enabled to seamlessly link our brick and mortar stores with digital products and services.

At 7-Eleven the entrepreneurial spirit is in our DNA and has been ever since our inception 90 years ago. It’s what drove us to invent the convenience industry in 1927 by envisioning how a simple ice dock could provide household staples such as milk and eggs to better serve the needs of our customers.

Today we are redefining convenience and the customer experience in big ways...we are fundamentally changing our culture and we want talented, innovative, customer obsessed, and entrepreneurial people like you to come make history with us. 

▶ How we lead

At 7-Eleven we are guided by our Leadership Principles.

1. Be Customer Obsessed
2. Be Courageous with Your Point of View
3. Challenge the Status Quo
4. Act Like an Entrepreneur
5. Have an “It Can Be Done” Attitude
6. Do the Right Thing
7. Be Accountable

Each principle has a defined set of behaviors which help guide the 7-Eleven team to Serve Customers and Support Stores.

▶ About This Opportunity

General Description:

Primary purpose is to support the Strategic Sourcing team and collaborate with stakeholders from various departments within the organization to provide advanced, data-driven solutions and business insights to support sourcing decisions. As an analyst in the Strategic Sourcing analytics team, you will utilize your sound business acumen, knowledge and experience in financial modeling and data mining to deliver insights and provide actionable recommendations to organizational leaders. You will be critical to the success of the department's goal of creating a Center for Cost Excellence and achieve 7-Eleven’s strategic goal of being a cost leader within the convenience store industry.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Gain a deep understanding of key Strategic Sourcing initiatives and be able to provide analytical solutions that drive the success of these initiatives.
• Participate in the development, design and implementation of processes that collect and report data and statistics on spending by vendor and category.
• Develop models and dashboards to help stakeholders better understand key drivers of costs (e.g. commodities prices, inflation, business environment, legislation and the global economy).
• Develop hypothesis-driven strategies based on data and analysis to reduce such costs (Cost of Goods Sold and OSG&A).
• Work with Sourcing Managers/Buyers to evaluate cost savings opportunities for commodity-based savings
• Communicate findings and provide actionable recommendations in a clear and concise manner to non-technical audiences and managers.
• Provide reporting and tracking of initiatives that reduce spend in key categories.
• Provide a monthly commodity report to Senior Leadership that outlines trends and key drivers based on research and review of USDA reports.
• Analyze cost increase requests from vendors and provide analysis on reasonableness of cost increase.
• Utilize Oracle Reporting & GEP Smart Tool to automate and simplify reporting and processes

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Education: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Business Analytics, Economics or Finance. Master's degree is preferred, but not required.
• Experience: Minimum of two (2) years in utilizing data analytics to drive business decisions.
• Extensive knowledge of financial modeling and reporting.
• Proficient in Power BI and/or Tableau (e.g. building dashboards and reports).
• Possess SQL and other query knowledge with an emphasis in data mining and modeling to create impactful management reports.
• Advanced in the Microsoft Suite, especially MS Excel, MS Access, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of GEP Smart procurement software preferred, but not required.
• Exceptional analytical skills and business acumen.
• Demonstrate the ability to solve complex problems with minimal direction.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate to all levels of management (including C-suite executives).