Analyst, Adv. Analytics - Real Estate

Meijer - Grand Rapids, MI

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Grand Rapids, MI

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About the position

The Analyst, Advanced Analytics position at Meijer focuses on leveraging advanced analytic techniques to support the Real Estate team. This role emphasizes GIS/mapping, sales forecasting, market densification, and location strategy, aiming to enhance the organization's performance through data-driven insights and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical support primarily for the Real Estate team and other relevant teams throughout the business.
• Execute against analytics-based business opportunities.
• Develop and apply analytical tools and approaches that improve the efficiency of the organization and inform Meijer's real estate strategy.
• Contribute subject matter expertise and methodological design for all aspects of Meijer real estate analysis and store location strategy.
• Leverage web-based and desktop GIS solutions to evaluate new and existing store locations and markets using geodemographics, competitor data, mobile foot traffic, and internal Meijer data.
• Develop reporting infrastructure to prepare, analyze, and disseminate authoritative real estate portfolio data/insights across Meijer organization.
• Effectively communicate business analysis and locational insights to Real Estate customers.
• Keep customer at the center of analytic approach, analysis and solutions and partner with cross functional teams to drive customer centered focus at Meijer.
• Collaborate with other advanced analysts supporting various areas of the business.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Geography/GIS, Data Analytics, Planning, Economics, or other quantitative field.
• 2-5 years business experience in analytics (Real Estate analytics preferred) and location research/strategy (big box retail or grocery industry preferred).
• Working knowledge of the development and logics of spatial models (analog, gravity, spatial econometrics, location-allocation, etc.).
• Working knowledge of desktop GIS software.
• Experience with SQL, Python, or other programming language.
• Experience with supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms (random forest, gradient boosting, clustering, etc.).
• Experience with mobile insights platform (Placer.ai, Unacast, Azira, etc.) preferred.
• Experience with dashboarding software (Power BI, Tableau, etc.) preferred.
• Experience in an Advanced Analytics environment working with retail data in Databricks (preferably at large retailer).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and Databricks (or similar) preferred.
• Strong work ethic.
• Excellent communication skills: listening, verbal and written.
• Experience developing communications and presenting to leadership and business partners.
• Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills with ability to prioritize multiple/competing projects and assignments.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's or PhD preferred.
• Experience with mobile insights platform (Placer.ai, Unacast, Azira, etc.) preferred.
• Experience with dashboarding software (Power BI, Tableau, etc.) preferred.

Benefits

• Store discount
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Development programs for advancement and career growth