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Excelligence Learning Corporation is a privately held educationservices company founded in 1985 and headquartered in Monterey, California. As a global leader in early childhood and elementary education, it develops, manufactures, and distributes over 20,000 educational products and instructional solutions-ranging from classroom supplies and furnishings to proprietary curricula and digital learning tools-under awardwinning brands such as Discount School Supply, Really Good Stuff, Frog Street, Children's Factory, Steve Spangler Science, and others Glassdoor+3Great Place To Work+3Glassdoor+3. Driven by the mission "Empowering The Education Experience," Excelligence leverages cuttingedge technologies, earlybrain science, and robust fulfillment systems to support more than 33 million young learners and the educators who serve them Great Place To Work. With multiple locations across the U.S., including a major manufacturing and distribution center near Kansas City in Gardner, Kansas, the organization blends national scale with local impact-recognized for both community environmental stewardship and as a Great Place to Work

Overview

Excelligence Learning Corporation is seeking a detail-oriented, data-driven Business Systems Analyst to support Discount School Supply's inventory planning and purchasing operations with a strong focus on systems, analytics, and business intelligence tools. This role is critical in enhancing operational decision-making by leveraging BI platforms, structured datasets, and advanced reporting to deliver insights that directly impact forecasting accuracy, inventory performance, and supplier compliance.

You will work cross-functionally with Purchasing Managers, IT, Kitting, and Operations to ensure end-to-end visibility of inventory health while building tools, dashboards, and models that streamline workflows and deliver business-critical intelligence.

Core Responsibilities

Business Intelligence & Systems Development

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• Build and maintain dashboards and reporting tools in BI platforms such as Tableau or Power BI to monitor KPIs like service levels, inventory turns, forecast accuracy, and supplier performance.
  
• Utilize SQL and data warehouse environments to extract, transform, and analyze large data sets.
  
• Translate business questions into data requirements and drive data quality and visibility across purchasing, merchandising, and fulfillment functions.
  
• Partner with IT and Operations teams to improve systems integration, data flow, and automation of recurring reports.
  
• Regularly publish proposed supply plans by synthesizing inputs from demand forecasts, current inventory levels, safety stock thresholds, and lead times.
  
• Lead small-scale BI and system enhancement projects that improve inventory insights and forecasting agility.
  

Inventory Analysis & Demand Planning

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• Deliver weekly performance scorecards and KPI dashboards to support Purchasing Managers and guide decision-making.
  
• Develop forward-looking inventory glidepaths and simulate future stock scenarios to proactively identify service gaps.
  
• Provide detailed inventory analyses to reduce overstock risk, improve working capital efficiency, and ensure alignment with budget goals.
  
• Maintain high item data integrity and ensure inventory availability aligns with merchandising strategy and system readiness.
  
• Ensure sellability of inventory through item status audits and system validations.
  

Required Qualifications

Education

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• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, or a related field.
  

Experience

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• 3+ years of experience in business intelligence, data analysis, inventory analytics, or a related field.
  
• Demonstrated experience leading BI or reporting projects and delivering data-driven recommendations to senior leadership.
  
• Experience working with large datasets and applying data modeling principles.
  

Technical Skills

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• Proficiency in BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or equivalent platforms.
  
• Strong knowledge of SQL and data warehousing concepts/tools.
  
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel for modeling, analysis, and reporting.
  
• Experience with ERP systems and item/inventory master data management preferred.
  

Analytical and Communication Skills

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• Ability to interpret complex data and convert it into actionable business insights.
  
• Proven problem-solving abilities, particularly in system and data integration scenarios.
  
• Excellent organizational, communication, and documentation skills.
  
• Strong attention to detail and comfort with both independent and cross-functional work in a fast-paced environment.
  

Equal Opportunity Statement

Excelligence is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees, applicants, and other covered individuals without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification under local, state, or federal law.

We are seeking a Functional Family Therapist to join our team.

Starting Salary: $50,000 - $57,000 (Salary)

Bonus: $2,500 ($1,250 Sign-on bonus will be paid on your first paycheck and the $1,250 Retention bonus will be paid after 12 months of service.)

Join a service oriented, close-knit team providing Functional Family Therapy (FFT), a nationally recognized, evidence-based intervention to children and families in the KCMO area. The successful candidate for this position will receive training and certification in FFT, along with excellent clinical support.

