Temporary Statistical Data Analyst - Direct Marketing

TITLE:Temporary Statistical Data Analyst - Direct MarketingORGANIZATION:MarketingFUNCTION:MarketingJOB LOCATION:CA San Francisco - CorporateREFERENCE CODE:5323BR

 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

 

This is a temporary assignment for about six months.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc., the premier specialty retailer of home furnishings in the United States, is a multi-billion dollar company that combines excellent product design with outstanding customer service. Our brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We successfully market them through three major channels ? retail stores, catalogs, and the Internet. We are moving in exciting directions, constantly attracting talented associates and expanding our use of state-of-the-art technology to grow our business.

Williams-Sonoma is looking for an individual with a statistical modeling background to join its database marketing team. In addition to statistical expertise and experience, the ideal candidate will have a passion for applying analyses and state-of-the-art techniques to solve marketing challenges ? both technical and non-technical. Responsibilities include:
* Building, managing and promoting statistical models that drive the targeting strategy for over 400 million annual catalogs and customer contacts
* Extracting and managing data from large-scale database systems Building, enhancing, and testing new and improved data processes and applications that service Direct Marketing?s modeling function
* Consulting and communicating statistical modeling results into measures of business impact
* Testing and measuring the effectiveness of new statistical approaches and process improvements
* The candidate will utilize industry-leading technology including SAS Enterprise Miner.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

 

* Bachelor?s degree in Statistics, Math, Operations Research, or other similar quantitative field required (Master?s degree preferred)
* Proficient with SAS programming and/or other statistical software
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Experience utilizing large-scale database systems, SQL, UNIX (or similar), and relational databases
* Experience with response modeling in a direct mail or market research environment
* 1-4 years related experience in applied statistical analysis and programming in a business environment

 

** TO APPLY, PLEASE VISIT THE CAREERS SECTION OF OUR CORPORATE WEBSITE http://www.williams-sonomainc.com **