Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics - Inventory Capabilities

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

13h • Onsite

About The Position

Walmart is a people-led, tech-powered omnichannel retailer. Our goal is to serve customers and members where they are, with the things they want, when they want them. A key contributor to overall customer satisfaction is the order fulfillment and in-store shopping experience. Accurately forecasting customer demand and placing the right amount of inventory in the right location will enhance the customer experience with Walmart and is critical to enable the supply chain of the future. The Senior Manager of Advanced Analytics – Inventory Capabilities is a critical thought-leadership role on the Merchandising Excellence team. In this role, you sit at the intersection of customer expectations, business process, supply chain constraints, and product development. You will be responsible for working cross-functionally to deliver advanced analytics solutions that will shape the development of our inventory systems & products for years to come. You will interact heavily with business stakeholders and leverage your analytical prowess to drive product capability requirements and deliver business objectives. Your work in these areas will re-shape the way in which we deploy resources to enable an end-to-end supply chain capable of supporting availability, however customers choose to interact with Walmart.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, or related field and 4 years' experience in data analytics or related field OR 6 years' experience in data analytics or related field.

Nice To Haves

• 6+ years of experience in an analytics, business insights, or strategy role
• Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business Analytics, Supply Chain, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering) is a plus
• Prior leadership exposure in retail, ecommerce, or inventory planning is a plus
• Experience working in large, matrixed organizations or high-stakes programs
• Certificate in business analytics, data mining, or statistical analysis
• Statistical programming languages (for example, SAS, R)
• Masters: Business Administration
• Masters: Information Systems
• Masters: Statistics

Responsibilities

• Setting strategic direction on corporate initiatives related to forecasting and inventory capabilities and evolves business processes to leverage automation.
• Being obsessed with positive customer outcomes and demonstrating the ability to define business problems, metric outcomes and how they will be measured and monitored for broad utilization across stakeholders.
• Providing data-driven insights and analysis to influence the development and deployment of tech capabilities.
• Becoming an invaluable strategic partner by collaborating to unify business processes, identify opportunities for automation, and scale best practice & governance across the organization.
• Communicating effectively to build stakeholder engagement, prepare the organization for change management, and influence large groups of cross-functional partners.
• Performing business &/or statistical analysis to understand drivers of performance, predict outcomes, and influence business strategy.
• Prepares documentation (e.g., Word, Power Point) to communicate recommendations based on research and data analysis.
• Supports the implementation of process, systems, and tool solutions.
• Successfully navigating in ambiguous environments, with multiple cross-functional stakeholders, in pursuit of end-to-end business process improvement.
• Promoting and supporting company mission, values, & standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance; and utilizing and supporting the Open-Door Policy.

Benefits

• competitive pay
• incentive awards for performance
• 401(k) match
• stock purchase plan
• paid maternity and parental leave
• PTO
• multiple health plans
• performance-based bonus awards
• medical coverage
• vision coverage
• dental coverage
• company-paid life insurance
• parental leave
• family care leave
• bereavement
• jury duty
• voting
• short-term and 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior