Job description
The Retail Analyst will translate complex data sets and findings into effective, compelling visual data accessible to diverse audiences including Executives, Store teams, and corporate partners.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Translate complex data sets and findings into effective, compelling visual data accessible to diverse audiences including Executives, Store teams, and corporate partners.
- Build new or improve existing analytics dashboards, reports and queries for Store and Corporate audiences.
- Collaborate with Information Technology to identify, create and/or access data as needed for Retail Analytics. Build requirements for application/UI format and design and report distribution processes.
- Participate in cross-functional initiatives that impact store performance. Act as a project team member/stakeholder, provide analysis and support data-driven decision-making.
- Prepare and deliver business analysis, proposals, status updates, and other complex information in various formats, including verbal, written, presentation, etc.
- Identify trends, issues and opportunities by mining large data sets for insights conducting extensive analysis of store performance and practices including break-even analysis, margin analysis, and forecasting.
- In partnership with leadership, identify and provide visibility to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) used by field teams to drive business results.
- Provide ad hoc support of research or investigation into emerging trends and rapidly changing business conditions. Collaborate with end users to understand data requests and translate into actionable analysis.
- :Supervises Staff - No
- Organizational Scope – All US locations/Single Category/Region/District/Distribution Center
- Travel –Up to 15%
Requirements
Job Qualifications –
Education and Experience:
General office environment requiring ability to:
Education and Experience:
- Analytical Ability: able to evaluate and manipulate large, complex data sets and identify critical information. Able to extrapolate information into predicted results based a combination of rigorous logic and intuitive understanding of operational principles.
- Business Acumen: knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology and information regarding retail data, analytics and business intelligence.
- Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems. Relentless and versatile in the pursuit of creative solutions. Quickly grasps the essence and underlying structure of problems.
- Planning and Priority Setting: juggles multiple competing deadlines and objectives. Focused to ensure critical tasks are prioritized appropriately
- Managing and Measuring Work: establishes clear objectives and measures. Monitors and reports on progress and results. Sets benchmarks and ensures accountability.
- Dealing with Ambiguity: able to drive for results while managing changes in priorities/scope. Can quickly adapt to evolving business needs.
- Bachelors' Degree in Business, Finance, Data Science, Math, Information Systems or a related field
- 2+ years analytics experience in retail or hospitality industry
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite inclusive of expert Microsoft Excel skills
- SQL and Tableau advanced proficiency
General office environment requiring ability to:
- stand, walk, sit for extended periods of time
- speak and listen to others in person and over the phone
- use keyboard and read from computer screen and reports
- lift up to 15 lbs.
About Harbor Freight Tools
We're a 45 year-old, $6.5 billion national tool retailer with the energy, enthusiasm, and growth potential of a start-up. We have over 1,300 stores in 48 states across the country and are opening several new locations every week. We offer our customers more than 7,000 tools and accessories, from hand tools and generators to air and power tools, from shop equipment to automotive tools. We provide our customers with the right tool for the right job at the right price, always delivering quality and value.
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