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Business Analyst

Dyson

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Location: Chicago, IL
Type: Full Time
Posted: 05/19/2017
Deadline to Apply: Open - no deadline given by employer
More Information: Dyson Job Posting

Job Summary:

As Dyson works to provide consumers with a best in class retail experience, the Business Analyst will partner Product Marketing and Sales to provide in depth performance analytics. This role will help develop analytics to measure success of historical retail investments and drive future investment decisions. Placed within the Strategy and Analytics team, this role will allow analytical creativity to shine. 

Responsibilities:

  • Assist with in store demonstration and premium fixture analytics
    • Partner with sales to help optimize Demonstration scheduling Incentive target forecasting
    • Performance and lift analysis
  • Own Retailer Spatial Analysis
    • Utilize geospatial software as a means to visualize data effectively
    • Utilize geospatial software to analyse geographical demographical data
    • Develop and present actionable insight based on demographical trends discovered
  • Assist with retailer ranking data collection and modeling
    • Mining new data to be included in ranking analysis
    • Refresh model with new sales and demographic data
    • Summarize and present findings to Retailer Marketing and Sales teams
  • Fulfill other duties as required
    • Relish the opportunity to pick up new activities that fall broadly in the purpose of the role
    • Fix things that need fixing
    • Identify problems and find solutions

Skills & Experience:

  • Minimum 3 years experience in a highly analytical role
  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Working knowledge of statistics
  • Experience with geo spatial software
  • Familiarity with statistical programming languages (R / Python)
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
  • Advanced MS Excel skills required
  • Ability to clearly communicate and present statistical analysis along with data visualization
  • Familiarity with Hadoop (HIVE) preferred
  • Retail industry experience preferred

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