Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics - Transportation

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

The Sr Manager will provide and support the implementation of business solutions by building relationships, identifying business needs, and carrying out processes and practices. The role is in Bentonville, Arkansas (and is not open to remote candidates) and will report to Director – IB/OB transportation.
 

What you’ll do….

• Business Partnerships:
  • Recommend senior leadership and provide insights on challenges and subsequent solutions to the issues.
  • Identify and focus key areas of businesses and provide process flow map on how to achieve them
  • Prepare first draft of executive presentations to communicate strategic recommendations to management based on research and data analysis.
  • Review the findings based on the feedback received from partners and provide a insights based on the audience
  • Identifying manual intervention reasons and reducing them in collaboration with other partners
  • Identifying avenues for cost reduction and driving programs to realize the savings
• People Development:
  • Coach team members on the strategic initiatives and provide pathways to achieve the overall business goals
  • Conduct performance reviews in a timely manner by articulating actionable insights and be an ally for career development.
• Data Collection and Analysis:
  • In depth understanding of building data pipelines, data lakes etc in addition to being knowledgeable in SQL, Python and Tableau
  • Address business problems by understanding the data source’s location, integrate the data, perform subsequent analysis using SQL, Python and subsequently visualize the findings on a Tableau dashboard.
  • Develop processes for the team so they can monitor and flag any outliers that the data represents.
  • Conduct exploratory analysis and inform team and counterparts of the findings. 
• Model Development:
  • Build and manage parts of algorithmic products/models and ensure segment aligns with overall product goals after verification with the existing tools.
  • Use the existing Walmart tools to verify the findings and run the simulations to test the thesis.
  • Formulate technical problems and solutions for data-related challenges.  
  • Develop and implement algorithms for data analysis and modeling.
• Proof of Concept and Testing:
  • Lead the pilot program across network. Understand the gaps and provide solution for implementations across network
  • Partner with stakeholders such as Business, Software Engineering, Data Science and Operation teams  
  • Generate new ideas as an output of research, apply knowledge to come up with new information, and contribute to proof-of-concepts for projects.
• Data Quality Management:  
  • Plan and lead efforts to ensure data quality and integrity.  
  • Develop and implement data governance policies and procedures.  
  • Monitor data quality metrics …