Lead Data Analyst- Merchandising Analytics Essentials and Beauty

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Target is an iconic brand a Fortune 50 company and one of Americas leading retailers.

Behind one of the worlds best loved brands is a uniquely capable and brilliant team ofdata analysts. The Target Merchant Analytics team creates thetools and data productsto sustainably educate and enable our business partners to make greatdata-based decisions at Target. We are experts in data sourcing data visualizations and providing action oriented insights used by clients throughout the enterprise. We also play a key role in identifying the test-and-measureor A/B testopportunitiesthat continuously help Target improve the guest experience whether they love to shop in stores or at .

A LeadData Analystrole with ourMerchandising Analyticsteam means you will

• connect teams withtrusted dataandhigh-quality insights
• deliver world-classproduct solutionsin partnership with our product teams
• drivingprioritized metricsandefficientinsights
• embrace acontinuous-learningmindset

As a part of the Merchandising Analytics team our analysts work closely with business owners as well as technology and data product teams staffed with product owners and engineers. They support all Merchandising strategic initiatives with data reporting and analysis. Merchandising teams rely on this team of analysts to bring data to support decision making.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As aLead Data Analyst- Essentials and Beautyyour responsibilities will be exploring data technologies and the application of mathematical techniques to derive business insights. Data analysts spend their time determining the best approach to gather model manipulate analyze and present data.

You will be part of an agile global team which requires active participation in ceremonies and team meetings. You will also be part of a larger cross functional pricing team which will determine business product/application and analytics priorities supporting pricing decisions. Ad hoc analysis dashboard creation and providing insights that drive decisions are key outputs you will provide to the pricing analyst teams. These outputs drive everyday pricing competitiveness determine item elasticity price band balance by category and pricing parity for both online and in store assortments.

In this role youll have opportunities to continuously upskill to stay current with new technologies in the industry via formal training peer training groups and self-directed education. This role specifically will support a new initiative requiring new data and metric development. Your curiosity and ability to roll up guest level insights will be critical. This capability is constantly evolving which allows for creative thinking and leadership opportunities. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About you:

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience
• 6 year as a Data Analyst with strong academic performance in a quantitative field; or strong equivalent experience add any specific analyst experience needed here
• Advanced SQL experience writing complex queries
• Accomplished with Python or R
• Solid problem solving analytical skills data curiosity data mining Data creation and consolidation
• Support conclusions with a clear understandable story that leverages descriptive statistics basic inferential statistics and data visualizations Willingness to ask questions about business objectives and the measurement needs for a project workstream and be able to measure objectives & key results
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to speak to both business and technical teams and translate ideas between themKnowledge of AB Testing methods time series S&OP planning Forecasting models including statistical analysis
• Experience in analytics tools such as: SQL Excel Hadoop Hive Spark Python R Domo Adobe Analytics (or Google Analytics) and/or equivalent technologies

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Targets needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team members core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually depending upon what your role team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Benefits Eligibility

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