Data Analyst Senior - Store Operations Shrink & RFID - Seattle

Job Description

Data Analyst SR. is a key part of the Store Operations Shrink and RFID Team, responsible for managing the execution of large-scale projects that deliver significant business value to Nordstrom and its customers. This role will partner closely with the Asset Protection (AP), Product, Technology, and Enterprise Operations organizations for Store Operations (SO) as the primary resource for analyzing shrink signals enabled by RFID and inventory health. The position will also lead and support current tactic measurement and new tactic strategy deployment to stores utilizing the Golden Data Set as a resource.  

The Data Analyst SR will triangulate data between shrink impact, labor impact, and sales impact at various levels including company, region, district, market, and store. This data will be used to identify new tactics that require measurement and testing. The analyst will communicate with cross-functional teams and end users to make informed decisions and monitor the progress of projects, ensuring they stay on schedule. Additionally, the analyst will ensure the coordination and completion of projects on time, within budget, and within scope. Responsibilities include setting deadlines, assigning tasks, and monitoring and summarizing project progress. The analyst will prepare reports and present project status to management, using storytelling techniques to effectively share insights with different audiences such as the executive team, sponsors, and store-level and regional stakeholders. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead the collection, integration, and analysis of diverse data sources (e.g., RFID signals, inventory metrics, sales data)  

• Drive analysis with minimal oversight, applying strong business acumen to shape inquiries and deliver nuanced, decision-ready insights 

• Proactively move from insights to implications, drafting compelling leadership-ready storylines 

• Provide expertise in key senior leadership forums to support decision-making around tactical shrink activations aimed at addressing root cause 

• Monitor Shrink signals weekly and share insights that lead to the root cause 

• Acquire and transform data to support ongoing and ad hoc insights and analysis 

• Perform measurement analysis, identify underperforming tactics, and contextualize results for actioning 

• Align cross-functional teams to tasks and identify employees best positioned to complete them. 

• Make effective decisions when presented with multiple options for project progression. 

• Communicate status, issues, and/or changes with stakeholders down to the executive level to keep the project aligned with their goals. 

• Adjust schedules and targets on the project as needs or financing change. 

• Manage full project lifecycle (requirements, scope, schedule, resources, testing, quality, release, costs, changes) for cross-functional initiatives. 

• Demonstrate understanding and curiosity about modern business enterprises and the problems they encounter. 

• Conduct complex statistical analyses to identify measure, and conduction experimentation on new tactics  

• Look into new tactic deployment, measurement and testing for stores based on insights.  

• Set requirements for goals/targets and project manage to achieve financial milestones. 

• Ongoing phasing and continuous improvement.