SQL Data Analyst - Chicagoland - #1404378

Title: SQL Data Analyst

Location: Hybrid - Chicagoland Area

Salary: $95-110K

No sponsorship

The Data Analyst serves as a strategic partner to Operations and the IT Business Systems Team, responsible for developing insights and tools that improve visibility, drive performance, and support data-informed decision-making across our ecosystem. This role plays a critical part in enabling accurate measurement of Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives, helping to validate savings and operational impacts through trusted data models and visualizations. As a core member of the Business Solutions team, the Data Analyst designs, builds, and maintains scalable analytics infrastructure that aligns with organizational priorities. Reporting to the Director, Warehouse Business Systems, this individual will be a thought leader in operational analytics, a champion of data accuracy, and a key contributor to the company's mission of scalable excellence in warehouse execution.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary analytical resource for Operations, providing visibility into key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational trends.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify, measure, and monitor Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives, ensuring accurate, data-backed evaluation of cost savings and efficiency gains.
• Design and maintain scalable dashboards and reporting tools using Power BI, Excel, and SQL, tailored to support labor planning, order throughput, inventory accuracy, and space utilization.
• Develop new processes to collect, clean, and standardize data across WMS, TMS, and other operational systems to ensure accuracy and accessibility for analytics.
• Conduct root cause analysis on operational anomalies.
• Create forecast models and trend analyses to support staffing, order volume, and outbound capacity planning.
• Collaborate with IT, CI, and operational leadership to define business requirements, establish performance metrics, and automate recurring reporting tasks.
• Provide ad hoc analysis to support strategic projects, pricing evaluations, and customer-specific performance reviews.
• Act as a data steward and internal consultant, supporting adoption of a data-driven culture by helping team members interpret reports and understand key metrics.
• Assist in the documentation and training of reporting processes to ensure sustainability and reduce reliance on key individuals.
• Stay informed on industry benchmarks and analytics best practices to recommend tools, techniques, and strategies.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Exceptional attention to detail
• Champion fluid communication, collaboration, and continuous learning/improvement initiatives
• Ability to leverage cross-functional teams to achieve team, project, and organizational goals.
• Solve business problems by working both autonomously and within the construct of a team in a team oriented and collaborative environment.
• Own relationships and partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Understand requirements and how they translate in application features.
• Identify and communicate key insights and findings to appropriate team.
• Demonstrate commitment to quality and implementing best practices.
• Perform root cause analysis to identify and solve complex business problems.
• Curate business requirements for complex multi-function application projects.
• Help identify alternate solutions, perform cost benefit analysis, and feasibility studies.
• Help identify risks and develop mitigation strategies and tactics.
• Help evaluate, suggest, select, and implement cost-effective solutions to meet our need.
• Provide input on project schedule and accurate estimation of project deliverables.
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Information Systems, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Computer Science, or any related field required
• SQL knowledge is required
• Microsoft Power BI knowledge is preferred
• Experience in Warehousing or Logistics is preferred.
• Experience with Synapse or similar WMS software is preferred.