Sr. Advanced Analytics Analyst

Work Location Type: Hybrid

Req Number 325134

About Grainger:

W.W. Grainger, Inc., is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products and solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenue of $17.2 billion across its two business models. In the High-Touch Solutions segment, Grainger offers approximately 2 million maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and services, including technical support and inventory management. In the Endless Assortment segment, Zoro.com offers customers access to more than 14 million products, and MonotaRO.com offers more than 24 million products. For more information, visit www.grainger.com.

Compensation

The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $85,300.00 to $142,200.00.

Rewards and Benefits:

With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
• 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
• 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
• Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
• Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.

• Use operations research, statistical methods, mathematical models and tools to understand, predict and improve inventory processes.
• Contribute the building and deployment of durable processes and models.
• Participate/lead discussions with representatives to adapt the planning system to accommodate business unit needs.
• Articulate the cost and service impacts of strategic initiatives/projects to get buy-in.
• Apply knowledge and business judgment to identify opportunities and quantify impact.
• Present clear and concise results.
• Own the end-to-end delivery process that encompasses research, design, testing, scaling, and implementation of projects.
• Build predictive models such as the promotions impact on demand.
• Leverage time series features to find targeted improvements to forecast distribution accuracy, run an A/B test with peer-control groups to compare inventory policy changes, measure and predict supply chain variation to ensure high service levels

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Business Analytics or a related quantitative field required
• 3+ years work experience in related field
• Experience with analytics tools (e.g. R, Python, SQL) and data visualization software (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI)
• Experience articulating ambiguous business questions and using quantitative modeling techniques to arrive at a solution
• Experience processing, filtering, validating, and presenting large quantities of data (Millions to Billions of rows)
• Experience supply chain and inventory planning, forecasting and optimization knowledge preferred