Refurbish Market Analytics Manager

TITLE: Refurbish Market Analytics Manager

POSITION TYPE: Full Time (W2)

LOCATION: Plano, TX



ABOUT WorldLink:

WorldLink is a rapidly growing information technology company at the forefront of the tech transformation. From custom software development to cloud hosting, from big data to cognitive computing, we help companies harness and leverage today’s most cutting-edge digital technologies to create value and grow.

Collaborative. Respectful. Work hard Play hard. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at WorldLink. We embrace a culture of experimentation and constantly strive for improvement and learning.

We take pride in our employees and their future with continued growth and career advancement. We put TEAM first. We are a competitive group that like to win. We're grounded by humility and driven by ambition. We're passionate, and we love tough problems and new challenges. You don't hear a lot of "I don't know how" or "I can't" at WorldLink. If you are passionate about what you do and having fun while doing it; tired of rigid and strict work environments and would like to work in a non-bureaucratic startup cultural environment, WorldLink may be the place for you.

For more information about our craft, visit https://worldlink-us.com .

WHO we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Refurbish Market Analytics Manager who will be responsible for working to synthesize insights through data analysis to enable data driven decisions that help grow organization residual value. You will work with existing tools and processes and will need to implement new strategies to monitor and predict organization residual value in the secondary market.  You will oversee the current reporting and analytics requirements to support the business.

You should be a strategic, analytical, and detail-oriented individual who has the capacity to lead a team along with inter-team collaboration skills. You must be able to apply a wide range of knowledge, technical skills, and abilities to design and recommend strategic initiatives that drive sellout and market share.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Provide critical analytical support for business decision-making involving cross-departmental and multi-functional areas.
  
• Manage the Data Strategy, Performance Analytics, and Data Science that focuses on Driving sellouts, incremental revenue, and strategy development through data analysis, data exploration, collaboration, ideation, target implementation, performance tracking, predictive analytics, opportunity identification.
  
• Develop channel-centric and geography-based sales performance trackers to support development of targets, demand generation campaigns, and guide marketing investments.
  
• Apply expertise in quantitative and qualitative analysis to synthesize trends into actionable insights and recommendations and articulate the story behind the numbers.
  
• Conduct Industry analysis: Analyze trends, patterns, early warnings, and forecasts. Utilize syndicated and other sources for periodical assessment.
  
• Support the Leadership in establishing and maintaining regular automated reporting that analyzes data from multiple sources that provide insights into the performance of the Mobile business in the secondary market.
  
• Collaborate with internal teams in developing and maintaining predictive forecasting models.
  
• Prepare presentations and updates to leadership and headquarters.
  

Required Experience and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or similar field of study or 6+ years of work experience in Retail performance analytics, Data analytics, Sales Analytics or Strategic Planning.
  

Necessary Skills and Attributes:

• Self-motivated individual with the ability to thrive in a team-based or independent environment.
  
• Detail-oriented with strong organization skills.
  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
  
• Limited supervision and the exercise of discretion.
  
• Advanced Excel and Power Point skills; intermediate skills with Tableau, R and Python, SQL.
  
• Ability to source, combine and synthesize large amounts of data from various sources to complete statistical modeling, A/B testing, cluster analysis, sample size calculations and tests of significance.
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with demonstrated experience building and delivering presentations. Collaboration within Retail teams is a priority for this role.
  
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand root cause & effect
  
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize multiple complex assignments and projects. Read and interpret detailed and complex customer requirements.
  

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by contract employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the contract employee is occasionally required to stand, clean, crawl, kneel, sit, sort, hold, squat, stoop, stand, twist the body, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs or ladders and scaffolding, talk or hear, and lift up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include ability to distinguish the nature of objects by using the eye. Operate a computer keyboard and view a video display terminal between 50% - 95% of work time, including prolonged periods of time. Requires considerable (90%+) work utilizing high visual acuity/detail, numeric/character distinction, and moderate hand/finger dexterity.

Performs work under time schedules and stress which are normally periodic or cyclical, including time sensitive deadlines, intellectual challenge, some language barriers, and project management deadlines. May require working additional time beyond normal schedule and periodic travel.

WHAT we’ll bring:

During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-competitive benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include:

• Medical Plans
  
• Dental Plans
  
• Vision Plan
  
• Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment
  
• Short-Term Disability
  
• Long-Term Disability
  
• Critical Illness/ Accident/ Hospital Indemnity/ Identity Theft Protection
  
• 401(k)
  

WHAT you should know:

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. WorldLink is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All employment at WorldLink is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We endeavor to continue our footprint as a diverse organization by highlighting opportunities for all people.  WorldLink considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, (including pregnancy and gender identity), age, national origin, political affiliation, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. People with disabilities who need assistance with any part of the application process should contact us.

This job description is designed to cover the main responsibilities and duties of the role but is not designed to be a comprehensive list of all.