Director, Merchandising Analytics & Data Science

Recreational Equipment, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 125,300 - 212,900; Full time

Job summary

REI Co-op in Seattle is seeking a senior analytics leader to own data analytics and data science for the Merchandising Product organization. You will lead a team of merchandising analysts and collaborate across the co-op to apply advanced analytics to identify product and assortment optimization opportunities.

The role will guide near‑ to long‑term strategies, rely on data‑driven methodologies, and develop dashboards that inform market share, customer growth, and productivity.

Qualifications

• MS required, graduated degree in quantitative fields of Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering or other Engineering field preferred
• 10+ years of work experience in data analysis or data science
• 5+ years demonstrated leadership/management skills with reporting analytics/data science functions
• 10+ years of experience and expertise developing, testing, and deploying data science and optimization models and visualizations both locally and in a hybrid environment. Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language such as R or Python
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language such as R or Python
• Comfortable and effective when communicating with director and VP-level business leaders. Strong ability to understand business and operations problems and translate to research initiatives
• Experience managing/leading analysts in delivery of predictive and/or prescriptive models at speed/scale
• Strong time management and prioritization skills with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Responsibilities

• Deliver data analysis and data science insights and implications through the product and assortment lenses that supports and guides strategic thinking and systemic performance.
• Create analytical models and decision‑making frameworks that drive product and assortment optimization in an integrated, omnichannel capacity.
• Lead a team of advance analyst professionals, focusing on both business results and employee mentoring and professional development.
• Manage the Merchandising product data warehouse from a business perspective to define data sources, metrics, dimensions, and dashboards to support regular reporting and ad hoc inquiry. Collaborate with the IT organization to ensure good data hygiene and integration across sources.
• Develop and implement roadmap for data mining and quantitative methods to advance product and assortment optimization, productivity measurement, market share growth opportunity, and other key business workstreams and initiatives.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to leverage product and assortment intelligence to drive and optimize the customer experience and revenue growth opportunities through operations‑focused tactics and through go‑to‑customer methods.
• Engage and influence divisional leaders and executives with data‑driven strategic recommendations based on advanced analytics.
• Lead and implement development of Merchandising product and assortment test and initiatives measurement.

Skills

Data analysis

Leadership

Team management

SQL

Python/R

Executive communication

Time management

Education

MS in quantitative fields

Tools

Data visualization

Job description

REI Co-op in Seattle is seeking a senior analytics leader to own data analytics and data science for the Merchandising Product organization. You will lead a team of merchandising analysts and collaborate across the co-op to apply advanced analytics to identify product and assortment optimization opportunities.

The role will guide near‑ to long‑term strategies, rely on data‑driven methodologies, and develop dashboards that inform market share, customer growth, and productivity.