We are currently seeking a Data Analyst to help support our company's merchandising efforts by analyzing data and building new systems. Our team works on a variety of initiatives, such as helping to prioritize merchandising opportunities based on existing product sales or analyzing and reporting on publishing workflows to minimize throughput time and rework.
What You’ll Do
- Develop business solutions that align with strategy and represent customer needs understood through data analysis and research
- Create reports to monitor customer impact and operational progress
- Write clean and well-documented queries
- Design and build data pipeline that serve as the basis for rich reporting
- Conduct analyses of customer behavioral data to draw trends and identify opportunities
- Evaluate solutions that enable teammates to solve problems not currently supported by existing tools or that influence how our business focuses efforts to maximize customer impact
- Validate the impact of key metrics on long-term business objectives in a statistically rigorous manner
A bachelor’s degree is required for this role.
What We Look For
- Strong analytical & critical thinking ability
- Demonstrated ability and interest in using data to drive business decisions
- Proficiency in SQL, Python (including common libraries such as NumPy and Pandas), and Microsoft Office
- Experience writing clean and well-documented code
- 1-2 years of professional experience in related fields such as analytics, data science, or other similar areas
- Preferred: Experience with 1-2 statistical methods used in data analysis, such as decision trees, clustering, A/B analysis, or regression
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Math, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Quantitative Methods (Social Science) or related field
- Preferred: HTML, Javascript, Neo4J
Cash Compensation
Total cash compensation ranges from $143,500 - $164,500, which includes annual cash profit sharing based on company profitability.
Benefits
We offer comprehensive benefits to support employees and their dependents, such as:
- 100% tuition reimbursement
- Medical, dental, pharmacy, and vision plans with no monthly premiums
- Industry-leading company-funded retirement accounts
- Employee resource groups
- Inclusive, all-gender benefits
- First-time home buyer assistance
- Paid parental leave for all new parents
- Adoption and surrogacy assistance
- Paid time off for vacation and personal time
Who We Are
At McMaster-Carr we help customers build anything because we offer everything – we stock and distribute more than half a million products. We focus on creating visual and informative product merchandising, building our own systems and technology in-house, and improving operationally to create exceptional customer experiences around the globe. As we look to the future, we apply experimentation and innovation to the lessons learned since our start in 1901. Our success continues with the ideas and commitment of the bright and ambitious people that differentiate McMaster-Carr.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees a workplace with reasonable accommodations and free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. At McMaster-Carr, we do not make employment decisions based on age, ethnicity, citizenship status, military status, gender identity and expression, race, religion, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected group.
This position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship by McMaster-Carr.
Data We Collect
We may collect professional, education and employment-related data, and any assessments made throughout the recruiting process, to evaluate candidacy for employment. To communicate with job applicants, we may collect applicant names, contact information, and other personal identifiers, including those outlined in the California customer records statute. Through voluntary disclosure, we may also collect protected classifications under federal or California law (e.g., race, gender, etc.). For additional details about the personal information we collect and its uses, please click here.
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McMaster-Carr Elmhurst, Illinois, USA Office
McMaster-Carr is in a thriving suburb with easy access to city living via public transportation and highways. The local community offers a vibrant downtown full of restaurants and pubs, parks, historic homes, art museums and a university.
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