Project Analyst

The Home Depot•Atlanta, GA

21d•Onsite

About The Position

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger. This role involves identifying, distinguishing, and analyzing multiple components of a problem using high-level quantitative skills to drive projects and bring value to The Home Depot through store operations. The position participates in driving operations processes for specific areas of responsibility and completes project tasks as assigned by managers.

Requirements

Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
3 years of work experience.
Strong quantitative skills such as statistics and data analysis.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree is preferred.
1 year of experience in business, retail, and/or consulting is preferred.

Responsibilities

Use strategic thinking to see the big picture, determine the problem and understand fundamental parts of the problem.
Prepare and deliver insights and recommendations based on analyses.
Review sales/financial analyses (what sold/did not sell; determine which categories have potential to move upward; cost/benefit analysis; data process modeling/analysis of problems, regression analysis).
Identify trends in consumer lifestyle and technology; conduct customer focus groups and analyze/synthesize findings. Scan business/industry trends; scan competitive landscape; analyze consumer data.
Interpret data based on specific knowledge of statistics and procedures used. Provide data to all Directors to support decision making. Provide input on forecast based on knowledge of product and technology.
Provide input on strategy based on knowledge of industry and technology trends. Provide customers with specialized information from a variety of resources. Facilitate workout problem-solving sessions with multiple groups of people.
Synthesize findings and derive conclusions from analyses and make oral/written recommendations to upper management.
Execute tasks related to core operations projects and/or process improvements.
Execute day to day processes related to their areas of responsibility.
Communicate issues and roadblocks related to their areas of responsibility.