CarMax

Manager, Strategy & Analytics, Hybrid

CarMax

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

GoSQLTableau

About the role

  • The Retail & HR Strategy team is a world-class community of analysts who work in a collaborative environment that leverages a variety of strategic and technical skillsets to help drive CarMax’s $20B retail sales business and guide decisions impacting the workforce of more than 25,000 Associates.
  • CarMax’s retail business is undergoing an exciting eCommerce & omnichannel transformation which is helping us extend our market leadership while positioning us for future growth.
  • The Strategy team is at the center of this transformation and is focused on driving a cohesive end to end omni channel experience as customers shop on our website, with our contact center, and in our stores.
  • Our team tackles this work while ensuring we are a great representation of CarMax’s 4 core values: Do the Right Thing, Put People First, Win Together, Go for Greatness.
  • About The Role Buying a car is a major, exciting purchase for customers which involves many steps & considerations from researching vehicles online, to understanding financing, to ultimately buying that perfect car - Each year, millions of customers come to CarMax searching for their perfect car.
  • The Retail & HR Strategy team leverages data, analytics, and strategy to help ensure customers receive a great experience today while driving CarMax’s eCommerce & omnichannel transformation.
  • There are several sub-teams on Retail & HR Strategy who focus on the different parts of the business. As a Manager, you will work with business partners in our Product, Technology, Human Resources and Operations departments to help drive the business forward on a team focused on one of these areas: Web Strategy – Works to analyze, understand, and inform priorities to optimize customers’ upper funnel search & finance experiences on CarMax’s digital properties
  • Product Strategy – Works to build & enhance online progression steps that allow customers to complete as much of the car buying process online as desired
  • Customer Experience Center (CEC) Strategy – Works to ensure CarMax’s contact center provides exceptional service to customers needing assistance via phone, text or chat while shopping remotely for a vehicle
  • Sales Strategy – Works to ensure the in-store shopping experience for all customers is exceptional, regardless of they completed steps of the buying process online
  • Business Operations Strategy – Works to enable a fast & easy process for customers in store when they are ready to transact
  • Human Resources (HR) Strategy – Works to improve the Associate experience across CarMax’s workforce, guiding decisions on staffing, compensation & benefits, talent development, retention, and more
  • What You Will Do – Essential Responsibilities Be a thought leader who helps set the strategic direction for business partners in Product, Technology, HR and Operations Partner across the business to ensure the strategy of all teams you support ladders to CarMax’s overall vision and strategic plan Develop & enhance analytical tools, such as data sets, models, reports, and dashboards, utilizing them to monitor performance and drive ongoing performance Generate value-creating ideas and work with business partners to prioritize and activate against these ideas Design & analyze tests to evaluate the effectiveness of changes to our products and operations

Requirements

  • A track record of excellent problem solving, strategic thinking, and quantitative/qualitative analysis
  • Experience conducting large scale data analysis to support conclusions, and a willingness to gain proficiency in data analysis tools such as SQL, or Tableau
  • Ability to apply business and technical knowledge to solve complex problems, produce results, and make recommendations
  • Ability to communicate complex topics to people with varying backgrounds and levels of technical familiarity
  • Willingness and enthusiasm to collaborate with a team of passionate analysts and business partners who are regularly shaping strategy at a big-picture and a detailed level
  • Four or more years of experience in an analytical or strategic role
  • Four-year undergraduate degree with strong academic performance