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Petco · 2 weeks ago

Analyst, Data Science & Analytics - Consumables-Pricing

San Diego, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$76K/yr - $115K/yr

1+ years exp

Petco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents and Petco partners. The Analyst, Data Science & Analytics role involves leveraging advanced analytical techniques to analyze customer purchase behavior and store performance to influence strategic decisions and optimize customer acquisition and retention.

Animal FeedNutritionPet

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Leverage advanced analytical techniques and programming languages to mine through massive data sets and isolate patterns in customer purchase behavior, store performance, and competitive pricing schemes (predictive modeling, clustering, design of experiments, etc)

Work with other team members to influence strategic decisions and create accurate financial forecasts based on deep customer behavior analyses with tangible recommendations to optimize customer acquisition, retention, and lifetime value

Utilize exceptional communication skills to present findings across the business by effectively translating complex data and analysis into clear insights, opportunities, and tangible business recommendations

Develop reports, dashboards and build compelling data visualizations that effectively measure, track, and quantify changes in customer behavior and spend patterns

Contribute to complex long-term projects from initial scoping through full execution and training with inputs from a variety of cross-functional teams (IT, Merchandising, Marketing)

Collaborate with data science team as an expert on the business by providing direction on how to best leverage advanced modeling techniques and machine learning algorithms to achieve strategic objectives and business goals

Display deep intellectual curiosity, creativity, and commitment to learning in order to solve critical business problems and push the boundary of our capabilities

Qualification

RPythonSQLStatistical analysisData visualizationAnalytical techniquesMachine learningRetail industry experiencePresentation skillsInterpersonal communication

Required

Bachelor's degree in economics, statistics, math or related business field; Master's preferred

Minimum of 1 years of experience in analytics or statistics capacity, 2 years ideal

Experience with statistical programming languages required (R a must, Python, SAS)

Experience building large data sets across disparate sources required (SQL, Hive, Hadoop)

Desire to learn new analytic and data manipulation techniques to become an ‘local expert'

Advanced presentation skills required (PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator, R packages)

Ability to think conceptually and creatively about problems and solutions

Strong interpersonal communication skills, verbal and written, required due to the nature and level of interaction with senior management

Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload and ability to manage multiple projects while meeting deadlines

Preferred

Experience with pricing, merchandising, marketing and the retail industry strongly preferred

Benefits

Health and financial benefits

401K

Incentives

PTO

Company

Petco

Glassdoor3.0

Where the Pets Go. Celebrating 60 years of helping pets live their best life!

Founded in 1965

San Diego, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.petco.com/unleashed

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