Business Operations Analyst at One Kings Lane managing vendor relations and operational processes. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to streamline inventory and enhance workflow efficiency.
Responsibilities
Serve as the primary operational point of contact for vendors — issuing weekly performance updates, resolving inquiries, and maintaining consistent communication across all partners.
Audit product data, pricing, inventory details, and invoices to ensure alignment across vendor submissions, internal systems, and purchase orders.
Partner with merchandising, operations, finance, and customer experience teams to ensure product launches, replenishments, and order flows remain accurate and on schedule.
Support and improve vendor onboarding, compliance tracking, and scorecards — ensuring data integrity, SLA adherence, and structured communication.
Identify recurring operational issues, performance risks, and workflow bottlenecks; develop data-driven recommendations to enhance vendor accountability and streamline processes.
Lead daily/weekly operational planning, ensuring the business has clear visibility into order flow, fulfillment bottlenecks, vendor SLAs, inventory status, and promotional impacts.
Conduct daily/weekly promotional performance analysis (sell-through, demand lifts, category trends, vendor-level impacts), and translate insights into actionable adjustments for planning, inventory positioning, and vendor communication.
Develop data-driven operational plans that tie together performance reporting, promotional outcomes, shipping efficiency, and forecast expectations to keep teams aligned and proactive.
Build, refine, and maintain planning tools, dashboards, and reporting frameworks that support decision-making across merchandising, logistics, and finance.
Support broader business operations initiatives, including workflow documentation, cross-team process improvements, and systems optimization across claims, shipping, inventory accuracy, and vendor management.
Requirements
Proven experience in business operations, merchandising operations, vendor management, demand planning, or supply chain coordination.
Strong analytical capability and comfort working with data — advanced Excel proficiency, reporting tools, and understanding of operational KPIs.
Experience using ERP and e-commerce systems (e.g., NetSuite, BigCommerce, CommerceHub/Rithum, Monday.com) to drive accuracy and efficiency.
Excellent communication skills and the confidence to lead vendor discussions, set expectations, and drive accountability while maintaining strong working relationships.
High attention to detail with the ability to juggle multiple priorities, deadlines, and cross-functional workstreams.
A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with a strong ability to identify operational gaps, translate data into action, and implement process improvements.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, support time-sensitive promotional cycles, and drive planning alignment through structured reporting and insights.
Benefits
Executive Access: Work directly with brand CEOs and senior leadership, solving real business problems and earning mentorship from top operators.
AI-First Skill Building: Get hands-on with the most advanced AI tools in the market. From automation to prompt engineering, you’ll build a modern tech stack that sets you apart in any industry.
Accelerated Career Path: High performers are quickly entrusted with greater responsibility, new challenges, and leadership opportunities across our portfolio of brands.
Competitive benefits: Paid time off policies, 401(k)/RRSP match, medical/dental/vision and a variety of supplemental policies, and employee discounts at our portfolio companies
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