Associate Manager, Retail Analytics

Cresco Labs•Chicago, IL

2d•$60,000 - $70,000

About The Position

Cresco Labs Corporate is seeking an Associate Manager, Analytics to support its Retail teams. The role mines, analyzes, and visualizes data to generate insights for Sunnyside retail initiatives, including customer purchase behavior, pricing, profitability, promotions, the loyalty program, and competitive analysis. This is a highly collaborative position working across Merchandising, Marketing, Regional Operations, Commercial Strategy, Demand Planning, Finance, and IT. The Associate Manager builds tools and processes that improve decision-making, translates analyses into actionable recommendations, supports forecasting and customer-behavior analysis, and serves as a liaison between business teams and Business Intelligence. The role also uses AI tools and large language models to automate routine analysis and surface deeper insights.

Requirements

At least 4 years of experience in consulting, data science, quantitative marketing, merchandising, or a related data-driven field.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Operations, or a similar field.
High proficiency in Microsoft Office, including advanced Excel knowledge.
Familiarity with relational databases (SQL) and business intelligence tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
Ability to understand business operations and processes and translate data into clear business insights that support decision-making.
Strong analytical skills, including the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and communicate data accurately and with attention to detail.
Effective time-management and prioritization skills.
Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
Must be at least 21 years of age.
Must comply with all legal and company regulations for working in the industry.
Must be legally authorized to work permanently in the United States without current or future employment-based visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience with sales data analytics.

Responsibilities

Analyze, mine, and aggregate internal and external data; derive actionable insights and clearly present and visualize findings to cross-functional partners.
Build and own cross-functional tools and processes that improve decision-making beyond standard business reporting.
Analyze relationships between retail sales performance and factors such as pricing, assortment, and competitive activity, and explain results and recommended actions to decision makers.
Conduct pricing analysis and calculate the return on investment of retail promotions; recommend the appropriate breadth, depth, and frequency of promotions.
Create and manage loyalty-program reporting and analytics, and advise retail marketing on which levers to use for different event goals.
Serve as a data and business expert for retail merchandising, operations, and marketing teams.
Apply creative problem-solving to nuanced and complex business questions.
Support forecast-budget development and create monthly customer purchase-behavior decompositions in coordination with Demand Planning.
Act as a liaison and source of truth between business teams and the BI team, ensuring Tableau dashboards meet business reporting needs.
Collaborate with colleagues across functions to advance initiatives.
Use AI tools and large language models to design automated workflows and agent-based interactions that accelerate routine analysis and surface deeper insights.