What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Modeler - Strategic Network Design position at Best Buy?
Data Modeler - Strategic Network Design
As a Modeler on our Strategic Network Design team, you’ll help shape the future of Best Buy’s supply chain by turning complex business questions into data-driven insights. You’ll build and refine models that help leaders evaluate tradeoffs across cost, speed, capacity, inventory placement and customer experience before decisions are made in the real world. If you enjoy solving challenging problems, working with data, and influencing big decisions, this is a great opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
This role is hybrid, which means you will work some days at our corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota, and some days virtually from home or another 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.
What you’ll do
Basic qualifications
Preferred qualifications
What’s in it for you
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:
Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full-time or part-time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.
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.
As a Modeler on our Strategic Network Design team, you’ll help shape the future of Best Buy’s supply chain by turning complex business questions into data-driven insights. You’ll build and refine models that help leaders evaluate tradeoffs across cost, speed, capacity, inventory placement and customer experience before decisions are made in the real world. If you enjoy solving challenging problems, working with data, and influencing big decisions, this is a great opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
This role is hybrid, which means you will work some days at our corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota, and some days virtually from home or another 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.
What you’ll do
- Build and maintain supply chain optimization and scenario-planning models
- Translate business questions into structured analytical and modeling solutions
- Evaluate network scenarios and identify tradeoffs across cost, service and capacity
- Validate model outputs, assumptions, and business rules to ensure accuracy
- Communicate insights and recommendations to technical and non-technical partners
- Partner with data scientists, engineers and business teams to improve planning capabilities
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM, analytics, supply chain or related field
- 2 years of experience in data science, analytics, operations research or a similar quantitative role
- Experience using tools such as SQL, Python, R or Excel
- Experience working with large and complex datasets
- Strong problem-solving, analytical and communication skills
Preferred qualifications
- Master’s degree in a related field
- Experience in supply chain analytics, logistics, network design or transportation modeling
- Knowledge of optimization, simulation or operations research methods
- Experience building mathematical models or decision-support tools
- Familiarity with Python analytics libraries, Power BI, Tableau, or supply chain modeling platforms
What’s in it for you
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
Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full-time or part-time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.
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.
Position Type: Full time
Location/Region: Minneapolis, MN (55423)