Analyst, Market Insights & Analytics

Ulta Beauty; Bolingbrook (IL); On-site; USD 59,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Ulta Beauty is seeking an Analyst, Market Insights & Analytics to support timely market and category performance analyses across internal and syndicated data sources. You will prepare data, validate it, and translate findings into clear visuals for senior leaders.

Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will automate dashboards, maintain data definitions, and help standardize reporting to drive strategic decisions and guest-centric initiatives at Ulta Beauty.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of analytics or business intelligence experience.
• Experience with market and competitive analytics.
• Advanced Excel and data cleaning skills.
• Experience with syndicated data sources is a plus.
• Ability to turn data into clear takeaways and visuals.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and refresh weekly, monthly, and quarterly market, competitive, and category reporting across key metrics including share, rank, growth, innovation, and promotion
• Extract, clean, reconcile, and validate data from internal and external sources, identifying anomalies and coordinating resolution
• Conduct initial analyses to surface trends, patterns, risks, and whitespace opportunities for further interpretation and deeper investigation
• Support market tests and measurement by organizing inputs, maintaining KPI trackers, and conducting pre- and post-analysis under senior guidance
• Create clear charts, summaries, and draft insights for market pulse updates, category reviews, strategic analyses, and executive materials
• Integrate internal performance data with external market and consumer data to build consistent and complete views of business performance
• Maintain standardized definitions, templates, dashboards, and methodologies across recurring analyses to ensure accuracy and comparability
• Partner with Analytics and Technology teams to test enhancements and maintain reliable data refreshes and self-service tools
• Identify process improvements and create clear documentation and user guidance that strengthen analytical consistency
• Coordinate inputs, timelines, and follow-up with partners to keep analytical workstreams moving and deliverables on track

Skills

Excel (Advanced)

PowerPoint

Tableau/Power BI/SQL

Analytical thinking

Data visualization

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, economics, analytics, statistics, finance, or related field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

Circana/NielsenIQ/Spate data

Job description

Overview

Discover greater levels of performance. With over 1,400 stores throughout the U.S. and an innovative omni-channel ecosystem, Ulta Beauty is revolutionizing the beauty retail experience. Ulta Beauty is expanding its digital capabilities, opening new stores on a continual basis and re-designing existing locations with the latest design and technological advancements for heightened guest experiences. We’re not just growing, we’re thriving through consistent innovation and a bold commitment to re-imagination. If you want the opportunity to build something strategic, to take ownership of your career trajectory, to apply your passion to operational excellence, Ulta Beauty provides the kind of stability and support few organizations can match. So be curious. Be flexible. Be more than you thought possible. The future is yours at Ulta Beauty.

Overview

Discover greater levels of performance. With over 1,400 stores throughout the U.S. and an innovative omni-channel ecosystem, Ulta Beauty is revolutionizing the beauty retail experience. Ulta Beauty is expanding its digital capabilities, opening new stores on a continual basis and re-designing existing locations with the latest design and technological advancements for heightened guest experiences. We’re not just growing, we’re thriving through consistent innovation and a bold commitment to re-imagination. If you want the opportunity to build something strategic, to take ownership of your career trajectory, to apply your passion to operational excellence, Ulta Beauty provides the kind of stability and support few organizations can match. So be curious. Be flexible. Be more than you thought possible. The future is yours at Ulta Beauty.

THE IMPACT YOU CAN HAVE

The Analyst, Market Insights & Analytics supports the development of a timely, accurate, and consistent view of market, competitive, and category performance across Ulta Beauty. Working with the Senior Manager, this role owns foundational data preparation, validation, and recurring reporting across internal and syndicated data sources, ensuring analyses are reliable and ready for business interpretation. The Analyst will integrate and reconcile data across providers, maintain recurring market and competitive reporting, support market tests and measurement, and help standardize and automate dashboards and analytical processes. The role will also translate data into clear initial findings and visualizations, enabling senior team members to focus on strategic implications, recommendations, and stakeholder leadership.

YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS BY

Market Tracking & Competitive Analytics

• Prepare and refresh weekly, monthly, and quarterly market, competitive, and category reporting across key metrics including share, rank, growth, innovation, and promotion
• Extract, clean, reconcile, and validate data from internal and external sources, identifying anomalies and coordinating resolution
• Conduct initial analyses to surface trends, patterns, risks, and whitespace opportunities for further interpretation and deeper investigation

Measurement, Reporting & Frameworks

• Support market tests and measurement by organizing inputs, maintaining KPI trackers, and conducting pre- and post-analysis under senior guidance
• Create clear charts, summaries, and draft insights for market pulse updates, category reviews, strategic analyses, and executive materials
• Integrate internal performance data with external market and consumer data to build consistent and complete views of business performance
• Maintain standardized definitions, templates, dashboards, and methodologies across recurring analyses to ensure accuracy and comparability

Cross-Functional Partnership & Communication

• Partner with Merchandising, Digital, Pricing, FP&A, Analytics, Merchandising Planning & Inventory, Consumer Insights, and Strategy on prioritized analytical questions
• Translate analyses into concise takeaways and visualizations, clearly documenting data sources, assumptions, and limitations
• Coordinate inputs, timelines, and follow-up with partners to keep analytical workstreams moving and deliverables on track

Data Quality & Vendor Support

• Support data quality and governance across market data providers, including Circana, NielsenIQ, and Spate, by monitoring issues and coordinating resolution
• Maintain data dictionaries, source documentation, access records, refresh calendars, and vendor issue logs
• Support evaluation and onboarding of new data sources and tools by documenting requirements, use cases, and data-quality considerations

Analytics Enablement & Automation

• Standardize and automate recurring reports and dashboards to reduce manual work and improve speed, consistency, and scalability
• Partner with Analytics and Technology teams to test enhancements and maintain reliable data refreshes and self-service tools
• Identify process improvements and create clear documentation and user guidance that strengthen analytical consistency

THE ESSENTIALS FOR SUCCESS

• Bachelor's degree in business, economics, analytics, statistics, finance, or a related field; or equivalent experience
• 1-3 years of relevant experience in market, retail, competitive, business intelligence, or related analytics
• Advanced Excel and proficient PowerPoint skills; Tableau, Power BI, or SQL experience is a plus
• Experience cleaning, reconciling, and validating multiple data sources; syndicated market data experience is a plus
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, attention to detail, and curiosity to question anomalies
• Ability to turn quantitative information into clear takeaways, charts, and presentations
• Proactive, organized, accountable, and collaborative; able to manage priorities and deadlines

The pay range for this position is $59,000.00 - $80,000.00 / Year with the opportunity for eligible associates to earn additional compensation pursuant to the Company's bonus plan. Exact pay will be based on factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, level, shift, geographic location, and business and organizational needs. Full-time positions are eligible for paid time off, health, dental, vision, life and disability benefits. Part-time positions are eligible for dental, vision, life, and disability benefits. For additional information concerning our benefits, visit our Benefits and Career Development page: https://learn.bswift.com/ulta

About

At Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA), the possibilities are beautiful. Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products and salon services. We bring possibilities to life through the power of beauty each and every day in our stores and online with more than 25,000 products from approximately 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including Ulta Beauty’s own private label. Ulta Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring-hair, skin, brow, and make-up services. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.