Lead Analyst, Analytics COE

Serving the needs of all families with young childrenCarters Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children encompassing Carters OshKosh Bgosh Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work constant learning genuine people and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carters.

How youll make an impact:

This role typical reports to Director Analytics COE & Strategy and is based in our Buckhead Office.

Lead analytics projects (30%)

• Serve as the technical and analytical Subject Matter Expert (SME)
• Lead and mentor team members
• Collaborate with business SMEs to produce analytical solutions
• Enable Tableau and other tools for Self-Service analytics within functional business groups to improve insights and efficiency

Data modeling and machine learning (20%)

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and develop data-driven solutions
• Design and execute analytics projects
• Build and deploy machine learning models
• Monitor and maintain machine learning models

Data Engineering (20%)

• Develop custom queries per use case
• Connect to a variety of databases
• Joining un-joining and shaping data

Design and develop Tableau dashboards which include key metrics variance reporting and advanced analytics (20%)

• Work through Tableau dashboard lifecycle from frameworks to dashboard deployment
• Apply visual analytics principles to effectively communicate insights
• Creating interactive dashboards with the end user in mind
• Creating calculations parameters and leveraging Tableau analytics
• Develop ETL flows when necessary

Follow AGILE methodology to successfully manage and deliver projects (10%)

• Project management and leadership
• Tracking in JIRA

Secondary functions include:

• Recommend and support the introduction of new or improved technical and business practices.
• Prepare documentation and user aids suitable to end user needs. Provide training to end users and support staff appropriate to the business need.
• Performs analytical and programming tasks as assigned outside of conventional BI tool

Support BI tools and add-ons.

Wed Love to hear from you if: (Requirements section)

Must have:

• 2 years of experience with Machine Learning tools
• 3 years of experience with BI Tool Expertise (Tableau MicroStrategy Business Objects Cognosetc.)
• 2 years of experience with Python R SQL (Procedures Views Functions Scripts etc.)
• 2 years of experience with Data Warehouse / Databases (AWS Redshift Teradata Oracle SQL Server etc.)
• 1 year of experience with ETL Tool Exposure (Informatica Data Stage etc.)

Preferred skills and experience:

• Bachelors Degree in CS Business or similar field (Masters / MBA a plus)
• 2 years of experience with Business Intelligence or Analytics experience
• 2 years of experience with Data Warehouse / Data Integration development experience
• 1 year of experience with Data Modeling experience
• Retail and / or Wholesale experience is a plus

Carters is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.