Marketing Rearch Analyst - Marketing Analytics Job at Sears in Town of Florida

Marketing Rearch Analyst - Marketing Analytics

Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is a leading integrated retailer with almost 2,500 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada and the home of Shop Your Way, a social shopping experience where members have the ability to earn points and receive benefits across a wide variety of physical and digital formats through ShopYourWay.com. Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, fitness equipment and automotive repair and maintenance.

Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Assists Finance in updating the District Rolling Forecast (DRF) monthly or as needed for forecasting purposes
• Updates the Appointment Mix forecast by product, market and month in order to determine adjustments to the monthly DRF updates. Cross-checks outcome against DRF and finance to make sure revenue assumptions are similar
• Updates Marketing Update Report weekly along with other associated reports.
• Creates trend reports for sources, such as In-Store to better determine costs and growth forecasts
• Participates in the budgeting process, including creating seasonality, gross close rate and confirmation rate annual trends by product, region and source
• Creates and updates monthly and weekly MOR grids for Home Improvement and Parts Direct.
• Assists in compiling demographic analysis data for strategy.
• Analyzes results at the geographic level for territory adjustment recommendations.
• Creates forecasts for market/product expansions or changes based on historical data, including inputting and distributing information on territory changes and mapping the changes
• Maintains market/territory definition tables

Education and Experience

Education Requirements : Bachelor's Level Degree

Years of Related Experience: 3-4 Years

Required Skills

• Advanced Excel knowledge
• Excellent analytical, organizational and communication skills
• Ability to establish own priorities and to work well independently
• Good working knowledge of cube based programs, Access and PGP encryption
• Good working knowledge of Profit and Loss worksheets (margins, fixed and variable costs)

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Sears is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer – Minorities/Veterans/Females/Disabled