(USA) Senior Analyst, Merchandising Replenishment

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What you'll do...

Role summary:
The Senior Analyst, Merchandising Replenishment, plays a critical role in implementing advanced inventory strategies to align with merchandising objectives. This position involves building and calibrating forecasts, analyzing seasonal inventory flows, and leveraging data analytics to support financial and operational goals. The role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams and suppliers to optimize item-level replenishment and improve processes. The analyst will develop standardized procedures, deliver key performance insights, and provide expert guidance to enhance inventory planning and customer service, ensuring alignment with business priorities and driving continuous improvement.
  About the team:
The Omni-Channel Inbound Problem Freight Team focuses on resolving receiving discrepancies at Walmart Distribution Centers. This team identifies and addresses issues such as incorrect items or quantities received, collaborating closely with suppliers, internal partners, and inventory health teams. By analyzing data and troubleshooting root causes, the team works proactively to prevent future occurrences. Their efforts support efficient inventory management and contribute to maintaining accurate stock levels, ensuring smooth operations and alignment with merchandising strategies. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential to drive continuous process improvements within this dynamic environment.
  What you'll do:

• Resolve complex supply chain exceptions through root-cause analysis and cross-functional coordination, implementing preventive action plans to reduce recurrence and improve flow.
• Improve category results via data-driven, bottom-up inventory plans; ensure seasonal flow meets demand and ROI targets to improve accuracy.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives; use analytics to influence decisions and model inventory against supplier capability.
• Deliver performance reporting: metrics, objectives, and operational/financial insights for stakeholders.
• Support stores by triaging correspondence and remedy tickets, diagnosing root causes, spotting patterns, and updating forecasts.
• Execute item-level replenishment for medium-complexity categories: modular timing, item attributes, adds/deletes, and exceptions.
• Standardize work through SOPs, training, tracking methods, and automated alerts.

What you'll bring:

• Applies current expertise to develop, execute, and improve action plans; provides guidance and builds commitment through clear rationale.
• Partners with key stakeholders to identify business needs, implement solutions, and align efforts to customer and business priorities.
• Executes required processes and practices, monitors progress/results, and reports on business.
• Adapts effectively to business demands
• Embraces change with curiosity, a growth mindset, resilience, and support for learning, innovation, and intelligent risk-taking.
• Drives digital transformation by continuous improvement and adoption of new digital tools and ways of working.
• Demonstrates strategic thinking by leveraging data, analytics, and customer insights.
• Fosters collaboration and influence through trusted relationships, cross-functional teamwork, and motivating communication.

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. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time a