Lead Analyst, Retail Pricing Analytics

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1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for supporting the Preferred Pricing Strategy team of one the largest home improvement industries in the US. In this role, you will work closely with leadership to analyze market trends in the home improvement industry, create pricing initiatives, design/optimize competitive pricing strategies and consult on driving business KPIs and reporting. This role requires strong domain understanding (Retail/e-commerce space), technical acumen along strategy consulting experience to drive success. Job Description: ALL CANDIDATES MUST BE IN BASED IN ATLANTA AS THERE IS A 4-DAY IN OFFICE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS POSITION

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Statistics, Data Science, Analytics, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
+5 years of experience in retail analytics, preferably around pricing and/or merchandising analytics.
Advanced in SQL skills (BigQuery preferred), Intermediate in Python, Advanced in Tableau
Experience in building data-backed presentations for senior pricing and merchandising leaders.
Strong data intuition, analysis, synthesis and data storytelling skills.
A good understanding and application of descriptive statistics is a must.
Work organization and client expectation management skills.
Understanding of pricing data and nuances around price and discounts.

Responsibilities

Work closely with clients to discuss and understand their business needs.
Design data collection strategies and work with the team to break down the business needs into data requirements.
Build and manage SQL based automation pipelines to ensure data is available for reporting.
Be able to synthesize data findings to generate insights, develop strategic business presentations and consult on achieving business success metrics
Use structured problem-solving techniques and frameworks to identify and scope the business use case.
Ideate, identify and deliver solutions to ensure business-aligned outcomes through collaborative iterations and feedback
Support the business in achieving excellence through analytical/consulting solutions and data-driven insights.
Effectively work with a global team (USA-based) and help coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to proactively drive progress on workstreams
Own end-to-end communication and collaboration with multiple stakeholders, global teams, across verticals in the client organization.
Be able to work with tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment and pivot quickly to changing business priorities
Curious mindedness, detail orientation and proactive actioning are encouraged
Ability to stay up to date on the latest developments in the market and able to provide new ideas to help the business stay competitive