The successful candidate for this position will work well independently, as the position is very autonomous with much flexibility in scheduling sessions. Caseloads are very manageable, as the FFT model supports caseloads of 10-14 families at a time.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

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• Engages clients and families in a manner that demonstrates immediate responsiveness to family needs and maintains a strength-based relational focus. Persistent outreach efforts may be required.
  
• Utilizes the CSS system to document services and to plan treatment according to the FFT model.
  
• Utilize other systems required, such as MyAvatar, to manage confidential client information.
  
• Monitors progress in treatment and adjusts the phase of treatment as indicated.
  
• Demonstrates fidelity to the FFT model by use of the phase system
  
• Assures quality service for clients by addressing core issues within the family that contributed to the reasons for referral.
  

WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

Our ideal candidate will have 1-3 years of relevant experience and the following:

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• Bachelor's degree, master's degree preferred.
  
• Professional licensure (e.g. LMSW, PLPC, LPC, etc.)
  
• At least 21 years of age and pass background check, physical, and drug screening
  
• A valid driver's license in the state you reside in, proof of current vehicle insurance, and reliable transportation.
  

WHO WE ARE:

Cornerstones of Care is a mental and behavioral health nonprofit certified in trauma-informed care that provides evidence-based prevention, intervention, treatment, and support services to help children and families improve their safety and health by making positive changes in their lives. Each year, our team empowers children and families in Kansas, Missouri, and beyond through three key service areas:

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• Youth & Family Support - We help youth gain independence through social and living support programs while empowering families with the skills and resources they need to become resilient and successful.
  
• Foster Care & Adoption - We reunify and unite families while recruiting and providing support to foster parents and youth in foster care.
  
• Education & Community Trainings - We help students achieve academic success while giving educators the tools to create safe learning environments to improve their students' behaviors and offer innovative learning opportunities to build and improve knowledge in the community.
  

CORNERSTONES OF CARE'S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS:

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• Nonviolence - helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose.
  
• Emotional Intelligence - helping to teach emotional management skills.
  
• Social Learning - helping to build cognitive skills.
  
• Open Communication - helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management.
  
• Democracy - helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority.
  
• Social Responsibility - helping to rebuild social connection skills, establish healthy attachment relationships.
  
• Growth and Change - helping to work through loss and prepare for the future.
  

OUR WIDE STATEMENT:

At Cornerstones of Care, we commit to fostering a community where every individual, regardless of background or identity, feels deeply welcomed, valued, and empowered. We envision a diverse community where inclusion and welcoming are prioritized. A community where all voices are heard, listened to, and respected. A community where everyone's physical, emotional, social, and psychological needs are met. At Cornerstones of Care, we have a vision where equity is not just a goal but is present in all we do; every team member feels empowered to authentically contribute to their fullest potential. We hold a collective commitment to WIDE (welcoming, inclusion, diversity, and equity) that will drive us forward as a stronger organization.

OUR DIVERSITY STATEMENT:

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• We partner for safe and healthy communities.
  
• We cultivate a culture in which children, families, team members, volunteers, donors, and community partners feel welcomed, safe, respected, empowered, and celebrated.
  
• We value diversity of race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, geographical location, pregnancy, disability, neurodiversity, socio-economic, and military status.
  
• We stand for anti-racism, equity, and inclusivity.
  
• We insist and affirm that discrimination and violence have no place in safe and healthy communities, including in our organization.
  
• We strive toward a more welcoming, inclusive, diverse, and equitable organization through our policies, partnerships, and practices.
  

OUR BENEFITS:

Cornerstones of Care offers a competitive benefits package, which includes:

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• 9 Paid Holidays, Unlimited Paid Time Off, and Paid Sick Leave
  
• Team members who work at least 30 hours per week are eligible for
  
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  • Health insurance benefits (medical, prescription, dental, vision)
    
  • Cafeteria plans (Health Savings Account (HSA) and Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts)
    
  • Ancillary insurance benefits (accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term disability insurance, voluntary life)
    
  • Cornerstones of Care provides long-term disability insurance and basic term life/AD&D insurance at no cost to the team member
    
  
  
  
• Retirement savings plan (401K) with employer match
  
• Pet Insurance
  
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
  
• Tuition reimbursement program
  
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
  
• To view more information on our benefits, please visit our Job Openings page at Join Our Team - Cornerstones of Care to download the current benefits guide.
  

Questions?

Please contact: Cornerstones of Care, People Experience Team

8150 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64114

Phone: Fax:

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Cornerstones of Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer