Data Analyst

OVERVIEW

McMaster-Carr is an e-commerce company offering more than a million products used to keep businesses in motion. We owe success to experimentation and innovation, and invite team members to put their creativity to work. An emphasis on curiosity and development celebrates diverse experiences, backgrounds, and identities. McMaster-Carr’s commitment to an inclusive workplace is evident in the way we form teams and develop on-site resources.

We are currently seeking a Data Analyst to help support our company's merchandising efforts by providing reliable 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.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Develop business solutions that align with strategy and represent customer needs understood through data analysis and research
• Create reports and dashboards to monitor customer impact and operational progress
• Write clean and well documented queries
• 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

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

McMaster-Carr encourages you to apply and share your unique experience even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications below. We look forward to your application.

• Strong analytical & critical thinking ability
• Demonstrated ability and interest in using data to drive business decisions
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and Microsoft Office
• Experience writing clean and well-documented code
• 1-2 years of project experience in related fields such as analytics, data science, or other similar areas
• 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, NumPy, pandas

BE REWARDED

We offer benefits to build a healthy, positive workplace that allows you to do your best work:

• Generous profit-sharing
• Company-funded retirement accounts
• First-time home buyer assistance
• College assistance for your dependents
• Paid time off to cover vacation and personal time
• Medical, dental, pharmacy, and vision plans with no monthly premiums for you, your spouse, and your dependents

For more information, please visit: https://www.mcmaster.com/careers/opportunities/merchandising-publishing

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