(USA) Manager, Automation Engineering
About The Position
The Manager, Automation Engineering – Store Benefit will lead data-driven forecasting, analysis, and modeling to quantify and unlock store-level benefits from automation initiatives. This role partners closely with Workforce Intelligence, Automation Engineering and Finance to forecast accurate labor savings and deliver actionable insights to drive timely decision-making. This position plays a critical role in supporting the team with visibility to performance and converting complex data into clear recommendations, enabling leadership to prioritize and scale high-impact capabilities to stores. The Supply Chain Automation Engineering – Store Benefit team integrates automation engineering with store operations, workforce management, and finance to deliver measurable labor and operational improvements. Collaborating closely with Workforce Intelligence, Store Operations, and Supply Chain partners, the team aligns automation initiatives with labor planning and financial goals. Operating across Ambient and Perishable networks, it leverages data, analytics, and AI-enabled tools to bridge gaps between automation delivery and store outcomes. The team prioritizes valuing initiatives, sequencing work for maximum impact, and establishing scalable, repeatable processes that enhance efficiency and operational excellence enterprise-wide.
Requirements
- Strong data analysis, forecasting and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in Python and SQL for data modeling and analysis
- Proficiency with visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, and Excel
- Experience integrating data across multiple teams
- Experience with AI/automation tools and data pipeline development.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Bias for action with a solutions-oriented mindset
- Strong attention to detail with a focus on data accuracy and integrity
Nice To Haves
- Masters: Computer Engineering
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain forecasting models to quantify store benefit impact, including labor savings and productivity improvements
- Provide accurate, concise, and timely forecasting and reporting on a weekly basis to support AOP delivery
- Collaborate with Automation Strategy and Platform teams to enable AI-driven insights and automate data pipelines
- Respond to urgent leadership requests with high-quality, data-backed insights ("fire drills")
- Develop quick-turn analyses and interim solutions to evaluate new benefit opportunities and surface risks early
- Transition ad hoc analyses into scalable, standardized reporting
- Leverage data analysis and visualization tools to develop insights, track performance and drive visibility and support decision-making.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement
- Jury duty
- Voting
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
