Sr. Analyst, Supply Chain Strategy & Analytics at CarMax Henrico, VA

Sr. Analyst, Supply Chain Strategy & Analytics

Location:

Richmond, VA. This role will be based at the Richmond, VA home office with a hybrid work arrangement. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis and sponsorship will not be considered.

Car Max sources hundreds of thousands of vehicles each year through consumer purchases, auctions, and other channels. Each vehicle goes through a complex journey from acquisition through reconditioning and logistics before it is ready to be sold to customers. The Supply Chain Strategy team leverages data, analytics, and strategy to optimize this journey, ensuring we purchase an optimal mix of cars, recondition those cars efficiently, and move them through our network to support growth of our retail sales.

There are several sub‑teams on Supply Chain Strategy who focus on different parts of the vehicle lifecycle.

As a Sr. Analyst in Supply Chain Strategy, you will work with business partners in our Product, Technology, and Operations to help drive the supply chain business forward on a team focused on one of these areas:

• Consumer Supply Strategy – Works to optimize how we acquire vehicles directly from consumers through our digital and omnichannel processes
• B2B Strategy – Works to enhance the way we exchange with other businesses through selling at our auction or buying directly from third parties
• Merchandising Strategy – Works to ensure we can evaluate and buy vehicles through all channels through efficient and effective operations
• Logistics Strategy – Works to optimize vehicle movement throughout our network and balance the tradeoff of cost and speed
• Service Operations Strategy – Works to enhance reconditioning operations, ensuring vehicles are prepared efficiently and to quality standards that support customer satisfaction

Essential Responsibilities:

• Be an analytic partner and establish a close working relationship with a product manager or our operational partners
• Design and analyze tests to evaluate effectiveness of changes to our products or operational changes
• Enhance analytical tools, such as models, reports, and dashboards, utilizing them to monitor performance and drive ongoing performance

• Track record of excellent problem solving, strategic thinking, and quantitative/qualitative analysis
• Experience conducting large scale data analysis to support conclusions, and a willingness to gain proficiency in data analysis tools such as SQL, PowerBI, or Tableau
• Ability to apply business and technical knowledge to solve complex problems, produce results, and make recommendations
• Ability to communicate complex topics to people with varying backgrounds and levels of technical familiarity
• Willingness and enthusiasm to collaborate with a team of passionate analysts and business partners who are regularly shaping strategy at a big‑picture and a detailed level
• Two or more years of experience in an analytical or strategic role
• Four‑year undergraduate degree with strong academic performance

This role will be based out of the Richmond, VA home office with a hybrid work arrangement. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis. Sponsorship will not be considered for this role.

Car Max is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, and any other characteristics protected by law.