(USA) Senior Manager, Data Science

$143,000 - $286,000/Yr

Walmart - Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Sunnyvale, CA

General Merchandise Retailers

About the position

The Sr. Manager position at Walmart's CENTROID organization is a high-impact role focused on leading initiatives for the future strategies of Walmart's omnichannel supply chain. This role combines strategic thinking with advanced analytics to address complex supply chain challenges, aiming to enhance customer experience while optimizing costs and efficiency. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing long-term strategies and executing projects that drive transformation within the supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute entire projects from start to finish, including cross-functional project management, data collection and manipulation, analysis and modeling, and the communication of insights and recommendations.
• Build scalable and complex supply chain models and processes to optimize supply chain strategies with the goal of delivering an excellent customer experience while balancing operating cost and asset efficiency.
• Demonstrate a high degree of originality and creativity when developing solutions to improve existing business processes within supply chain, utilizing methods such as statistical analysis, regression modeling, and optimization.
• Identify areas of opportunity and influence execution of results via cross-functional participation to enable quick wins and continuous improvement.
• Lead implementation of pilots to demonstrate business impact.
• Create and deploy robust metrics and dashboards to enable tangible transformation.

Requirements

• 6 - 8 years of experience including supply chain strategy and optimization, management consulting, and/or advanced analytics.
• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 5 years' experience in an analytics related field, or a Master's degree with 3 years' experience, or 7 years' experience in an analytics or related field.

Nice-to-haves

• MBA, MS, or PhD in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or Supply Chain Management.
• Experience with large dataset mining tools and open-source programming tools (e.g., SQL, R, Python, HiveQL, Spark).
• Experience with network modeling tools (e.g., Llamasoft Supply Chain Guru), network optimization, and long-range planning.
• Extensive experience or knowledge of supply chain domains and related information systems - distribution/transportation, sourcing, planning, manufacturing, and inventory management.
• Retail industry experience.

Benefits

• Health benefits including medical, vision and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off benefits including PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U education benefit program covering tuition, books, and fees.