Senior Manager, Business Analysis and Insights

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

1d•$80,000 - $155,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role provides data-driven analysis and insights to support business strategies by evaluating ongoing analytical needs, reporting data-based insights in a uniform manner, and collaborating with internal and external business partners to build a consistent and accurate strategy for using data-driven insights. The Senior Manager will develop business strategies by recommending initiatives based on data, implementing processes based on recommended strategies, partnering with stakeholders to execute strategies, and reassessing strategies to adjust to feedback and meet results. They will also build relationships with stakeholders to support strategic growth plans and create summaries identifying past, current, and future business plans and objectives. The role ensures business needs are met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives, consulting with key stakeholders, and soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The Senior Manager demonstrates up-to-date expertise in business analysis and advises on the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance. They will also develop and drive business opportunities by identifying program and project opportunities, determining feasibility through data analysis, assessing financial and physical performance, and driving strategies with cross-functional teams. This role drives processes across different areas of the business to ensure efficiency and compliance by establishing timelines, workflows, and requirements, overseeing training, verifying documentation, managing key processes and controls, and determining appropriate information. The Senior Manager drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs, developing and communicating business plans and priorities, removing barriers, providing resources, setting performance standards, measuring progress, developing contingency plans, and demonstrating adaptability. Additionally, this role provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting, training, mentoring, assigning duties, building a team-based work environment, establishing performance expectations, conducting performance evaluations, providing recognition, and coaching for success. The Senior Manager promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction, ensuring compliance, and utilizing the Open Door Policy. They will also demonstrate and encourage respect for all, build a high-performing team, seek and embrace differences, create a workplace where all associates feel seen, supported, and connected, and drive a positive associate and customer/member experience. The role focuses on developing talent through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities, promoting an environment where everyone can bring their best selves to work, and empowering associates and partners. Building strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners, working collaboratively, and communicating attentively are key aspects of this role. The Senior Manager acts with integrity, maintains high standards of ethics and compliance, models company values, and leads by example. They follow the law, code of conduct, and company policies, promote an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns, and hold themselves and others accountable for achieving results. The role also acts as an altruistic servant leader, being humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent. Finally, the Senior Manager serves customers and members by delivering expected business results while putting the customer/member first, applying an omnimerchant mindset, and acting with an Every Day Low Cost mindset. They adopt a holistic perspective considering data analytics, customer/member insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team's strategy. The role strives for excellence by consistently raising the bar, seeking improvement, demonstrating curiosity and a growth mindset, fostering an environment that supports learning and innovation, and exhibiting resilience. They seek and implement continuous improvements and encourage the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Statistics, or related field and 4 years’ experience in data analytics, project management, business, or related area OR 6 years’ experience in data analytics, project management, business, or related area.
2 years’ experience using intermediate functionality of Microsoft Office.

Nice To Haves

Statistical Programming Language
Supervising Associates
Working on cross-functional teams or projects
Masters: Business Administration
Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification
Six Sigma Black Belt - Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt - Certification

Responsibilities

Provides data-driven analysis and insights to help support business strategies by evaluating ongoing analytical needs
Reports data-based insights in a uniform manner
Reports on business strategies
Collaborates with internal and external business partners to build a consistent and accurate strategy for using data-driven insights
Develops business strategies by recommending initiatives based on data
Implements processes based on recommended strategies
Partners with internal and external stakeholders to execute strategies
Reassesses strategies to adjust to feedback and meet results
Builds relationships with stakeholders to support strategic growth plans
Creates summaries identifying past, current, and future business plans and objectives
Ensures business needs are met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives
Consults with key stakeholders
Solicits, evaluates, and applies suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness
Participates in and supports community events
Demonstrates up-to-date expertise in business analysis and advises on the development, execution, and improvement of action plans
Provides expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices
Supports and aligns efforts to meet customer and business needs
Builds commitment for perspectives and rationales
Develops and drives business opportunities by identifying program and project opportunities
Determines program and project feasibility through data analysis
Assesses the financial and physical performance of each program
Drives strategies with cross-functional teams
Drives processes across different areas of the business to ensure efficiency and compliance by establishing timelines, workflows, and requirements
Oversees training
Verifies necessary documentation for reviewing results
Manages functioning of key process and controls
Determines appropriate information
Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs
Develops and communicates business plans and priorities
Removes barriers and obstacles that impact performance
Provides resources
Identifies performance standards
Measures progress and adjusts performance accordingly
Develops contingency plans
Demonstrates adaptability
Supports continuous learning
Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training
Mentors
Assigns duties
Builds a team-based work environment
Establishes performance expectations
Conducts regular performance evaluations
Provides recognition and rewards
Coaches for success and improvement
Promotes a belonging mindset in the workplace
Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application
Ensures compliance with them
Utilizes and supports the Open Door Policy
Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives
Consults with business partners, managers, coworkers, or other key stakeholders
Solicits, evaluates, and applies suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness
Participates in and supports community outreach events
Demonstrates and encourages respect for all
Builds a high-performing team
Seeks and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences
Creates a workplace where all associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform
Drives a positive associate and customer/member experience for all
Identifies, attracts, and retains the best team members
Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities
Promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work
Empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer/member and company
Regularly recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments
Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners
Works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives
Communicates and listens attentively with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action
Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance
Models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture
Supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving)
Follows the law, our code of conduct, and company policies and sets expectations for others to do the same
Promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns and reinforces our culture of non-retaliation
Listens to concerns raised by associates, takes action, and encourages others to do the same
Holds self and others accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values
Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent
Delivers expected business results while putting the customer/member first
Consistently applies an omnimerchant mindset
Acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers/members
Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data analytics, customer/member insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team's strategy
Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve
Demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset
Seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions
Fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and learning from mistakes and intelligent risk-taking
Exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks
Seeks and implements continuous improvements
Encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working

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 leave
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption expense reimbursement
Surrogacy expense reimbursement
PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)