Barnes & Noble, Inc. · 1 day ago
Retail Analyst
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$80K/yr - $85K/yr
3+ years expBarnes & Noble, Inc. is seeking a Retail Analyst to join their analytics team. This role involves providing centralized reporting and analytics for the Merchant Team, collaborating closely with Merchants to monitor business performance and evaluate key initiatives.
Retail
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
Qualification
Required
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
Company
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Barnes & Noble proudly serves America with approximately 600 bookstores across all fifty states, and are busy opening newly designed stores in communities nationwide.
10001+ employees
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CFO
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