Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Best Buy is a leading retailer that enriches lives through technology. The Manager, Yield & Inventory Analytics will leverage inventory and pricing data to drive revenue for Best Buy Ads, providing strategic analyses and insights to support decision-making across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Analyze floor pricing and inventory allocation to identify yield optimization opportunities, applying critical thinking to diagnose underperformance and surface actionable recommendations
- Deliver recurring and ad hoc analyses for sales and senior leadership to support strategic long-term and short-term decisions across product, sales, partnerships, media planning, and GTM
- Translate complex, ambiguous data into clear, executive-ready narratives and dashboards that influence decision-making
- Provide recurring communication to Ads leadership on revenue, margin, sell-through, and sponsorship performance, adapting insights as market dynamics shift
- Provide requirements to product analytics for dashboard creation, balancing standardization with evolving business needs
Skills
- 3 years of experience in ad tech including yield management, programmatic advertising, or ad operations
- 4 years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, or data science
- Strong understanding of inventory pricing mechanics, keyword analysis, floor pricing, and sellthrough optimization
- 1 year experience working within a retail media network or comparable publisher-side ad platform
- 1 year hands-on experience with Google Ad Manager (GAM), Search, and Sponsored Product Pricing
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners and present data-driven findings to non-technical stakeholders
- Proven ability to operate in a fast-paced, matrixed environment, managing multiple priorities and adapting to changing business needs
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or similar) or equivalent experience
- Proficiency in SQL for data extraction and analysis
- Experience with Magnite or other SSP/ad server platforms
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with a track record of translating analysis into business impact
- Experience influencing decisions through partnership rather than authority across cross-functional teams
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Great employee discount
- Financial savings and retirement resources
- Support for your physical and mental well-being
- Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility.
- Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves.
- Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.
- Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results.
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