Senior Analyst, Advanced Analytics

Overview

As a part of the Walmart Supply Chain organization, you will contribute to the success of our Transportation Network. Sam Walton founded our company with the belief that the customer is #1, and this guides our approach to delighting customers and transforming supply chain. The Transportation Team focuses on optimizing transportation cost and service by managing data, collaborating with product, operations, and other business teams, and driving changes to system configurations and processes.

If you are motivated by complex transportation challenges, this role is for you.

Fully onsite in Bentonville, AR

• Organize data-driven analysis and insights to help support business strategies by evaluating ongoing analytical needs; serve as the analytics subject matter expert.
• Pull data from Google Cloud Platform; model data based on reporting needs; automate data pull and data refresh processes.
• Perform data cleansing and data profiling.
• Enforce data quality using data management techniques and standards.
• Report data-based insights in a uniform manner; build core reporting platform for general business operations including support of weekly business reviews.
• Monitor and report on business strategies; analyze and ensure accuracy of information by creating, maintaining, and evaluating data.
• Develop and implement scorecards and other tracking mechanisms; respond to requests for recurring and ad hoc reports.
• Compile and analyze data and review solution outcomes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data accuracy and precision in pipeline and activity data.
• Manage dashboards and reports to facilitate teams’ understanding of business health and goal achievement levels.

• Present data insights and recommendations to key stakeholders by consulting with internal organizations; develop insights based on data analysis on highly complex or significant matters; apply analytical results to project goals; identify trends and key insights; conduct deep-dive analytics to identify trends, patterns, and root causes in large datasets.
• Translate results into business actions and present insights and recommendations to key stakeholders.
• Participate in large data analytics project teams and manage long-term, complex analytic projects by serving as a technical lead for analytics projects; work with project teams and business partners to determine project KPIs and goals; collaborate with product, operations, finance, supply chain, technology, and business leaders to understand problems and deliver data‑driven solutions.
• Develop contingency plans for data analysis; determine modeling based on business needs; identify the need for advanced analysis methodologies; develop use cases across business areas; provide guidance on best practice reporting methods; promote a culture of data literacy and analytics adoption across the organization.
• Act as the primary point of contact offering insights into metric movements and trends and providing data-driven insights; play a key role in shaping team growth and leading cross-functional teams to deliver key results and insights.

• Eye for Detail: you ensure accuracy and don’t miss the small details.
• Always on Time: you plan to keep large projects on schedule.
• Flex as Needed: you adapt to changes in retail and transportation while keeping projects on track.
• Speak in Data: you communicate effectively with data, using spreadsheets, graphs, or dashboards.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  you integrate inputs from many areas into a cohesive package.
• Supply Chain Aficionado: you understand movement of goods and the competitive landscape.
• Continuous Improvement Focus: you seek to improve programs by implementing ideas that reduce risk.
• Strategic Decision Maker: you investigate key drivers and use data to inform decisions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Computer Science or related field OR 2 years’ experience in data analytics or related field
• Ability to think clearly, problem solve, analyze quantitatively, scope business requirements and prioritize