Company Description

We are dentsu International. We improve the way brands are built. That means we do things differently so they're better than before. In this way, we make our clients' most important marketing assets—their brands—win in a changing world.

Dentsu International is a modern marketing solutions company. Our mission is to help clients navigate, progress, and excel in a world of change. Businesses rely on our integrated network of agencies and specialized practices to promote meaningful progress through creative, media, commerce, data, and technology. Part of Dentsu Group, our global network comprises 66,000 diverse people in 143 countries, who are dedicated to teaming for growth and good. Some of our award-winning agencies include Carat, dentsuX, iProspect and Merkle. Follow us on Twitter @DentsuUSA and visit dentsu.com/us.

Job Description

This role is remote-friendly. You will report to an Analytics Manager. This role is responsible for supporting the Pricing Strategy – Competitive Insights team of one the largest Home Improvement Industry in the US. In this role, you will work closely with leadership to analyze market trends in the home improvement industry, create pricing initiatives, design/optimize competitive pricing strategies and consult on driving business KPIs and reporting. This role requires strong domain understanding (Retail/e-commerce space, Web Scraping), technical acumen along strategy consulting experience to drive success. Specific job duties include (but are not limited to):

• You will work with clients to discuss and understand their business needs.
• You will design data collection strategies and work with the web scraping team to break down the business needs into data requirements.
• You will build and manage SQL based automation pipelines to ensure scrape data is available for reporting.
• You will be able to synthesize data findings to generate insights, develop strategic business presentations and consult on achieving business success metrics
• Use structured problem-solving techniques and frameworks to identify and scope the business use case. Ideate, identify and deliver solutions to ensure business-aligned outcomes through collaborative iterations and feedback
• Support the business in achieving excellence through analytical/consulting solutions and data-driven insights.
• Effectively work with a global team (USA-based) and help coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to proactively drive progress on workstreams
• Own end-to-end communication and collaboration with multiple stakeholders, global teams, across verticals in the client organization.
• Be able to work with tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment and pivot quickly to changing business priorities
• Curious mindedness, detail orientation and proactive actioning are encouraged
• Ability to stay up to date on the latest developments in the market and able to provide new ideas to help the business stay competitive

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in retail analytics preferably around the pricing and/or merchandising analytics
• Advanced in SQL skills (BigQuery preferred)
• Experience in building data backed presentations for senior pricing and merchandising leaders
• Strong data intuition, analysis, synthesis and data story telling skills.
• Advanced Tableau skills
• Strong understanding and application of descriptive statistics is a must
• Work organization and client expectation management skills

 Preferred:

• Python/programming experience is a plus. If not, should be willing to pick it up quickly.
• Understanding of data scraping and nuances around price comparisons with competitors.

Additional Information

The anticipated salary range for this position is $78,000-$126,500. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com. #LI-AG1 #LI-Remote

About dentsu
Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society.
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We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.