Decision Science Analyst Sr

Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers for more than 80 years. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day.® by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at everyday low prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Dollar General operates more than 18,000 stores in 47 states, and we’re still growing. Learn more about Dollar General at www.dollargeneral.com.

General Summary:

This role within Decision Science & Analytics will support the execution of the Company’s customer and marketing analytics program.  This role will work collaboratively with the DG Marketing teams (both owned and paid media), third parties, and the broader DECISION SCIENCE organization.  Day to day work will included providing analysis to help curate audiences for campaign exposures, perform post-campaign analysis, and conduct various basket analytics.  Projects may include automating analytics processes, creating/updating customer segmentations, or ad hoc open-ended deep dives into category performance.

Duties & Responsibilites:

• Work cross functionally across the Marketing department understand their root business problem or question and how they could leverage data/insights
• Translate data/insights needs into analytics techniques to produce data-driven and actionable insights
• Present findings in PowerPoint or Tableau/PowerBI to stakeholders, “telling the story”With data to non-technical audiences
• Create automated, reusable analytics workflows from end-to-end:  from developing and maintaining SQL/Python code to the final report or dashboard deliverable
• Answer ad-hoc Marketing/Vendors questions as needed with the ability to explain analytics or retail concepts
• Balance a combination of quick turn reporting asks with deeper dive analysis and prioritize appropriately to meet deadlines

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilites:

• Intermediate to Advanced SQL Skills
• Intermediate Python skills
• Intermediate skills with BI tools such as Tableau or PowerBI
• Experience presenting insights to non-technical audience
• Experience gathering user requirements for analysis or BI dashboards
• Experience working with large datasets (millions of records
• High-level written and verbal communication skills, including data design and BI best practices
• Experience with retail industry or marketing and media networks is preferred
• Experience with analytics platforms such as Databricks is preferred
• Experience with code management tools such as Github is preferred

Work Experiece &/or Education:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Data Analytics, Data Science, Business, Statistics, or Finance. Any suitable combination of education and experience will be considered.
• 2+ years of experience. Academic/Research experience in working with data science and analytics will be considered.

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