Our values start with our people, join a team that values you! Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.

As Part Of Our Team, You Will Experience

• Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
• Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
• Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
• Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.

Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2023 revenues of $20.4 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

General Purpose Manage and oversee the research systems utilized by the Real Estate Market Research team (including, but not limited to: GIS applications, data licenses, resource subscriptions, and connections to internal programs). Provide support and data to the department on various projects associated with efforts to expand our store network and to analyze our existing stores. Review and refine analysis toolset that evaluates demographic, competitor, and other related statistics. Study customer catchment areas and drivers thereof. Examine customer behavior. Analyze competitors' growth strategies. Understand evaluation process of individual stores (or groups of stores) that do not perform to expectations. Produce monthly and quarterly reports and prepare various written recommendations based upon findings.

The base salary range for this role is $108,800 - $165,950. The base salary range is dependent on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.

Essential Functions

• Develop and execute geographic information system software (GIS) strategy to support evaluation and production of all store planning efforts by the Property Development group.
• Manage, evaluate, and maintain demographic data as needed for use within GIS and other primary research resources within the department.
• Ensure current tool set is capable of creating strategic analysis concerning trade area creation, overlaps and voids, business generation and cannibalization with a high level of accuracy.

Competencies People

• Collaboration

Self

• Leading by Example
• Communicates Effectively
• Ensures Accountability and Execution
• Manages Conflict

Business

• Business Acumen
• Plans, Aligns and Prioritizes
• Organizational Agility

Qualifications And Special Skills Required

• 7-10 years of experience in location strategy, spatial analytics, statistics, GIS, retail strategy, or related field.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with knowledge of retail store site selection location strategies, sales forecasting, and cannibalization.
• Expertise of GIS technology systems & spatial analysis.
• Participate in technical problem-solving process, recommend solutions, and facilitate closure with supervision.
• User of Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access) or related software. Experience with statistical software & modeling is a plus.

Physical Requirements/Ada Job requires ability to work in an office environment, primarily on a computer.

Requires sitting, standing, walking, hearing, talking on the telephone, attending in-person meetings, typing, and working with paper/files, etc.

Consistent timeliness and regular attendance.

Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically.

This role requires regular in-office presence, including to engage in in-person team interaction, meetings and collaboration, client support, mentoring, coaching, and/or feedback. However, this role can perform duties effectively using a combination of in-office and remote work.

Supervisory Responsibilities None

DISCLAIMER This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at management's discretion.

Ross is an equal employment opportunity employer. We consider individuals for employment or promotion according to their skills, abilities, and experience. We believe that it is an essential part of the Company's overall commitment to attract, hire and develop a strong, talented, and diverse workforce. Ross is committed to complying with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, physical, mental or developmental disability, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), veteran status, military status, marital or registered domestic partnership status, medical condition (including cancer or genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, as well as any other category protected by federal, state or local laws.PDN-a0d2da6c-5155-44b7-801f-9a1df1af5a64