(USA) Senior, Data Analyst - Volume Forecasting

Position Summary

This position will collaborate with and support our Forecast Manager for the development of forecasts to predict volume demand from external and internal customers and support mechanisms to meet forecast accuracy targets and ongoing changes in customer need.

Make sure to apply with all the requested information, as laid out in the job overview below.

Marketplace Seller Support is responsible for creating a trustworthy selling experience across Walmart.com by protecting customers, brands, sellers, and Walmart from fraud, counterfeit, and abuse, as well as enabling sellers and associates in providing support experience excellence and building loyalty with Walmart's marketplace sellers and customers.

As the Senior Analyst of Volume Forecasting of the Marketplace Seller Support Forecasting Team within Shared Services, you will collaborate with our current team handling the development of volume demand forecasts and share in the responsibilities for our ever-growing Marketplace Seller Support needs.

This is an exciting and transformational time as we are evolving new structure and methodologies in how we service our sellers on Walmart Marketplace.

In this role, you will be enabled with ownership of forecasting strategies and efficiencies, ensuring forecast accuracy within reasonable variance.

You and the team will produce and analyze weekly results, trends, and provide valuable insights for operational staffing and costs to meet target service levels.

You'll Sweep Us Off Your Feet If You Are

• A self-starter who understands the current and future business needs by working closely with stakeholders and operations teams to recognize their needs and requirements.
• An experienced forecasting analyst who will develop long-term forecasts while understanding underlying volume drivers and trends.
• A leadership mindset with hands-on experience who shares a passion for our business, its objectives, and guides decisions with their team using their process & implementation expertise.
• Proactive in identifying trends, risks which may result in critical business impact, and driving root-cause analysis to identify opportunities & recommendations.
• Tenacious about achieving results, and thrives in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment where strategic & operational activities must be driven seamlessly in parallel with one another.
• Able to think strategically & creatively to concisely set expectations to a variety of audiences (frontline associates up through leadership).
• Comfortable taking calculated, data-driven risks and using learnings to continue to pivot, evolve forecasting approaches, by line of business or type of work, to achieve minimum variance to actual delivered volumes.
• Lives our Walmart Core Values : Respect for the Individual, Integrity.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (engineering, economics, mathematics, statistics)
• 4+ years of professional experience in analytics, statistics, consulting or program / project management.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables) and comfortable in analyzing large data sets.
• Ability to work efficiently in a dynamic and ambiguous environment by combining analytical rigor and judgment.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills and an ability to present and clearly communicate complex data, derive business insights and findings to non-experts.
• Experience using SQL to pull data from a database.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Predictive Analytics, Business, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics or related field.
• Working knowledge of SQL or other analytical tools (R or Python) for conducting data analysis.
• Professional experience in forecasting or demand and supply planning.

Compensation and Benefits

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.

Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.

Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.

You will also receive PTO and / or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment.

It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.

Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates.

Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

Salary Range

The annual salary range for this position is $80,000.00-$202,000.00 depending on location and experience.

For Information About Benefits And Eligibility, See One.Walmart.

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