Advanced Analyst II

Meijer Inc.; Grand Rapids (MI); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer Inc. is seeking an experienced Data Science & Analytics Analyst to develop advanced analytics, ML solutions, and data-driven insights across merchandising, marketing, supply chain and operations.

You will partner with stakeholders to deliver actionable recommendations that positively impact sales, margin and profitability, while supporting community-focused initiatives. The role requires strong statistical and machine learning skills, experience with big data platforms, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Statistics, Economics or other quantitative field or relevant Experience.
• Master’s Degree Preferred.
• 2+ years of relevant analytics experience in an applied role—preferably within retail, logistics, supply chain, or CPG.
• Certifications: Safe Agile, Azure, Databricks, Python Function/Technical Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities.
• Strong experience with Python, Databricks, Azure ML, Azure Cognitive Service, SAS, R, SQL, PySpark, Numpy, Pandas, Scikit Learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, AutoTS, Prophet, NLTK, PowerBI, Teradata, Geospatial Platforms (Placer, ESRI).
• Experience with Azure Cloud technologies including Azure DevOps, Azure Synapse, MLOps, GitHub.
• Experience developing enterprise reporting, dashboards, and semantic models using Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, DAX, and Tabular Editor.
• Experience working with large datasets and developing ML/AI systems (NLP, speech/text/image recognition, forecasting, econometric models).
• Experience working in cross-functional teams (Business/Financial Analysis, Promotion Analytics, Customer Analytics, Pricing, Merchandising, etc.).
• Multi-channel analytics experience in-store and digital.

Responsibilities

• Deliver data-driven solutions across merchandising, marketing, supply chain, product flow, operations, real estate, and other areas.
• Lead with business stakeholders to build relationships and translate data insights into outcomes.
• Anticipate future business needs and lead analytics initiatives.
• Champion adoption of advanced analytics across the business.
• Build relationships with industry partners to enhance analytics capabilities and impact.
• Stay updated on retail tech trends to generate pro-active insights and recommendations.

Skills

Python

Databricks

Azure ML

Azure Cognitive Service

SAS

R

SQL

PySpark

Numpy

Pandas

Scikit Learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

AutoTS

Prophet

NLTK

PowerBI

Teradata

Geospatial Platforms

Azure DevOps

Azure Synapse

MLOps

GitHub

Microsoft Fabric

DAX

Tabular Editor

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Statistics, Economics or other quantitative field

Master’s Degree Preferred

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

DAX

Tabular Editor

Job description

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!

Benefits & Perks

• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth

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.

Duties and Responsibilities (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.
• Communicate these highly technical concepts and results through expert data-driven story-telling via in-person presentations, virtual presentations, email communications, and dashboards & reporting.
• Drive adoption and usage of analytical insights, data products, models, and recommendations.
• Keep customer at the center of analytic approach, analysis and solutions and partner with cross functional teams to drive customer centered focus at Meijer.
• Python
• Databricks
• Azure ML
• Azure Cognitive Service
• SAS
• R
• SQL
• PySpark
• Numpy
• Pandas
• Scikit Learn
• TensorFlow
• PyTorch
• AutoTS
• Prophet
• NLTK
• PowerBI
• Teradata
• Geospatial Platforms (eg: Placer, ESRI)
• Experience with Azure Cloud technologies including Azure DevOps, Azure Synapse, MLOps, GitHub
• Experience developing enterprise reporting, dashboards, and semantic models using Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, DAX, and Tabular Editor
• Experience working with large datasets from disparate sources and developing statistical models and/or ML/AI systems such as: natural language processing, speech/text/image recognition, supervised and unsupervised learning models, spatial modeling, forecasting and/or econometric time series models.
• Experience working in a cross-functional teams with preference in: Business/Financial Analysis, Promotional Analytics, Customer Analytics, Pricing, Merchandising, Media Analytics, Corporate Real Estate Analytics, Pharmacy, etc.
• Multi-channel experience preferred – familiar with both in-store/branch and digital analytics.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Statistics, Economics or other quantitative field or Relevant Experience.
• Master’s Degree Preferred.
• Experience: 2+ years of relevant analytics experience in an applied role—preferably within retail, logistics, supply chain, or CPG.
• Certifications: Safe Agile, Azure, Databricks, Python Function/Technical Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities.
• Demonstrated strengths using several of the following: Python, Databricks, Azure ML, Azure Cognitive Service, SAS, R, SQL, PySpark, Numpy, Pandas, Scikit Learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, AutoTS, Prophet, NLTK, PowerBI, Teradata, Geospatial Platforms (eg: Placer, ESRI).
• Experience with Azure Cloud technologies including Azure DevOps, Azure Synapse, MLOps, GitHub.
• Experience developing enterprise reporting, dashboards, and semantic models using Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, DAX, and Tabular Editor.
• Experience working with large datasets from disparate sources and developing statistical models and/or ML/AI systems such as: natural language processing, speech/text/image recognition, supervised and unsupervised learning models, spatial modeling, forecasting and/or econometric time series models.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams with preference in: Business/Financial Analysis, Promotional Analytics, Customer Analytics, Pricing, Merchandising, Media Analytics, Corporate Real Estate Analytics, Pharmacy, etc.
• Multi-channel experience preferred – familiar with both in-store/branch and digital analytics.
• Strong work ethic; Proactive and action oriented.
• Excellent communication skills: listening, verbal and written.
• Ability to collaborate with, and present to internal and external partners, including leadership.
• Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills with ability to prioritize multiple/competing projects and assignments.
• Demonstrates strong curiosity toward problem solving.

We opened our doors more than 90 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we’re a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 270 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer's policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully-protected classification.

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