Services Ops Business Analyst

Position Purpose: 
Identify, distinguish and analyze multiple components of a problem and then make conclusions using high-level quantitative skills to help drive projects and bring value to the Home Depot through store operations. Participate in driving operations processes for specific areas of responsibilities and complete project tasks as assigned by managers. Ability to use strategic thinking to see the big picture, determine the problem and understand fundamental parts of the problem; provide input on strategy based on knowledge of industry and technology trends . Execute day to day processes and tasks related to core operations projects and process improvements, including direct customer contact and issue resolution. Communicate issues and roadblocks related to their areas of responsibility. Prepare and deliver insights and recommendations based on analyses. Provide customers with specialized information from a variety of resources. Facilitate workout problem-solving sessions with multiple groups of people. 

Major Tasks, Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities: 
20%-Review sales/financial analyses (what sold/did not sell; determine which categories have potential to move upward; cost/benefit analysis; data process modeling/analysis of problems, regression analysis). 
15%-Identify trends in consumer lifestyle and technology; conduct customer focus groups and analyze/synthesize findings. Scan business/industry trends; scan competitive landscape; analyze consumer data. 
25%-Interpret data based on specific knowledge of statistics and procedures used. Provide data to all Directors to support decision making. Provide input on forecast based on knowledge of product and technology. 
20%-Provide input on strategy based on knowledge of industry and technology trends. Provide customers with specialized information from a variety of resources. Facilitate workout problem-solving sessions with multiple groups of people. 
20%-Synthesize findings and derive conclusions from analyses and make oral/written recommendations to upper management. Execute tasks related to core operations projects and/or process improvements. Execute day to day processes related to their areas of responsibility. Communicate issues and roadblocks related to respective area. 

Nature and Scope: This position reports to Manager This position has no Direct Reports 
Environment: Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

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

Standard Minimum Qualifications: 
Must be eighteen years of age or older. 
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States 

Additional Minimum Qualifications: Education Required: 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. 

Work Experience Required: 3 years

Minimum Age Override: 0 

Certifications & Licenses: 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. 

Additional Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications: 3+ years experience with analytical and data mining tools such as Tableau. Retail and/or Call Center knowledge.

• 2-4 years work experience in data mining, statistical analysis, auditing, and/or forecasting.
• Experience building reports/analyses with analytical tools (e.g. Excel, JMP, SAS, Mathematica, SPSS, Tableau, etc.)
• Strong relational database skills (Access, SQL Server, Postgres, etc.) and SQL skills (writing complex queries to pull large sets of data, performing analysis using SQL queries)
• Ability to process large amounts of data through high throughput computing tools (HTCondor, Hadoop, etc.)
• Strong knowledge in statistical analysis and model building using software (R, SAS, etc.)
• Experience in data visualization and building dashboards (Tableau, R, Excel, etc.)
• Understanding of Object Oriented Programming Language (C++, Java, Python, etc.)
• Proficiency in Excel (Pivot Tables, V-Lookup, Macros, VBA, etc.) a must

Skills, Abilities and Competencies: Leverage Partnerships Teamwork Adaptability Problem Solving Strong quantitative skills such as statistics and data analysis. Self-Development