Job Description

Position Summary...

What you\'ll do...

The Senior Manager II, Advanced Analytics leads a Continuous Improvement team by identifying areas of loss through analytics within transportation. This role leads implementation of lean methodologies to reduce loss, as well as develop, implement, and control process improvement. This role leads step change in process improvement with multiple stakeholders.

You\xe2\x80\x99ll sweep us off our feet if\xe2\x80\xa6

• You have demonstrated success leading and developing a team.
• You have supply chain, replenishment, and/or transportation experience.
• You have compelling, persuasive oral and written communication skills and can build strong cross-functional relationships and influence change.
• Data visualization experience with tools like Tableau or PowerBI.
• You have advanced exploratory data analysis skills and ability to make analytical, data driven recommendations and solutions and develop your team to do same.
• You have extreme ownership and Intellectual curiosity that leads to process and business improvement.
• You are comfortable with shifting priorities in fast moving and sometimes ambiguous environment.
• Project Management experience with end-to-end ownership of projects a plus.
• You have Six Sigma Certification a plus.

You\xe2\x80\x99ll make an impact by\xe2\x80\xa6

• Advanced Analytics: Guiding your team through in-depth investigation of key drivers of transportation dynamic optimization and data quality. Work with large, disparate datasets to measure business KPIs and to conduct strategic analyses to inform critical business decisions. Develop data visualization to monitor and quantify the impact of changes and unique business challenges and use data to influence strategic decision making.
• Partnership and Collaboration: Engaging with senior leadership, team members and cross-functional partners on a consistent basis and establish credibility and influence change. Drive process optimization and collaboration across the organization. This role will have direct interaction with Merchants & Replenishment managers to build a partnership to support business needs and growth. Provides consulting expertise and acts as a subject matter expert to senior functional leadership; articulates the needs of current and future customers to executive leadership. Reviews and influences business strategies and integrates customer strategies to achieve business objectives. Consults with executive leadership to identify and answer critical questions to drive business decisions.
• Planning: Thinking strategically to identify the key metrics and initiatives needed to drive change within the organization. Quickly translate strategic, conceptual ideas into clear action plans, roadmaps, and timelines.
• Continuous Improvement: Analyze and improve processes by leveraging lean, six sigma, and zero-loss principles. Identify opportunities to positively impact cost and growth plans, and influence incorporation into long-range plans.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science, Analytics, Statistics or relevant field with 5 years of experience in analytics related field or Master\xe2\x80\x99s degree in Supply Chain, Data Science, Computer Science, Analytics, Statistics or relevant field with 4 years of experience in analytics related.
• Six Sigma Certification Black Belt

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Bachelor\'s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, or related field and 4 years\' experience in data analytics or related field OR 6 years\'
experience in data analytics or related field.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Certificate in business analytics, data mining, or statistical analysis, Statistical programming languages (for example, SAS, R)

Masters: Business Administration, Masters: Information Systems, Masters: Statistics

Primary Location... 311 NORTH WALTON BOULEVARD, BENTONVILLE, AR 72716, United States of America

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