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Product Taxonomist
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As the Product Taxonomist, you’ll be responsible for the creation, renovation and continuous improvement of the Best Buy product data structure and attribute database. You will be designing, editing, and optimizing taxonomies. Taxonomies are specific types of structured terms in a simple hierarchy or term sets used for organizing, indexing, and retrieving content. You will act as the subject matter expert for the data structure, its definitions, and its usage. You will prioritize and develop work plans around current initiatives, consult on current tool capabilities, and advocate for future needs. You will regularly partner cross-functionally to support Best Buy’s product data quality goals and help deliver world-class customer experiences.
This role is remote eligible, which means you would work virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location.
What you’ll do
This role is remote eligible, which means you would work virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location.
What you’ll do
- Research, design, implement, and continuously improve the product data architecture through customer research, usage analytics and cross-functional partnerships.
- Translate customer analytics or other business use cases into good taxonomy design.
- Serve as a primary contributor to, and coordinator of, the collaborative review of product data schemas with merchandising, online category managers, vendors, online search, SEO management, product information, and other business partners.
- Manage projects and communicate clearly with partner teams to leverage schema and create a best-in-class customer experience.
- Partner with project leaders and stakeholders to determine data needs, requirements, and timelines.
- Validate and analyze proposed system and business process changes to ensure alignment across interdependent process & system ecosystem.
- Cross-functional partnership to address issues and enhancements.
- Support the evolution of data models to ensure long-term scalability and adaptability through emerging technologies.
Basic qualifications
- 2 years of experience in retail, e-Commerce or online merchandising
- 2 years of demonstrated experience in requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, or validation
- Ability to adhere to strict governance and reporting processes
- Strong project management and project facilitation skills
- Ability to make strategic decisions with ambiguous data
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with taxonomy or ontology management software and processes
- 2 years of project planning, project management or related experience
- 2 years of experience utilizing analytical data skills with the ability to turn data into actionable information
- Basic understanding of query languages and relational databases
- Ability to manage diverse business relationships, including senior leadership and external vendors
- Ability to think strategically and logically in the face of complex problems and urgent challenges
What’s in it for you
We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
- Competitive pay
- Generous employee discount
- Physical and mental well-being support
About us
As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.
Position Type: Full time
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