Senior Data Analyst – Merchandising Insights

The Guitar Center Company; Westlake Village (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Guitar Center is seeking a Staff Data Analyst to serve as the senior analytics partner to Merchandising and adjacent commercial teams in California. You will identify opportunities, frame questions, design measurements, and influence leaders to act.

Requires 8+ years in data analytics, strong SQL and Python, and deep fluency in retail analytics with P&L impact. You will collaborate with Data Engineering and BI to operationalize durable solutions and guide experimentation, influencing senior

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional analytics experience at staff level or senior IC leadership.
• Experience partnering with leaders to identify opportunities, shape priorities, and influence decisions in retail/commerce.
• Fluency in retail, eCommerce, merchandising, inventory, pricing, promotions, customer or finance analytics with P&L and margin impact.
• Strong SQL and Python skills with ability to review AI-generated outputs and validate logic.
• Strong experimental design and causal inference judgment, including group comparisons and cannibalization effects.
• Excellent BI and data visualization fluency using modern platforms (Looker/Tableau/Power BI/Omni).
• Excellent communication for senior leaders and non-technical partners.
• Staff-level influence, trusted cross-functional collaboration across analytics, BI, and data engineering.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Merchandising to guide decisions on pricing, assortment, allocation, promotions, inventory, vendors, and visual merchandising.
• Identify, size, and sequence high-value revenue, margin, inventory, and customer opportunities with analytics leadership.
• Translate ambiguous questions into measurement plans; conduct rigorous analyses and proof-of-concept work.
• Define data and capability needs; work with Data Engineering and BI to implement durable solutions.
• Lead experimentation and causal measurement design, including treatment of seasonality and bias.
• Convert findings into clear recommendations and build Merchandising fluency in data-driven decision making.
• Collaborate with analytics management to document policies for experimentation and causal inference.

Skills

SQL

Python

BI Visualization

Experimentation design

Communication

Retail analytics

Leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Power BI

Omni Platform

Job description

Guitar Center is seeking a Staff Data Analyst to serve as the senior analytics partner to Merchandising and adjacent commercial teams in California. You will identify opportunities, frame questions, design measurements, and influence leaders to act.

Requires 8+ years in data analytics, strong SQL and Python, and deep fluency in retail analytics with P&L impact. You will collaborate with Data Engineering and BI to operationalize durable solutions and guide experimentation, influencing senior