Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics - Merchandising Inventory Health

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics - Inventory Health

About us:

As a part of the Walmart’s Inventory Health Team, you will develop and deliver solutions that improve availability and the shopping experience for our customers. This is core to who we are because Sam Walton founded our company with the belief that the customer is #1. It is not just a phrase; it is a core belief that drives the company and our associates forward every day.

The Inventory Health teams purpose is to deliver best-in-class inventory outcomes for our customers, stores and fulfillment networks that improve our customer experience, saving them time and money to help them live better.  

Our Analytics Senior Managers lead the teams that are improving Walmart US inventory availability and continually improving the systems that facilitate delivery of healthy inventory across our stores, fulfillment centers, and supply chain network.

What You will Do...

• Team Leadership: You will lead a team of Manager level associates; guiding the team from a strategic standpoint and developing your associates.
• Outcome Ownership: Will be responsible for inventory productivity/outcomes through specified ordering channels. Including the availability of items to meet customer demand, the balance of inventory across Wal-Marts network, managing inventory liability [current and future], and operating within internal/external constraints.
• Business Partnerships: You will work with leadership to understand goals and key business challenges, develop hypotheses, and create tactical research plans. You will provide actionable recommendations and support the implementation of merchandising strategies through replenishment systems
• Project Scope: You will own work streams and individual projects end-to-end, managing risks associated with implementation and inventory outcomes
• Data Collection and Analysis: You will address complex business problems using advanced analytics, make strategic recommendations, and manage data analysis strategy.
• Collaboration: You will collaborate with functional leadership and cross-functional teams to develop consultative solutions, interface with external business partners and vendors, and oversee job-related activities and assignments.
• Model Enhancement: You will work closely with cross functional technical teams to create/develop new features to improve inventory outcomes from optimization model output. Through the detection of anomalous inventory outcomes [current and future]
• Proof of Concept and Prototype: You will work alongside cross functional teams on the development and implementation of prototypes and production-ready algorithms/approaches to achieve more productive inventory outcomes; overseeing the testing and validation process.

You will Sweep Us off Our Feet If You...

• Have experience managing inventory and ordering throughout a multi-tier supply chain network.
• Have expertise in the eCommerce retail space
• Have extensive experience in advanced analytics, preferably in a retail or merchandising environment.
• Have excellent communication skills and can effectively collaborate with leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Are skilled in project management, risk management, and people development.
• Possess strong analytical skills and are proficient in model development, data collection, and analysis.

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, Fin