Retail Insights Associate Decision Scientist

Best Buy; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Employee discount

Well-being support

Job summary

Best Buy in Minneapolis, MN seeks an Associate Decision Scientist in Retail Insights to support Sales Enablement with ad hoc reporting, recurring insights, and reusable tools. You will focus on requirements gathering, data validation, and dependable data delivery while partnering with analytics teams to ensure trusted information.

This hybrid role requires SQL querying, Excel-based data products, and clear communication with business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 1+ years in retail, data, business, operations or related area
• 1+ years querying structured data using SQL or similar language
• 1+ years building or maintaining Excel-based data products, recurring outputs, or data visualization solutions
• Experience gathering requirements, validating data, and communicating results to stakeholders
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or similar with quantitative rigor

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales Enablement stakeholders to understand requests, document requirements, confirm definitions, and establish clear delivery expectations
• Query structured data using SQL to fulfill ad-hoc data pull needs and support recurring business processes
• Build, enhance, and maintain Excel-based data products and other repeatable outputs that provide access to trusted information
• Validate data for accuracy and consistency, research variances, and resolve issues with business, Finance, DDO, DAT, and other analytics teams
• Manage assigned requests through a shared intake process, balancing recurring deliverables, time-sensitive needs, and planned enhancements
• Document data sources, business rules, calculations, and operating procedures to improve continuity and governance
• Identify repeatable requests to standardize or convert into self-service solutions, and help users understand outputs
• Maintain knowledge of Sales Enablement priorities, selling models, strategies, and vendor partnerships to improve relevance and speed of support

Skills

Retail experience

SQL querying

Excel data products

Requirements gathering

Communication with stakeholders

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Marketing/Economics/Statistics/Mathematics/CS/IS

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Best Buy in Minneapolis, MN seeks an Associate Decision Scientist in Retail Insights to support Sales Enablement with ad hoc reporting, recurring insights, and reusable tools. You will focus on requirements gathering, data validation, and dependable data delivery while partnering with analytics teams to ensure trusted information.

This hybrid role requires SQL querying, Excel-based data products, and clear communication with business stakeholders.