Home Depot Hiring for Services Forecasting Analyst – Atlanta, GA at Atlanta Full Time

Position Purpose:

The Forecasting Analyst is responsible for collecting and analyzing historical data to build, maintain and update predictive models. These models will be used to predict staffing requirements in order to meet service level agreements in both the field and the sales and service center. Analyst will determine correlation between various inputs and how they translate to future work in all HDMS departments. – These staffing predictions will be provided to various departments such as: – Human Resources for hiring requirements – Work Force Management for scheduling and adherence monitoring – Field Management to determine the proper distribution of workload

Key Responsibilities:

• Collecting and analyzing historical data to build, maintain and update predictive models

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• Position reports to Senior Analyst

• No direct reports

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.

• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• The candidate must have strong knowledge and familiarity with:

• Excel

• Access

• Statistics

• Regression Analysis

• Algebra

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 3

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Demonstrated ability to complete projects and assignments accurately, catching errors before completion, despite a large workload, competing demands and a fast paced environment

• Ability to set priorities, plan and coordinate work activities and obtain and manager resources so that work objectives are accomplished on time.

• Position deals with a variety of problems and sometime has to decide which answer is best. The question/issues are typically clear and requires determination of which answer (from a few choices) is the best.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. – $0.00 – $0.00