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This role requires deep expertise in data strategy, model development, and deployment to deliver actionable insights that drive measurable business impact. The successful candidate will collaborate across functions to translate business needs into innovative data solutions, mentor team members, and promote continuous improvement. This position demands a strong foundation in statistical and optimization methods, coding, and data governance to support Walmart’s strategic objectives and enhance decision-making capabilities.About the team: The Supply Chain Strategy team at Walmart leads long-term network planning through data-driven methods, advanced modeling, and cross-functional collaboration. They assess strategic locations, capacity, inventory flows, transportation, and capital investments. Partnering with Operations, Finance, and Technology, the team develops scalable analytical frameworks using Python, SQL, optimization, simulation, and AI. Their insights support enterprise decisions on asset strategy, capacity expansion, fulfillment design, and network evolution. The team’s unified modeling approach, FALCON, integrates multi-dimensional data to optimize customer value, market share, and capital deployment, enabling Walmart to enhance supply chain efficiency and deliver sustained business value.\nWhat you'll do...\nWhat you'll do:Analyze complex business problems using advanced data analytics, machine learning and optimization techniques to identify root causes and recommend effective solutions.\nDevelop and implement predictive models and optimization algorithms to support strategic business initiatives and improve operational outcomes.\nDesign and deliver clear, impactful data visualizations and narratives tailored to stakeholder needs, facilitating informed decision-making.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable data strategies and technology solutions.\nMentor team members on analytical methods, model validation, and best practices to enhance overall data science capabilities.\nMonitor deployed models to ensure accuracy, sustainability, and alignment with business objectives.\nWhat you'll bring:\nExtensive experience in advanced data analysis, machine learning, causal inference to solve complex business problems.\nStrong background and experience in mathematical optimization (such as mixed integer programming, greedy search and other heuristics)\nProficiency in data visualization tools and techniques to create clear, impactful insights for stakeholders.\nAbility to translate business requirements into actionable analytics strategies aligned with organizational goals.\nSkilled in coding languages such as Python and SQL for developing and testing analytical models.\nProven capability to mentor teams and communicate complex data insights effectively.\nAt 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. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.\nYou 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.\nFor information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.\nLive 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. \nEligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. \nFor information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.\nThe annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00 - $260,000.00\nAdditional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.\nAdditional compensation for certain positions may also include : \n- Stock\nㅤ\nㅤ\nㅤ\nㅤ\n\nMinimum Qualifications...\nOutlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.\nOption 1: Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 7years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2: Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science,\nInformation Technology or related field and 5 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3: 9 years' experience in an analytics or related\nfield.\n3 years' supervisory experience.\nPreferred Qualifications...\nOutlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.\nData science, machine learning, optimization models, PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R, Supervisory experience, Using open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch)Primary Location...\n601 N Walton Blvd., Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of AmericaWalmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. 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