Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers has spent nearly 30 years helping men, women and kids everywhere look and feel good. Developing comfort technologies is at the foundation of all that we do—delivering stylish, innovative, and quality products at a reasonable price. From our diverse footwear offering to a growing range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.

With international business representing over half of our total sales, we have product available in more than 170 countries and significant opportunities for continued expansion worldwide. We sell our collections direct to consumers through more than 4,000 Skechers stores around the globe and Skechers e-commerce sites, as well as through a network of third-party partners.

JOB PURPOSE-

The Retail Business Scientist I will affect Direct-to-Consumer business strategies and outcomes through the creation and development of high visibility and high impact analytics models. Moving beyond the "what'' to answering the "why". This role will work with cross-functional and cross-organizational teams to understand business processes/needs, conduct strategic assessments; and will.be responsible for the design, developments, implementation, and maintenance of analytical solutions in support of the retail division. Additionally, this role will mentor junior team members in best practices, standards and model development.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESULTS-

• Provide high quality analytical, predictive and machine learning work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Manage the iteration, optimization, testing and tuning of data-fueled products and analytical models
• Drive strategic insights by mining data to uncover trends and patterns that support larger business objectives
• Proactiveness in exploring complex data, systems, and tools whilst working collaboratively across teams in driving projects forward
• Preform ad-hoc and reoccurring statistical analyses; explanatory, hindsight, forecast ML models
• Develop and modify reports, verify data integrity and design Bl dashboards, scorecards, charts/graphs, drill-downs, and dynamic reports to provide a precise view of business performance or meet new information needs
• Monitor and provide visibility into business performance and market trends to spot strengths or opportunities
• Create and present of strategic insights and actions that drive business goals
• Demonstrate innovation, initiative, and curiosity through ML R&D
• Support peers and stakeholders as a subject matter expert through troubleshooting and analysis of results.
• Work with enterprise partners to generate seamless analytics solutions for the organization
• Document business process and execute on project timelines

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES-

• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES-

• No

JOB REQUIREMENTS-

• Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, economics, or relevant working experience
• Passion for using data to uncover insights and drive business performance
• 1-2 years of experience in an analytical/ML environment (academic or industry)
• Familiarity with data visualization/Bl platforms i.e. Tableau, Power Bl, MicroStrategy
• Foundational SQL knowledge
• Demonstrated proficiency in synthesizing sophisticated analysis into simple, meaningful, and measurable insights for leadership consumption whilst building tools for practical applications
• Hands on Python/R experience, and familiarity with machine learning and data science libraries (e.g., scikit­ learn, pandas, matplotlib, seaborn, tidyverse, etc.)
• Understanding of database architecture
• Understanding of taking large volumes of data and condensing it into a clean, insightful, and automated format
• Attention to detail to ensure the highest level of quality/rigor in reports and analyses
• Highly flexible, with the ability to execute well in a fast-paced, growth driven organization.
• Proficient in MS Office suite, Excel and Word
• In office position

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE-

• Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, economics, math or relevant working experience

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk; sit, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel. The employee is occasionally required to sit for long period of times.

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

Pay range for this position is $80,000-$95,000

Benefits:

• Paid Parental Leave: including time for fathers and adopting parents.
• Short term & long-term disability and life insurance at no cost to the employee.
• Extensive medical, dental, and vision plans with multiple carries, including EPO, HPN and PPO plans.
• Competitive 401k plan and employer matching.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Savings Account (FSA) offerings.
• Paid vacation, sick, personal and holiday time.
• Pet Insurance available.
• Onsite wellness programs at company headquarters including fitness classes, acupuncture, and chiropractor.
• Employee stock purchase program
• Employee product discount of 50%; employee sample sales and family and friends discount throughout the year. 
• Skechers Company Culture and growth strategy is deeply infused with internal career growth and opportunities for learning.