Sustainability Data Analyst at Costco in Issaquah, WA

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

Costco’s Global Sustainability and Compliance team is responsible for ensuring that we are doing the right thing for our members, our employees, our suppliers, our shareholders, our communities and the environment while being mindful of our impact on our people and the world.

The Sustainability Data Analyst role supports our team’s effort to collect data, analyze data, and draw insights from the data to inform our sustainability and compliance strategies. This work is critical to measure our progress on all of our initiatives across sustainable operations, responsible sourcing, foods safety, non foods quality assurance, human rights, and trade & customs compliance. This work will be critical to enabling Costco to comply with legal reporting obligations as well as internal company reporting requirements for sustainability metrics. Furthermore, we will have the analysts actively participate in developing our broader data strategy for collection, verification, analysis, and reporting for the company – and be leaders in executing against this strategy.

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies “to work for”, simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

ROLE

Designs, builds, and implements surveys for data collection in a coordinated effort with Costco’s buying teams

● Cleans and analyzes data to support decision-making

● Builds data models (when relevant) to model potential impact of various strategies

● Project manage data collection activities working with the buying teams on supplier-facing communications

● Supports report building / reporting in both formal (e.g., CDP Reporting) and informal (e.g., executive updates) capacities

● Participates in strategy development for data collection, verification, analysis, and reporting for all sustainability and compliance metrics for the company

● Supports select projects to optimize and automate different data collection and analytics efforts

● Becomes deeply immersed and aware of all aspects of our sustainability efforts

REQUIRED

● Excellent computer skills - fluency in Google Suite, MS Office.

● Excellent data analytics skills – fluency in MS Excel and Google Sheets

● Experience in working with Smartsheets and PowerBI

● Strong written and verbal communication skills.

● Detail-oriented and highly organized.

● Ability to work in fast-paced environments and strong prioritization skills.

● Passion for topics in sustainability, environmental conservation, human rights, ethical sourcing.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com

If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.

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