Python Programming, SQL, Azure, AWS, Google BigQuery, Apache Hive, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), R Programming
While this is a remote role, the candidate must live within a commutable distance of Richfield, MN, Boston, MA, Atlanta, GA or Seattle, WA.
Best Buy’s Product Decision Science team has two new Senior Decision Scientist opportunities. These roles will focus on Inventory and Category.
The Product Decision Science team is responsible for creating and sharing out product insights using internal Best Buy data. This team strives to be the subject matter experts on product data and to deliver state of the art analyses to our business partners which includes category merchants, finance partners, and other strategic business teams.
Category Assortment Senior Decision Scientist: Your focus will be to ensure Best Buy’s has the optimal products assorted in existing and new growth product categories. You will provide guidance and intelligence on assortment decisions. This will include evaluating transactional and market data to inform Category teams of optimal assortment in-store and online. Additionally, you will perform many ad-hoc category analyses that will inform each category’s strategy.
Inventory Optimization Senior Decision Scientist: Your role will focus on ensuring that Best Buy will have the correct products in the right place/location/time, considering constraints on fulfillment channels and Best Buy’s distribution strategy. This role will make recommendations for optimal location inventory based on distribution constraints. You will be responsible for making recommendations and facilitating updates of rules and logic for inventory allocation in AIP.
The individuals in these roles will possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills and be able to effectively communicate and present findings to clients. In addition, we seek individuals who are passionate about learning our business/domain, collaborating with others, working with industry leading analytical tools, and exploring internal (ex. transactional or inventory) and external (ex. competitive pricing or assortment) data sources. The results-oriented individual will maintain a service and growth mindset and have a passion for examining transactional trends and outcomes and conveying these findings to a non-technical audience.
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Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics retailer headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota. Originally founded by Richard M. Schulze and James Wheeler in 1966 as an audio specialty store called Sound of Music, it was rebranded under its current name with an emphasis on consumer electronics in 1983.
Richfield, MN, USA
2-4 year
Richfield, MN, USA
2-4 year