Karl K.

About Karl K.

Insights and Decision focused data and analytics professional with over a decade of…

Experience

1. Director, Decision Science, Location Strategy

   Best Buy

   Jul 2022 — Present

   Lead the Location Strategy/Market Analysis team, partnering directly with Real Estate and Finance leaders to develop market growth strategies and deliver recommendations on store and supply chain location decisions across the portfolio. • Develop portfolio analyses and long-term strategy planning for store chains across the US and Canada • Guide market and store-level performance analysis for ~200 lease renewals annually • Provide strategy and investment recommendations for all store renewal, relocation, remodel, resizing, and closure decisions with analytics-based rationale • Enhance the team’s multi-channel sales growth forecasting and closure retention modeling capabilities • Lead research and analytics to develop insights on market optimization, growth opportunity, penetration assessment, and new concept sizing • Develop market assessments based on economic, competitive, consumer, and industry trends, and performance KPIs, proactively incorporating findings into portfolio strategies • Develop and lead a Location Strategy/Market Analysis team • Collaborate with leaders across Data & Analytics, Real Estate, Finance, Omnichannel Operations, Supply Chain, and Store Experience Design to deliver optimal investment outcomes • Present market & store level strategy recommendations to executive leadership

Education

• University of Minnesota Duluth

  M.B.A., Masters of Business Administration, General

  2007 — 2009

• University of Minnesota Duluth

  B.A., Economics

  2004 — 2006

• University of Minnesota Duluth

  B.S., Mathematics

  1998 — 2002

• University of Minnesota Duluth

  M.S., Applied and Computational Mathematics

  2002 — 2004

• UCLA Anderson School of Management

  Certificate, Advanced Retail Strategy

  2018 — 2018

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Retail
• Project Management
• Excel
• Strategy
• Sas E-Miner
• Sas
• Mathematics Education
• Predictive Modeling
• Microsoft Office
• Mathematica
• Statistical Reporting
• Econometrics
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Analysis
• Data Management
• Statistical Programming
• Healthcare Analytics
• Sql
• Mathematical Modeling
• Data Ninja
• Mathematics
• Financial Analysis
• Sales
• Leadership
• Clinical Analytics
• Analytics
• Time Management
• Statistics
• Quantitative Analysis
• Forecasting
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Teaching
• Data Mining
• Business Intelligence
• Quantitative Analytics
• Microsoft Excel
• Data Scientist
• Healthcare Industry
• Customer Service