Associate Strategy Analyst

Ross Stores, Inc. is a leading off-price retail chain with a strong track record of success and growth. The Associate Strategy Analyst will support strategic business initiatives through data analysis and collaboration with departments to drive insights and improve business strategies.

Responsibilities

• Perform practical, action oriented, & comprehensive data analysis in support of Strategic business initiatives
• Conduct analysis - including pulling data, building models and analyzing financial, operational or statistical data - to support key strategic priorities for the Company (working in conjunction with Strategy team members and other key senior executives)
• Develop compelling materials to communicate results of analysis and key insights internally and externally (e.g. Board meetings, Buyer meetings, Operating Committee meetings, Strategic off-sites, etc.)
• Analyze business problems and develop insights into root causes and improvement opportunities
• Understand the off-price business and diagnose key business problems. Create and execute plans to gather data and develop practical solutions
• Support key cross-functional initiatives
• Collaborate with other departments to conduct analyses for key executive-level priorities (e.g. new store format improvement, roll-out strategy for new business opportunities). This will require working closely with store operations, DCs and other areas of the business
• Conduct and analyze quantitative and qualitative consumer research to provide insight on customer attitude and behavior to drive strategies for the company and for individual businesses
• Manage external research, information vendors and system providers
• Work intensively with customer research providers and manage the wide array of data providers
• Monitor ongoing and ad hoc internal and external events
• Provide ad hoc business and competitive intelligence and insights for key senior executives: e.g. store / region performance, competitive information

Skills

• 1-2 years of comparable strategy or internal consulting experience within a work, internship, or school environment
• Bachelor's degree required, preferably with an analytical or business emphasis
• Outstanding analytical ability: Must have a data driven approach to solving problems
• Requires very strong quantitative skills and a good sense of how to dissect problems
• Must be able to set priorities while conducting analysis to quickly arrive at an actionable solution
• Detail-oriented approach: Must have very close attention to details and the drive to get things right
• Teamwork/Communication: Needs to be able to build effective working relationships within and outside the Strategy team
• Must be able to listen, understand, and communicate with executives at all levels of the company
• Strong fundamental IT skills - must be Excel and PowerPoint proficient
• Clear understanding of basic financial, statistical and economic concepts
• Strong knowledge of SPSS or other statistical databases

Benefits

• Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
• Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
• Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
• Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.
• Ross is a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.
• This role requires regular in-office presence, including to engage in in-person team interaction, meetings and collaboration, client support, mentoring, coaching, and/or feedback. However, this role can perform duties effectively using a combination of in-office and remote work.

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