Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics

What you'll do

The Senior Manager will lead the implementation of business solutions by building strong stakeholder relationships, identifying business needs, and executing key processes and initiatives. The position is based in Bentonville, Arkansas and reports to the Director of Inbound/Outbound Transportation. This is an on-site role and is not open to remote or hybrid candidates.

• The team is responsible for designing and implementing solutions that optimize load planning across the middle mile network.
• It plays a critical role in driving business growth within outbound transportation by collaborating with multiple stakeholders to unlock optimization opportunities.
• In addition to managing optimization processes, the team focuses on automating workflows through AI-driven solutions to reduce manual effort and improve efficiency.

Business Partnerships

• Consults with senior leadership business partners e.g. Sr Directors/Directors to understand overall goals/functional objectives decipher key business challenges identify tactics to anticipate and mitigate business challenges/issues and develop potential success/criteria.
• Focuses efforts on items that have maximum impact to the business
• Contributes to business area strategic planning by providing input and actionable recommendations and solutions to senior leadership based on advanced research and analytical findings.
• Engages with Data Science, Product and Engineering for tools developments and assists with developing Business and Product requirement

AI Enablement

• Leads the adoption of AI frameworks to automate workflows and improve operational efficiency.
• Owns and maintains agentic solutions, with a forward-looking vision to continuously enhance capabilities using emerging technologies.

People Development

• Builds and leads a team to execute on business area or category objectives
• Coaches team members and provides feedback to enhance skills knowledge and work performance
• Conducts performance and career development conversations if applicable

Model Development

• Develops data models algorithms approaches for complex projects within a business area or category to drive business results and value
• Collaborates with project team to implement modeling solutions

Proof of Concept and Prototype

• Manages the development and implementation of prototypes and production ready complex algorithms for complex projects
• Manages the testing and validation process to monitor the solution
• Evaluates new data analysis techniques to support prototype development
• Collaborates with cross functional partners e.g. software engineering category management on prototypes and algorithms (SQL, Python)

Data Collection and Analysis

• Leads advanced analytics initiatives to solve complex business and technical challenges and enable data-driven decision-making.
• Provides strategic recommendations to cross-functional leadership based on analytical insights.
• Collaborates across all analytics functions to develop and implement data analysis strategies and anticipate future trends and analysis

Collaboration

• Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs developing and communicating business plans and priorities removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance providing resources identifying performance standards measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly developing contingency plans and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning
• Promotes and supports company policies procedures mission values and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction toothers in their use and application ensuring compliance with them and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy
• Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans programs and initiatives consulting with business partners managers coworkers or other key stakeholders soliciting evaluating and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness and participating in and supporting community outreach events

Leadership Expectations

Respect the Individual: 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 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

Respect the Individual: 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 and regularly recognizes others contributions and accomplishments

Respect the Individual: Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners works collaboratively and cross functionally to achieve objectives and communicates and listens attentively with energy and positivity to motivate influence and inspire commitment and action

Act with Integrity: 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

Act with Integrity: 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 nonretaliation 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

Act with Integrity: Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble self-aware honest and transparent

Serve our Customers and Members Delivers expected business results while putting the customer/member first and consistently applying an omni merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers/members

Serve our Customers and Members Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data analytics customer/member insights and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the teams strategy

Strive for Excellence: 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 and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks

Strive for Excellence: Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working

Pay and benefits

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include

• Stock

Minimum Qualifications

• Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
• Certificate in business analytics, data mining, or statistical analysis, Statistical programming languages (for example, SAS, R)
• Masters: Business Administration, Masters: Information Systems, Masters: Statistics

Primary Location

805 Respect, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America