About Designer Brands
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.
The Senior Analyst, Business Strategy and Analytics, plays a pivotal role within the DBI Analytics Center of Excellence, collaborating across functional areas to deliver impactful, data-driven insights that inform strategic decisions and drive operational excellence. This role is responsible for the end-to-end development and maintenance of analytical tools and systems, ensuring data governance, integrity, and user support. Acting as a liaison between business units and shared service teams, the Senior Analyst delivers timely, audience-tailored analysis that supports both tactical execution and long-term planning.
The Senior Analyst partners with business leaders to turn data into actionable insights that drive revenue growth and efficiency. This role develops integrated data solutions, analyzes customer behavior and their long-term value, and delivers clear recommendations to executive stakeholders. By translating complex data into meaningful insights, the Senior Analyst help guide strategic decisions and improve overall business performance.
· Develops and delivers accurate, timely reporting and analysis to support tactical operations, strategic initiatives and short and long term business decisions.
· Collaborates with cross-functional partners to identify analytic needs and develop ad-hoc and long-term solutions.
· Serves as a subject matter expert within Customer, Marketing, and Digital, providing strategic guidance and mentorship to junior analysts.
· Analyze overall customer data trends to create and communicate actionable insights that help drive decision making
· Interprets and translates complex data into clear, actionable insights for diverse audiences, including executives.
· Participates in business meetings and category reviews to stay informed on trends and opportunities
· Drives continuous improvement of analytics processes, tools, and methodologies, with a strong focus on accuracy, efficiency and business impact
Required Skills:
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including application of retail mathematics and statistics.
· Proficiency in data mining, utilizing reporting tools and extensive experience with SQL (BQ is a plus)
· Experience in data science programming languages (R, Python)
· Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with strong organizational skills.
· Effective communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to various audiences, including leadership.
· Experience working with multiple data sources and validating data accuracy.
· Comfortable training others and supporting user adoption of tools and processes.
· Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional analytics projects and influence decision making at the leadership level
· Exceptional attention to detail and strong business acumen, with the ability to connect data insights to strategic objectives
Experience:
· 5+ years in a corporate retail analyst, planning, or financial role.
· 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Office, including MS Access.
· Proven track record of independently leading analytics initiatives and delivering measurable business impact
· Experience with Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) application.
Education
· Bachelor’s Degree in Analytics or other STEM field (Data Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Data Engineering, Applied Mathematics) with 5+ of experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
· Master’s Degree in Analytics or other STEM field (Data Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics)
· Retail experience preferred
Perks and Benefits You’ll Enjoy!
Designer Brands is one of the world's largest designers, producers, and retailers of the most recognizable footwear brands and accessories, transforming and defining the footwear industry through a mission of being shoe-obsessed. With a diversified, world-class portfolio of coveted brands including Topo Athletic, Keds, Vince Camuto, Kelly & Katie, Jessica Simpson, Lucky Brand, Mix No. 6, Crown Vintage and others, Designer Brands designs and produces on-trend footwear and accessories for all of life's occasions delivered to the consumer through a robust direct-to-consumer omni-channel infrastructure and powerful national wholesale distribution.
Powered by an approximately billion-dollar digital commerce business across multiple domains and over 650 DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, The Shoe Co., and Rubino stores in North America, Designer Brands delivers current, in-line footwear and accessories from the largest national brands in the industry and holds leading market share positions in key product categories across women's, men's, and kids'. Designer Brands also distributes its brands internationally through select wholesale and distributor relationships while also leveraging design and sourcing expertise to build private label products for national retailers.
Designer Brands is committed to being a difference maker in the world and the footwear industry. By leading with our corporate values of We Belong and We Do What's Right, Designer Brands supports the global community and the health of the planet by donating more than eleven million pairs of shoes to the global non-profit Soles4Souls since 2018.
Important Notice
We’ve recently become aware of individuals falsely claiming to represent Designer Brands and its affiliated companies. To help you identify legitimate communication from our Talent Acquisition team, official email domains we use include: @dswinc.com; @designerbrands.com; @designerbrandscanada.com; @camutogroup.com.
