Nordstrom is looking to be the best data-driven fashion retailer in the world by leveraging data science and analytics to understand and predict customer behavior, optimize store locations and experiences, and provide omni-channel experiences. The Sr Data Analyst will help steer strategic decisions by empowering the executive team with robust data products and analytical consulting.
Requirements
- 5+ years of strong coding skills in at least one statistical or programming language (e.g., R, Python) to import, process, summarize, and analyze data.
- Experience with utilizing data visualization tools to tell compelling data stories (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Shiny, Plotly, GGPlot)
- A solid grasp of the scientific method and its application to Data Science.
- Fluency with descriptive and inferential statistical techniques, including experimental design (DOE) concepts and their application.
- Proficiency with statistical techniques and when best to apply given current situation.
- Proficient in extracting large data sets from various relational databases using SQL (Amazon Redshift, Oracle, GCP preferred).
- Experience managing large projects or workstreams as a Data Analyst / Data Scientist.
Responsibilities
- Use storytelling to present data in a clear and engaging manner, making it accessible and meaningful to audiences with varying degrees of technical expertise.
- Provide high-quality data visualizations to support analyses, presented through automated dashboards and ad-hoc reports.
- Partner with key stakeholders to define success and develop measurement frameworks.
- Present the results to the stakeholders and guide them to make the best use of the insights for their purposes and use-cases.
- Use advanced analytical and statistical practices to create thorough and actionable insights.
- Deliver high quality solutions and recommendations to a variety of problems both independently and through collaboration with team members and business partners to drive outcomes.
- Mentor junior team members on analytics, storytelling, and communication best practices.
Other
- Partnering with our new store openings and Real Estate teams to identify the ideal locations for our new store locations, optimize overall store experience and leverage digital signals to provide an omni-channel experience for our customers.
- Work broadly with our Store partners across leadership, technology, strategy, and finance on high-impact projects.
- Strong critical thinking and storytelling skills.
- Ability to think strategically, seek to expand understanding of business domain, processes, data sources, and relevant key metrics.
- Direct experience working with Store Selection, Store Analytics, etc. within the retail industry is preferred.
