Merchandise Analytics Manager

Couche-Tard; Pensacola (FL); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Couche-Tard in Pensacola, FL, seeks a Merchandise Analytics Manager to partner with Merchandising and Marketing, turning data into actionable insights that drive performance. You will bridge business strategy with analytics across functions and mentor a growing analytics team.

You will influence decisions with clear data narratives, develop scalable analytics, and support the adoption of new data capabilities across the business unit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 3+ years in analytics, merchandising, retail, BI, strategy, or related discipline.
• Ability to translate data into clear insights, recommendations, and actions.
• Strong business acumen linking analytics to outcomes.
• Experience communicating with senior leaders through concise, structured communication.
• Experience partnering across functions to solve complex problems.
• Ability to lead initiatives through ambiguity with structure and stakeholder alignment.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• Experience with BI, reporting, analytics, or data visualization tools.
• Experience supporting adoption of new analytical tools and capabilities.
• Coaching/mentoring others is a plus.
• Retail/consumer goods/merchandising experience is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Serve as a strategic analytics partner to Merchandising and Marketing leaders, translating questions into actionable insights.
• Champion data-driven decision making by using enterprise data, analytics products, reporting, and insights in day-to-day processes.
• Evaluate merchandising performance across sales, margin, promotions, assortment, category performance, customer behavior, and other key drivers.
• Partner with leaders to identify opportunities, risks, trends, and gaps and translate findings into clear recommendations and actions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to identify needs, clarify requirements, and improve data products, reporting, tools, and processes.
• Represent BU needs in development of analytics capabilities, providing feedback on functionality and data quality.
• Support adoption of new data and analytics capabilities by helping teams interpret insights.
• Develop reusable analytical approaches, models, reporting, and frameworks for consistency and scalability.
• Create concise presentations translating findings into insights for leaders and stakeholders.
• Participate in planning and performance reviews with data, insights, and recommendations.
• Share best practices across the global analytics community.
• Mentor junior analysts where applicable.

Connaissances

Business analytics

Merchandising analytics

Stakeholder leadership

Executive communication

Data storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Formation

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in related field

Outils

Business Intelligence tools

Description du poste

Position Overview

The Merchandise Analytics Manager is a strategic analytics partner to the Business Unit Merchandising and Marketing organization, working closely with our North American Merchandising and Data & Analytics teams to strengthen data-driven decision making across the business.

This role connects business strategy, analytics, and execution by helping teams turn trusted data and insights into clear actions that improve merchandising performance. The Merchandise Analytics Manager will partner across functions including Merchandising, Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Data & Analytics to identify business opportunities, define analytical needs, interpret results, and support adoption of enterprise analytics capabilities.

The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen, analytical thinking, communication, and stakeholder leadership. They are comfortable translating complex data into meaningful business insights and helping leaders understand not only what the data is showing, but what actions should be considered as a result.

This role reports to the Business Unit Marketing Director.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic analytics partner to Business Unit Merchandising and Marketing leaders, helping translate business questions and opportunities into actionable analytical insights.
• Champion data-driven decision making by helping teams effectively use enterprise data, analytics products, reporting, and insights in day-to-day business processes.
• Support ongoing evaluation of merchandising performance across areas such as sales, margin, promotions, assortment, category performance, customer behavior, and other key business drivers.
• Partner with business leaders to identify opportunities, risks, trends, and performance gaps and translate analytical findings into clear recommendations and actions.
• Work cross-functionally with Business Unit teams, various Merchandising teams, and Data & Analytics to identify analytical needs, clarify business requirements, and improve existing data products, reporting, tools, and processes.
• Represent Business Unit needs and perspectives in the development and enhancement of enterprise analytics capabilities, providing feedback on functionality, usability, data quality, and business value.
• Support the adoption of new data and analytics capabilities by helping business teams understand how to interpret insights and incorporate them into existing decision-making processes.
• Develop and enhance reusable analytical approaches, models, reporting, and frameworks that improve consistency and scalability across merchandising decision making.
• Create clear, concise, and compelling presentations and narratives that translate complex analytical findings into insights appropriate for business leaders and other stakeholders.
• Participate in business planning and performance-review processes by bringing relevant data, insights, and recommendations into strategic conversations.
• Collaborate with the broader global analytics community to share best practices, lessons learned, business use cases, and emerging opportunities across Business Units.
• Mentor and support the development of junior analytical resources where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in Business Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• Three or more years of progressively responsible experience in analytics, merchandising, retail, business intelligence, strategy, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex data and analysis into clear business insights, recommendations, and actions.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect analytical findings to commercial and operational outcomes.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders through concise, structured written communication, presentations, and executive-level discussions.
• Experience partnering across multiple organizational functions and levels to solve complex business problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives through ambiguity, establish structure, align stakeholders, and drive work toward measurable outcomes.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• Experience with business intelligence, reporting, analytics, or data visualization tools is preferred.
• Experience supporting the adoption of new analytical tools, processes, or capabilities is preferred.
• Previous experience coaching, mentoring, or developing others is an asset.
• Retail, convenience retail, merchandising, consumer goods, or related industry experience is an asset.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Complete physical activity invento