Senior Analyst, Customer Analytics

The Home Depot; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot in Atlanta seeks a Senior Analyst in Customer Insights to develop in-depth quantitative analyses translating complex customer data into actionable business recommendations for Marketing, Operations and Merchandising.

You will interpret results, support cross-functional teams, work with ML outputs, and prepare board-ready presentations that clearly communicate insights and impact across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of analytical experience.
• Strong SQL and data analysis skills required.

Responsibilities

• Interpret analytical results and propose business improvements.
• Analyze customer behavior around key events (promotions, weather, etc.).
• Develop/validate customer segmentations and value metrics.
• Support cross-functional teams with quantitative/qualitative analysis.
• Analyze transactions to identify purchase triggers for forward-looking initiatives.

Skills

Data analysis

SQL

Communication

Data visualization

Retail experience

Executive presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAS

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Position Purpose

The Customer Insights team conducts customer-centric analytics in order to provide actionable insights to THD Senior Leadership to support strategic decisions within Marketing, Operations and Merchandising. The Customer Insights Senior Analyst will have responsibility for developing in-depth quantitative analyses with the aim of extracting insights related to customer shopping behaviors across all channels. The Senior Analyst will be expected to translate complex sets of customer data into meaningful insights and deliver business recommendations to key stakeholders. They will also work with the ML and Data Science models our team develops and maintains, connecting those model outputs to the business and strategic Insights.

Key Responsibilities

• 20% Interpret statistical and analytical results and make suggestions for business improvements through clear and concise deliverables
• 20% Conduct analyses to understand changes in customer shopping behavior surrounding key business events (e.g. promotions, weather, category resets, operational changes, etc.)
• 20% Develop / validate customer segmentations, compute customer value metrics and support ad-hoc requests for data extraction and analysis
• 20% Work across the organization and leverage cross functional teams to provide customer-focused analytical support using quantitative and qualitative measures
• 20% Analyze transactional data to identify purchase triggers and indicators in support of predictive / forward looking strategic company initiatives

Direct Manager/Direct Reports

• Position reports to Manager, Customer Insights and Analytics
• This position has 0 direct reports

Travel Requirements

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• No travel required

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong experience and background in Data Analysis using SQL (Google BigQuery or similar)
• Highly desirable to have previous experience in Data Science roles or working with ML and Data Science models
• Experience working within a retail organization strongly preferred
• Experience working on analysis within a management consulting or investment banking setting
• Experience working within a corporate strategic planning group
• Experience in the use of statistical programming software, especially SAS
• Proven ability to analyze, evaluate and interpret complex data using various quantitative analysis techniques
• Strong ability to produce board-level presentations and succinctly summarize approach & results
• Strong verbal and written communications skills at all levels; ability to communicate complex customer behavior information to both functional partners and Executive Leadership
• Excellent skills at using both Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Minimum Education

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Minimum Years of Work Experience

• 3

Competencies

• Action Oriented
• Collaborates
• Communicates Effectively
• Customer Focus
• Drives Results