Marketing Business Analytics Data Analyst, Marketing - Lakeland

Publix Super Markets; Lakeland (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock ownership plan

Additional stock purchase

401(k) retirement plan

Health, dental, and vision plans

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Free hot lunches

Job summary

Publix Super Markets in Lakeland, FL seeks a data analytics professional to develop financial analytical solutions and drive profitability across stores, products, and services. You will mine billions of transaction records, link data sources, and summarize data with mathematics, business sense, and reporting for stakeholders.

This role requires an agile full‑stack mindset: ideation, data/feature engineering, cleaning, wrangling, coding, testing, deploying, and maintaining end‑to‑end solutions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Economics, Finance, CS, Statistics, Data Science, Engineering, Marketing, Business, or related analytic field.
• 1+ year in analytical role focusing on data manipulation, interpretation, reporting, and insight summarization.
• Proficient in SQL or equivalent and basic statistics knowledge.
• Strong communication and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Advanced MS Word/Excel skills; basic PowerPoint experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver data-driven insights, dashboards, reports, and recommendations to support business and leadership decisions.
• Develop descriptive analytical models across Publix areas including Marketing and Corporate Purchasing.
• Develop, execute, and improve weekly reports and automated analytical processes with validated data.
• Provide analytical support for cross-functional initiatives and coordinate analytical solutions across Publix.

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Statistics

Excel

PowerPoint

Communication

Data wrangling

Education

Bachelor's degree in analytics / related field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Alteryx

SSMS

Job description

Description

The purpose of this position is to develop financial analytical solutions. This position uses data analytics to uncover trends that drive decision making that improves profitability and performance of our stores, products, and services. These solutions are created by:

• Mining billions of transaction records with programing languages
• Linking those records to internal and external data sources
• Summarizing data with mathematics, business, and
• Visualizing and reporting analytical outputs for stakeholders’ use

This position requires an agile software development mindset and the ability to deliver end-to-end full-stack solutions, including ideation/brainstorming, data/feature engineering and cleaning, data wrangling, coding, testing, deploying, and maintenance.

Department

Marketing

Job Category

Data Analysis & Business Intelligence

Responsibilities Include

• Responsible for analytical requests that deliver data-driven insights, dashboards, reports, and recommendations to support business and leadership decisions across Publix.
• Develop descriptive analytical models to provide business insights and recommendations across Publix business areas, including Marketing, Corporate Purchasing, Real Estate, and other support areas.
• Developing, executing, and improving weekly reports and automated analytical processes, validating data for accuracy, monitoring systems, and gathering information from subject-matter experts to ensure timely and reliable results.
• Provide analytical support for cross-functional strategic initiatives, including managing projects, gathering requirements, developing performance measures, and coordinating analytical solutions across Publix.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Engineering, Marketing, Business, or another analytical discipline or equivalent experience
• 1-year in an analytical role specializing in data manipulation, interpretation, report writing, and data insight summarization/reporting.
• 1-year analytical experience:
  • Writing SQL; OR
  • Conducting financial performance analysis; OR writing R code or similar functionality within other statistical tools
• For recent College Graduates, these requirements can be satisfied by relevant coursework
• Advanced knowledge of mathematics and statistics
• Knowledge of Business Analysis
• Ability to negotiate
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Advance skills in Microsoft Word, Excel
• Basic skills in Microsoft PowerPoint
• Knowledge of SSMS or other SQL based applications
• Strong knowledge of data analysis, including data inspection, cleansing, transformation, and modeling
• Basic knowledge of accounting and finance principles, marketing, or retail geographic data
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work effectively and complete tasks on time with minimal supervision.
• Maintains professionalism, composure, and productivity in high-pressure situations
• Ability to set priorities, plan and coordinate work activities
• Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data from various sources with the goal of discovering useful information/trends, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making
• Ability to interpret, analyze, and explain financial information
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to work nights, weekends, and extended hours as business needs require

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Analytics, Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Engineering, Marketing, Business, or another analytical discipline
• 3 or more years in financial analysis, planning, process improvements and accounting principles
• Data Science Certification or Business Analytics Certificate
• Coursera certification or similar courses to demonstrate ability to stay on trend with analytics
• Knowledge of project management techniques and continuous quality improvement methodology
• Basic knowledge of Corporate Accounting functions and Publix Operations
• Basic knowledge of Internal Controls and SOX regulations
• Expert skills in Microsoft Word, Excel
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft PowerPoint
• Knowledge in Alteryx for data preparation, blending, analysis, and workflow automation
• Knowledge in Tableau, PowerBi, or other Business Intelligence Tools (ETL
• Knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dataverse
• In-depth knowledge of information systems design methodologies and testing processes.
• Strong data visualization and storytelling skills
• Knowledge in SAP/BW

Benefits Information

• Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost
• An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Group health, dental and vision plans plan
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Free hot lunches (buffet-style) at facilities with a cafeteria
• Visit our website to see all of our benefits: https://jobs-beta.publix.com/benefits/

Year End Bonus

As a year-end bonus to associates, Publix issues one month’s extra pay (pro‑rated in the first year) each year if associate remains employed through issue date of the bonus check that year. This is calculated as a 13th month of pay in the Potential Annual Pay with Bonus line above.

Additional Information

For this position, Publix does not and will not file a petition or application with the USCIS or Department of State on behalf of any noncitizen for any immigration-related benefit to work and/or to continue to work in the United States, e.g., an H-1B or TN petition or permanent residence.

***Relocation/Household Good Shipment Allowance will NOT be provided.***