Retail Analyst

Barnes & Noble • New York, NY

32d • $80,000 - $85,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

This position is a key member of the analytics team responsible for centralized reporting and analytics for the Merchant Team. You will collaborate closely with the Merchants to provide reporting and analytics for monitoring the business, evaluating key company initiatives. You will leverage BI/Analytical tools to analyze sales, inventory, customer, financial, and industry data to provide prescriptive reporting, analytics, and insights. You will assist cross-functional teams on major merchandising projects by providing analytic and operational support that will help shape the company’s growth. Hybrid position requiring working 2-3 days per week in NY office. An employee in this position can expect an annual starting rate of $80,000 - $85,000 depending on experience, seniority, geographic locations, and other factors permitted by law.

Requirements

• Expertise in Excel, merchandise systems, reporting systems, and retail math.
• Experience with SQL, PBI/Tableau and python/R recommended.
• Ability to think objectively and interpret meaningful themes from quantitative and qualitative data.
• Ability to build effective relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners.
• Excellent listening, written, and oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational, time-management, and project management skills.
• Works well under deadlines, initiative taker, innovative.
• 3 years of Business analytics and reporting within a specialty retail environment.
• Knowledge of the principles of planning, allocation, and replenishment.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related areas of study, or equivalent work experience.
• Hybrid position requiring working 2-3 days per week in NY office.

Responsibilities

• Help build a culture of organized tracking, reporting, and analysis of the business to drive revenue growth and expense optimization.
• Support recurring and ad hoc merchant initiatives such as clearance, promotions, returns, and test and learn projects to ensure a proper outcome.
• Identify root causes of business problems using business, financial, and statistical concepts.
• Become a Subject Matter Expert for the BN merchandising systems, including how the systems interact with data inputs and the calculations/algorithms used by the systems.
• Collaborate with IT on the development of enterprise reporting and analytics, assisting with requirements management and user acceptance testing.
• Collaborate with other analysts within the team and across the company to leverage and build expertise.
• Support merchandise Planning & Forecasting efforts for Sales, Inventory, Returns and MD’s. Attend weekly meetings and manage select Merchandise Categories of business. Work closely with DC partners to ensure accurate Plans and Forecasts for DC Inbound and Outbound inventory movement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees