Neiman Marcus Group is a relationship business that leads with love in everything we do—for our customers, associates, brand partners, and communities. Our legacy of innovating and our culture of Belonging guide our roadmap for Revolutionizing Luxury Experiences. 

Your Role 

Interested in influencing strategy at an iconic retail brand? Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) is looking for a Senior Analyst to join a dynamic strategy team.

The Senior Analyst will be charged with prioritizing critical initiatives for short- and long-term impact across the Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman brands. This role will work across the organization to align, enable, and support the development of NMG’s strategic roadmap. The position will report to the Director of Corporate Strategy and work closely with the executive leadership team.

This role can be based in either of our two hub cities, Dallas or New York. In these areas, the senior analyst will benefit from the flexibility of working alongside team members in the hub offices, or remotely, pending team needs and in keeping with NMG’s Ways of Working. 

What You’ll Do 

• Drive short- and long-term planning by identifying opportunities, structuring concrete workstreams, and prioritizing initiatives through a lens of impact and feasibility; lead cross-functional teams to estimate size of the prize grounded in reality
• Spearhead critical strategic initiatives (identified above) by bringing thought leadership, strategic framing, and a strong problem-solving toolkit; create business plans for high-potential opportunities and follow through by partnering with key functional leaders on an execution plan
• Act as an agent of change, utilizing data and metrics to influence and align perspectives, and preparing people within the organization to act with urgency
• Prioritize, track, and share out the metrics that most powerfully measure our business’s performance and health
• Shape strategy and decision making through integrating and synthesizing market landscape insights, and anchoring our performance in the competitive context and macroeconomic environment
• Collaborate with our investor relations team to shape the external narrative about our business
• Contribute to a culture of collaboration and high performance across the Strategy team and our core partners 

What You Bring 

• 18-24 months of top-tier management consulting experience with a passion for apparel, retail, and luxury; related industry experience (outside consulting) is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills; ability to structure ambiguous problems, to bring logic to drive key analyses, and to synthesize analyses to actionable insights
• Strong quantitative background with experience distilling insights from complex data
• Creative, out-of-the box thinking that can be applied to business implications and drive financial outcomes
• Ability to create strong working relationships with all levels of the organization, including building relationships and influencing senior management teams
• Strong executive presence and communication skills with the ability to translate highly complex concepts and communicate them in a concise, digestible manner
• Highly motivated self-starter with a willingness to remove obstacles, to manage cross-functional complexities and stakeholders, and to prioritize in a dynamic environment
• Flexible generalist with knowledge, interest, and nimbleness across business functions, and the ability to thrive in ambiguity
• Team player willing to take on new challenges, stretch into new skills, and rise to the occasion to achieve the team’s objectives; a coach and thought partner across levels, with the ability to manage up and drive work forward
• Energy and edge that serve as catalyst for action and change in the organization