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We are seeking a Senior Data Analyst for Service Data. As such, you will help an entrepreneurial business unit build smarter products for the automotive industry. You will be part of Manheim/Inventory Solutions —a $100+ million brand focused on automotive services and fixed operations. Manheim is part of Cox Automotive, Inc., a multi-billion-dollar collection of 25+ brands that enable smart, connected and enjoyable car buying, selling and servicing experiences. At Manheim, you will be part of the technology organization, and you will report to the Senior Manager in Data Integration.

Position:

The Data Analyst is responsible for ingesting, cleaning, mining and transforming data.  They also build and validate metrics, monitor data quality, analyze various forms of data (e.g. raw data, base data, 3rd party data, metrics), provide reports and interpret results. The Data Analyst will work with stakeholders to provide insights into the data for new product offerings and trends in the market. 

Your Role:

• Perform analysis: Work on service, auction lifecycle of vehicle. Define business questions. Collaborate with engineering teams to identify data sources and queries. Tidy, clean and transform data. Analyze data and identify trends. Visualize data. Draw conclusions, present insights and tell compelling stories.

• Support data science: Help data-science and data-engineering teams perform and implement complex analyses. Select key problems to solve. Define goals. Source data. Share domain knowledge. Identify data features. Measure outcomes. Tune performance.

• Build data processes: Lead projects to build better data processes. Understand input data, output data and transformations required to bridge the two. Work with data suppliers. Design, build and manage processes to deliver required data. Ensure data quality. Help manage projects to build new, and to improve existing, data pipelines. Drive deliverables. Measure KPI. Report progress to leadership.

• Support product management: Understand opportunities and competition around service, pricing and repair data. Interview customers and stakeholders. Research new features and sources of product differentiation. Be the liaison between technology and product strategy. Define KPI. Be technology’s go-to person for questions related to Operational Data, integration with other systems. 

Information Analysis

Performs data analysis and validation.

Strong SQL skills

Translates data into meaningful insights.

Develops reports and data visualizations to present insights in the most effective way to enable decision making.

Monitors and analyzes key metrics, and executes recurring analyses and reporting.

Mines and interprets data, monitors and analyzes key metrics and interprets performance and provides insight into the data and metrics generated.

Handles data preparation and data analysis portions of various projects.

Writes, maintains and/or updates queries to develop analyses in response to queries from internal customers.

Ensures accuracy of results produced as a result of data analysis.

Information Management

Coordinates data feeds and updates and sources additional data required for analysis.

Determines the value of new internal and external data sources, merges disparate data sets, ingests data, cleans and munges data, derives metrics, and transforms the data into usable information.

Assists development teams in creating and maintaining data reporting models.

Assists in the development and implementation of data monitoring and measurement systems.

Develops monitoring mechanisms for quality and data management purposes.

Builds and validates new derived metrics and associated business rules.

Ensures the quality of specific data stores for collection, tracking and reporting of research data.

Tools We Use: PPT, Visio, SQL query tools, Rally or equivalent Agile Tools, Relational and Non-Relational DB, AWS, Snowflake,

Qualifications:

10+ years of performing analysis and building data processes

5+ years of working with automotive industry 

Bachelor's degree in math, science, computer science, economics or statistics. Master's degree preferred.  

Power user of the MS Office suite, including Excel and PowerPoint, for doing business analysis.

Understanding of data science and product management

Passion for analysis and focus on business results. Entrepreneurial mindset.

Effective written, listening and oral communications. 

Collaborative nature and the ability to balance vision and execution.

Working experience conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis

Working experience working with reporting tools

Working experience working with large scale datasets

Working experience presenting data to leadership for decision making

Knowledge of data extrapolation, interpretation and chart compilation

Who We Are

About Cox Automotive

There’s nothing ordinary about Cox Automotive. We are people of every background driven by our passion for mobility, innovation, client success and community outreach. We make buying, selling and owning (or simply using) cars easier for everyone. Touching more than 40,000 clients across five continents, we bring together the best brands and the best teams to propel the automotive industry forward. Some of those team members work for our iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book, while others are creating the future of automotive at industry-facing brands like Dealer.com, Manheim and vAuto.

About Cox 

We are the Cox family of businesses. We’ve been making our mark since 1898 by building and evolving world-class businesses, staying true to our values, and encouraging top talent to always look for growth and impact while building a career with us.  Our primary divisions – Cox Communications and Cox Automotive – are driving a new wave of innovation, powering smart cities with powerhouse broadband communications and pioneering greener, more progressive transportation alternatives for individuals and fleet operators.  We’re also expanding into new spaces like cleantech and healthcare to rev up our momentum toward building a better future for the next generation.  We’re looking for the talent today who will be our leaders tomorrow. Sound intriguing? Learn more about where we are today, where we hope you’ll be going with us, and the common purpose that unites us at coxenterprises.com.

Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).  For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page.

Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.  Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.  

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