Data Analyst

We are currently seeking a Data Analyst to help support our company's merchandising efforts by analyzing data and building new systems. Our team works on a variety of initiatives, such as helping to prioritize merchandising opportunities based on existing product sales or analyzing and reporting on publishing workflows to minimize throughput time and rework.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines that serve as the foundation for rich reporting and business intelligence
• Develop and optimize data models that transform raw data into clean, reliable datasets for downstream analysis
• Write clean, well-documented queries and code to ensure pipeline reliability, scalability, and maintainability
• Create reports and dashboards to monitor customer impact and operational progress
• Conduct analyses of customer behavioral data to identify trends and surface opportunities
• Develop business solutions that align with strategy and represent customer needs understood through data analysis and research
• Validate the impact of key metrics on long-term business objectives in a statistically rigorous manner
• Evaluate and build tools that enable teammates to solve problems and maximize customer impact

A bachelor's degree is required for this role.

What We Look For

• 1-2 years of professional experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, data science, or related fields
• Proficiency in SQL and Python (including libraries such as NumPy and Pandas)
• Experience designing and building data pipelines and data models
• Experience writing clean, well-documented, and version-controlled code
• Strong analytical and critical thinking ability
• Demonstrated ability and interest in using data to drive business decisions
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Preferred: Experience with statistical methods such as decision trees, clustering, A/B analysis, or regression
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Math, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Quantitative Methods, or a related field
• Preferred: Experience with HTML, JavaScript, or Neo4j

Cash Compensation

Total cash compensation ranges from $143,500 - $164,500, which includes annual cash profit sharing based on company profitability.

Benefits

We offer comprehensive benefits to support employees and their dependents, such as:

• 100% tuition reimbursement
• Medical, dental, pharmacy, and vision plans with no monthly premiums
• Industry-leading company-funded retirement accounts
• Employee resource groups
• Inclusive, all-gender benefits
• First-time home buyer assistance
• Paid parental leave for all new parents
• Adoption and surrogacy assistance
• Paid time off for vacation and personal time

Who We Are

At McMaster-Carr we help customers build anything because we offer everything – we stock and distribute more than half a million products. We focus on creating visual and informative product merchandising, building our own systems and technology in-house, and improving operationally to create exceptional customer experiences around the globe. As we look to the future, we apply experimentation and innovation to the lessons learned since our start in 1901. Our success continues with the ideas and commitment of the bright and ambitious people that differentiate McMaster-Carr.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees a workplace with reasonable accommodations and free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. At McMaster-Carr, we do not make employment decisions based on age, ethnicity, citizenship status, military status, gender identity and expression, race, religion, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected group.

This position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship by McMaster-Carr.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees a workplace with reasonable accommodations and free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. At McMaster-Carr, we do not make employment decisions based on age, ethnicity, citizenship status, military status, gender identity and expression, race, religion, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected group.

This position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship by McMaster-Carr.

Data We Collect

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