What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Decision Scientist - Retail Insights position at Best Buy?
The Retail Strategic Analytics team is responsible for delivering advanced analytics, measurement, and decision support for Best Buy’s Customer, Channel, and Services (CCS) organization. As the Retail Insights Associate Decision Scientist, you will support the Sales Enablement team, which drives selling models, sales strategies, and vendor partnerships across the enterprise, by providing responsive, business-facing data support that translates business needs into accurate ad hoc reporting, recurring insights, and reusable tools. This role is primarily focused on requirements gathering, data validation, ongoing maintenance, and dependable data delivery, while partnering closely with Sales Enablement to create a streamlined intake process and ensure consistent access to trusted, actionable information.
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work in the office Monday through Thursday Best Buy’s headquarters and Fridays virtually from home or other non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
Relocation assistance is not available for this role.
What you’ll do
We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.
For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.
About us
As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here. ™
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work in the office Monday through Thursday Best Buy’s headquarters and Fridays virtually from home or other non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
Relocation assistance is not available for this role.
What you’ll do
- Partner with Sales Enablement stakeholders to understand requests, document requirements, confirm definitions, and establish clear delivery expectations
- Query structured data using SQL to fulfill ad-hoc data pull needs and support recurring business processes
- Build, enhance, and maintain Excel-based data products and other repeatable outputs that provide consistent access to trusted information
- Validate data for accuracy and consistency, research variances, and resolve issues in partnership with business, Finance, DDO, DAT, and other analytics teams
- Manage assigned requests through a shared intake process, balancing recurring deliverables, time-sensitive needs, and planned enhancements
- Document data sources, business rules, calculations, and operating procedures to improve continuity, governance, and ease of support
- Identify repeatable requests that can be standardized or converted into self-service solutions, and help users understand how to use the resulting tools and outputs
- Maintain working knowledge of Sales Enablement priorities, selling models, sales strategies, and vendor partnerships to improve the relevance and speed of support
- 1 or more years of experience in retail, data, business, operations, or a related area
- 1 or more years of experience querying structured data using SQL or a similar language
- 1 or more years of experience building or maintaining Excel-based data products, recurring business outputs, or data visualization solutions
- Experience gathering requirements, validating data, and communicating results to business stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or similar field with quantitative rigor
- Experience supporting retail sales, sales operations, Sales Enablement, or vendor-funded programs
- Experience working with large retail datasets and translating business definitions into repeatable queries and outputs
- Experience with data visualization or business intelligence tools such as Power BI
- Strong attention to detail, with a demonstrated ability to validate results and reconcile differences across data sources
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document requirements and explain data to non-technical partners
- Strong organization and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage recurring work and time-sensitive requests
We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
- Competitive pay
- Generous employee discount
- Physical and mental well-being support
Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.
For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.
About us
As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here. ™
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer