Lead Optimization Analyst

Business/Strategic Management See Yourself At Target See a company like no other. We're a company living a clear vision; to be the best. In every area of our business. In everything we do. Our nationwide channel of retail stores, distribution centers, and corporate offices offer you thousands of opportunities to join our diverse team and bring your best.Target.comMake an online connection. Join the fast-paced team behind one of the world s most successful retail Web sites. Purpose: The Analytics and Optimzation Sciences (AOS) team supports Target Corporations goal of becoming the Best Company Ever, by applying their data analysis and optimization sciences skills to provide world class, actionable insights, create and maintain analytical best practices within AOS and more broadly across Target, and design, build and deploy analytical tools that empower Target business clients to optimize their business processes.As a Lead Optimization Analyst, you would be working on projects that address each of these areas: custom analysis, best practices, and application development. Your primary responsibilities would be: work with business clients to define and develop business objectives, develop analysis and/or development plans to meet business objectives, execute the analysis plan and/or development plan, and present the final analytical results and/or roll out the final solution. You will be expected to work with data access/reporting tools, data/statistical analysis tools, and optimization tools to support these projects.These are great positions for persons with strong leadership, business and technical skills who enjoy working in an environment that encourages independence, initiative, and creativity on truly strategic initiatives for Target Corporation. See Yourself: Work with business clients to understand analytical objective and associated business requirements and develop detailed analytical work plans that meet the business objective. Collect data necessary for the analytic projects and perform the analysis prescribed in the work plan. In the execution of the analysis plan, recognize when changes must be incorporated into the analysis plan and follow-thru on those changes. Summarize, synthesize, and present final project results. Ensure strong client service and satisfaction (and minimize problems and concerns) through pro-active project management of communicating progress and project timelines. Perform custom analysis (both statistical and non-statistical) to support business needs. Primarily, these analyses will require optimization: linear, integer, mixed integer, and nonlinear. To support these optimization analyses, statistical analysis may be required: customer segmentation, predictive modeling (response, sales, returns, profitability, LTV, etc), market basket analysis, and time series analysis. Develop optimization applications, utilizing callable optimization software packages (e.g. XPRESS, CPLEX) and optimization modeling tools (e.g., Mosel, OPL, AMPL, GAMS, etc). Develop best practices for the use of analytical and optimization tools by business end-users and GRA best practices with respect to their performance of custom analyses and optimization application development. Interface with business clients, AOS team members, Target Technology Services (TTS) and TTS partners to resolve issues concerning the execution and/or development of analytical projects. Participate in walk-thrus, reviews, and inspections of project deliverables. Interface with the Target business clients to present intermediate and final analytical results. For each analytics project, completely document all portions of the project that you are responsible for and/or accountable for. Act as a mentor to other team members. Other duties and projects as assigned. Job Requirements:Minimum Requirements: Excellent verbal communications skills with peers and management team Excellent problem solving and analytical skills 5+ years experience in optimization modeling, and optimization application development 5+ years experience using optimization software tools Strong database skills, specifically, knows SQL M.S. in Operations Research and/or equivalent degree or work experience Excellent writing skills and documentation skills Ability to work successfully in a team environment Dependable, pro-active, flexible and openness to learn Accustomed to working in an environment requiring multi-tasking and changing project priorities Ability to think strategically with a strong bias for execution of necessary tasksDesired Requirements: 3+ years experience in the full-project life cycle (requirements, design, build, test, deploy, train, support)of business optimization applications in a multi-channel (big-box) retail environment Optimization experience regarding planogram customization Ph.D. in Operations Research Data Warehousing experience (relational data modeling)See The Rewards Eligible team members will receive one of the best earnings packages anywhere, including competitive pay, all-around insurance coverage, 401(k), flexible scheduling, training and development and many other perks and benefits. See a place of exciting challenges and rewards. See a place where you’ll feel empowered to do something brilliant. See a place filled with creativity and unlimited opportunity. See a place where ‘work’ could easily be called play. See yourself here. Target is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is a drug-free workplace. To apply for this position, please click here. Contact Information: Company: Target Reference Code: 52886BR