Analyst, Data Science & Analytics - Consumables-Pricing

Position Overview

Petco is a category‐defining health and wellness company dedicated to creating a healthier, brighter future for pets, pet parents and people. With over 29,000 team members and 1,500+ pet care centers—including Vetco Total Care hospitals and preventive care clinics—across the US, Mexico and Puerto Rico, we drive outstanding results while improving lives for pets, people and our planet.

Key Responsibilities

• Leverage advanced analytical techniques and programming languages to mine massive data sets and isolate patterns in customer purchase behavior, store performance, and competitive pricing schemes (predictive modeling, clustering, design of experiments, etc.).
• Work with team members to influence strategic decisions and create accurate financial forecasts based on deep customer behavior analyses with tangible recommendations to optimize customer acquisition, retention, and lifetime value.
• Utilize exceptional communication skills to present findings across the business by translating complex data and analysis into clear insights, opportunities, and business recommendations.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and compelling data visualizations to effectively measure, track, and quantify changes in customer behavior and spend patterns.
• Contribute to long-term projects from initial scoping through full execution and training, collaborating with cross-functional teams (IT, Merchandising, Marketing).
• Collaborate with the data science team by providing direction on leveraging advanced modeling techniques and machine learning algorithms to achieve strategic objectives.
• Display deep intellectual curiosity, creativity, and commitment to learning in order to solve critical business problems and push the boundaries of our capabilities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, statistics, math or a related business field; Master’s preferred.
• Minimum of 1 year experience in analytics or statistics (2 years ideal).
• Proficiency with statistical programming languages (R required; Python and SAS are a plus).
• Experience building large data sets across disparate sources (SQL, Hive, Hadoop).
• Eagerness to learn new analytic and data manipulation techniques to become a local expert.
• Advanced presentation skills (PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator, R packages).
• Experience with pricing, merchandising, marketing and the retail industry is strongly preferred.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written, and the ability to manage multiple projects while meeting deadlines.

Benefits & Perks

• Salary Range: $76,500.00 - $114,700.00
• For a detailed overview of Petco Total Rewards including health, financial benefits, 401K, incentives and PTO, please visit Petco Total Rewards.