At Designer Brands, we are the proud parent company of DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, The Shoe Company, and Rubino, operating nearly 675 stores across North America and a billion-dollar digital commerce business. We lead the footwear industry with a diverse portfolio of iconic brands, including Topo Athletic, Keds, Vince Camuto, Kelly & Katie, Jessica Simpson, Lucky Brand, Mix No. 6, Crown Vintage, and others. With expertise in design, production, and sourcing, we create on-trend footwear and accessories, delivered through a robust omni-channel infrastructure and national wholesale distribution. At Designer Brands, we are committed to fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity, where each employee’s unique perspective contributes to our success. Anchored by our core values of “We Love What We Do,” “We Own What We Do,” “We Do What’s Right,” and “We Belong,” we continuously drive forward together, building a future where everyone can put their best foot forward.
Reports to: Sr. Manager, Merch Analytics
The OpportunityAs an Analyst, Business Strategy & Analytics, you’ll sit at the heart of how decisions get made at Designer Brands. This role is part of the Analytics Center of Excellence and is deeply embedded with the business—turning data into insight, insight into clarity, and clarity into action.
You’ll support Designer Brands end to end, while developing deep expertise within a specific analytics discipline—merchandise, marketing, or digital analytics. In this role, you’ll help shape how teams understand performance, uncover opportunities, and make smarter decisions across our portfolio of brands and channels.
This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys solving meaningful business problems, partnering closely with others, and using data storytelling to influence both day-to-day execution and longer-term strategy.
What You’ll Be DoingDelivering Insights That Drive Decisions- Develop and deliver accurate, timely reporting and analysis to support:
- Tactical operations
- Strategic initiatives
- Short- and long-term business decisions
- Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights tailored to different audiences, including senior leadership.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to:
- Understand analytic needs
- Design ad hoc analyses and scalable, long-term solutions
- Act as a bridge between business teams and shared service partners to ensure strong data governance, integrity, and usability.
- Design, develop, test, and maintain reporting tools, systems, and dashboards.
- Troubleshoot moderately complex system and data issues, recommending and implementing effective solutions.
- Support user adoption through training, documentation, and ongoing enablement.
- Lead or contribute to initiatives and project workstreams, including:
- Stakeholder coordination
- User training
- Change management support
- Develop and analyze key performance indicators such as:
- Sales
- Margin
- Inventory productivity
- Product lifecycle performance
- Inform product, assortment, and channel decisions across multiple business models.
- Participate in business meetings and category reviews to stay close to trends, performance, and opportunity areas.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the application of retail math and statistics.
- Demonstrated proficiency in data mining and reporting using tools such as Strategy, Tableau, or SQL.
- Advanced expertise in Microsoft Excel, including:
- Statistical functions
- Pivot tables
- Data visualization
- Ability to transform complex data into clear, actionable tables, charts, and insights.
- Experience working with multiple data sources and validating data accuracy.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, ensure accuracy, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Effective communication and presentation skills, with the ability to adapt messaging for different audiences, including leadership.
- Comfort training others and supporting adoption of analytics tools and processes.
- For Digital Analytics specialization: experience with Adobe Analytics.
- 3+ years in a corporate retail analyst, planning, or financial role.
- 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Office, including MS Access.
- Experience using Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy).
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Perks and Benefits You’ll Enjoy!
- Your Sole Well-Being: Our benefits package is crafted with our associates in mind! We support you with benefits like free virtual health care, robust family/fertility benefits, 401(k) w/ match, and more. Explore our offerings at https://mymobilewalletcard.com/dbi.
- Stride with Flexibility: We offer hybrid and remote work opportunities, giving you the freedom to stay connected, productive, and inspired—wherever you do your best work.
- Stepping Up Your Career: Take advantage of training programs, professional development, and education assistance to advance your career with a company that celebrates bold ideas and fresh perspectives.
- We are Shoe-Obsessed: Because we know a great pair of shoes can change your day, you’ll enjoy 30% off at DSW & com, plus discounts across our family of brands.
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What We Do
Designer Brands is one of North America’s largest designers, producers and retailers of footwear and accessories that operates retail concepts. Our primary concept, DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, offers brand name and designer dress, casual and athletic footwear and accessories. The first store opened in 1991 in Dublin, Ohio. Today, DSW operates more than 500 stores in 44 states. The Affiliated Business Group operates nearly 290 leased departments for other retailers, such as Stein Mart, in the U.S. Designer Brands also operates several retail concepts in Canada, including The Shoe Company and Shoe Warehouse, which provide a convenient footwear solution for the whole family, as well as DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse – nearly 150 locations in all. In 2018, the company acquired Camuto Group, the legendary product design and brand development organization best known for the successful Vince Camuto® brand and the footwear licenses of Jessica Simpson® and Lucky Brand®. The partnership transformed Designer Brands into one of the largest footwear companies in North America with global, industry-leading capabilities in product design, development, sourcing and production.
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