Business & Reporting Analyst

Company Description
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands. At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Position Overview
Provide cross functional analysis and design powerful visualizations to support our stakeholders in making strategic decisions. Develop standards and tools to enhance automation of reports and connections to/from them. Participate in their design, creation, implementation, and maintenance by:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
· Coordinating with other data analyst/data scientist/IT teams to lead common projects and drive best practice solutions that are aligned company wide · Collecting, monitoring, and analysing data to identify areas of improvements, risks, and business changes · Maintaining databases and tools and performing updates as necessary to ensure accuracy · Developing new tools to continuously improve process efficiency and integrate new business requirements · Collecting cross-functional analyses & reporting needs, department tools and opportunities for standardization and automation of processes · Designing, producing, enhancing reports, dashboards and tools for the Inventory Management and International Merchandising Operations Departments · Helping to drive critical business decisions by analysing metrics and designing reports · Providing suggestions based on findings that might be utilized to inform business strategies · Providing an on-going presence 'on the ground' to help end users leverage the tools and available training · Being the first "line of support" when an issue arises

Experience, Skills & Knowledge
Education level: Bachelor's degree or higher in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, Math, Statistics, or a related discipline. Strong technical and analytical skills. Aptitude for problem solving and for turning data inputs into relevant information. High degree of computer literacy, especially MS Excel and VBA. Strong SQL and SAP BI skills are highly desirable. Power Query, Python, MS Azure, MS Access would be a strong plus. Efficient time management, priority setting and capacity to meet deadlines. Attention to detail and accuracy, curiosity, and a mindset of continuous learning and improvement. Passionate team player with ability to take ownership and accountability for tasks. Fluent in reading, speaking, and writing in English, with French a strong plus.