Sr. Analyst, Pricing Analytics

About the role

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose

The Sr. Analyst, Pricing will support the efforts to provide subject matter expertise, project management, and analytical support to the development and execution of Pricing Strategies. The Sr. Analyst will perform analysis of data, build presentations, and will solve business questions using their insights, analytics, and judgement.

The Sr. Analyst will work with cross functional partners, including marketing, ops, strategy and others to ensure end to end thinking on strategy and execution. The Sr. Analyst will also support merchants directly by helping them understand their business, test pricing strategies, and helping them achieve their objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• 50% Design, implement and measure pricing actions to understand the trade-off between units, sales and gross margin. Utilize learnings to help merchants reach financial objectives
• 20% Conduct research to become subject matter expert on a specific segment of pricing and statistical analysis
• 10% Work across the organization and leverage cross functional teams to provide expert analytical support (i.e. domestic logistics or global supply chain costs
• 20% Develop and deliver influential presentations that summarize complex analyses and drive effective business decisions

Direct Manager/Direct Reports

• This position reports to Manager.
• This position has 0 direct reports.

Travel Requirements

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ yrs business experience preferred
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in SQL
• Ability to work independently and lead projects
• Excellent data visualization and presentation skills in Tableau and PowerPoint
• Proactive learner with a drive to explore new ideas and solve complex problems
• Ability to translate business requirements into analytical frameworks
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
• Understanding of how data schema impacts metric behavior and reporting
• Ability to design scalable data architectures and implement efficient data pipelines

Minimum Education

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience

• 2

Preferred Years of Work Experience

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience

• None

Certifications

• None

Competencies

• Ability to learn very quickly and independently
• Business acumen
• Proven ability to analyze, evaluate and interpret complex data
• Strong communication skills: verbal and written
• Proficient with PowerPoint, Excel, Access and other statistical software or pricing packages (i.e. SAS, Minitab, DemandTec)
• Ability to build relationships and work cross functionally with business partners