Advanced Analyst II

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!   Meijer Rewards Weekly pay Scheduling flexibility Paid parental leave   Paid education assistance Team member discount Development programs for advancement and career growth   Please review the job profile below and apply today! This position is an experienced role within Meijer’s Data Science & Analytics department. The Data Science & Analytics teams bring together a highly technical skillset, rooted in statistics and machine learning, with strong communication and collaboration capabilities to serve and partner with business areas across the enterprise. The Analyst role contributes to these efforts by developing and applying advanced analytic & machine learning solutions, proactively collaborating with and anticipating business needs. This role directly supports data-driven actions taken across the business to have a positive impact on sales, margin and profit performance as well as enriching the lives in the communities we serve.

(Key Deliverables):   Deliver against the overall strategy to enrich the lives in the communities we serve by delivering   data-driven   solutions   across merchandising, marketing, supply chain, product flow, operations, real estate, and other areas of the business.    Leadership &   Business   Partnership   Partner   with   business stakeholders   to   build strong relationships   and   understand   how   data-driven insights and recommendations can support, enhance, and improve business outcomes .    Anticipate future business needs and   identify   opportunities that make substantial difference for   organization,   and   lead the development of analytics initiatives.   Champion   the   adoption of advanced analytics capabilities and recommendations across the business.    Build and   maintain   relationships with key   industry   partners   ( eg :   suppliers , vendors,   CPGs)    and   continue to   enhance   analytics   capabilities,   knowledge   and impact .   Stay   up-to-date   on news in the retail sector—such as   state-of-the-art   technological developments or competitive incursions—and   utilize   this information to generate   pro-active   insights & recommendations.    Technical Skills   Contribute subject matter   expertise   and methodological design   of   holistic, custom insights & recommendations for each area of the business by developing custom algorithms,   statistical models, machine learning   solutions   and artificial intelligence .    Develop scorecards and partner with reporting teams to improve reporting effectiveness.   Leverage disparate data sources   and various platforms   for holistic understanding to solve complex business problems.   Develop actionable recommendations (marketing, real estate, merchandising)   Define and analyze Key Performance Indicators to   monitor   the overall health and measure value of the data products   Communication   Communicate these highly technical concepts and results   through   e xpert   data-driven   s tory- t elling   via in-person presentations, virtual presentations, email communications, and dashboards & reporting.   Drive adoption and usage of analytical   insights, data   products ,   models , and recommendations.   Customer-Centered:    Keep   customer   at the center of analytic approach, analysis and solutions and partner with cross functional teams to drive customer centered focus at Meijer.     This job   description   is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or   required   Job Requirements   Education   Bachelor’s degree in Business ,