Entry-Level Retail Analytics & POS Analyst

American Greetings; Westlake (OH); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

American Greetings in Westlake, Ohio, is seeking an entry level Commercial Analyst to join our Insights & Analytics team. This on-site role focuses on learning AG data sources, product hierarchies, and retailer attributes to perform POS analyses and retailer reporting.

Reporting to the Director of Commercial Analytics, you will develop retailer‑specific reports and insights using POS, shipments, loyalty data portals, Circana, and more, building collaboration with Sales and Promotions teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in statistics, operations research, applied mathematics, engineering, or other quantitative discipline.
• Preferred: Master’s Degree in above disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Participates in training and other learning opportunities for the corporate data sources/structures, analytical tools/software packages, and business functions.
• Under the direction of the Director of Commercial Analytics or Senior Data Analysts, performs ad‑hoc retailer analytics and recurring analytical processes / reports as needed.
• With guidance, works on projects and tasks to build basic proficiency in data analysis/mining as well as understanding, interpreting, and presenting results using analytical tools (SQL, R, Python, Excel, retailer loyal card data portals, Power BI, etc.).
• Works with Sales team leadership to develop a fact‑based selling relationship with the retailer’s buying and merchandising teams.
• Develops a working knowledge of retailer joint planning techniques and how to leverage retailer loyalty card portal data.
• With guidance, develops presentations that are used by the Sales teams to communicate product sales performance during retailer meetings and headquarters visits.
• Communicates analysis and insights to internal clients, verbally and in writing.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Quantitative skills

SQL

Python

R

Excel

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree in statistics, operations research, applied mathematics, engineering, or other quantitative discipline

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

SQL

R

Python

Job description

American Greetings in Westlake, Ohio, is seeking an entry level Commercial Analyst to join our Insights & Analytics team. This on-site role focuses on learning AG data sources, product hierarchies, and retailer attributes to perform POS analyses and retailer reporting.

Reporting to the Director of Commercial Analytics, you will develop retailer‑specific reports and insights using POS, shipments, loyalty data portals, Circana, and more, building collaboration with Sales and Promotions teams.