(usa) Senior Manager, Data Science- Supply Chain Strategy

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Bentonville, AR

Senior Manager, Data Science role focused on shaping Walmart's long-term eCommerce fulfillment strategy. The role leverages AI as a practical enabler to improve speed, quality, and decision-making across analysis, synthesis, and communication within supply chain initiatives. Responsibilities include evaluating economics, developing business cases, partnering with cross-functional teams, and translating analytical findings into strategic recommendations. The role requires strong supply chain judgment, strategic thinking, and analytical fluency, with the ability to stay hands-on with data when needed. Experience in eCommerce fulfillment, transportation, or related environments is a plus.

What you'd actually do

  1. Shape strategy for improving eCommerce speed across assortments and fulfillment flows.
  2. Evaluate economics, business cases, and strategic tradeoffs for new and evolving supply chain initiatives.
  3. Partner with business owners and cross-functional teams to understand flows, scale, adoption inputs, and operational considerations that inform strategy.
  4. Translate analytical findings and modeling outputs into clear strategic recommendations and business decisions.
  5. Help structure less-defined strategic questions into actionable paths forward grounded in data, economics, and business priorities.

Skills

Required

  • Supply chain experience
  • Strategic thinking
  • Analytical fluency
  • Business case development
  • Economics evaluation
  • Cross-functional partnership
  • Data analysis
  • Communication skills
  • Leadership influence
  • Bachelors degree or equivalent experience

Nice to have

  • eCommerce fulfillment experience
  • Transportation experience
  • Parcel experience
  • Aviation experience
  • Marketplace-related environments experience
  • Advanced degree
  • Data science
  • Machine learning
  • Optimization models
  • PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics

What the JD emphasized

  • Strong supply chain experience required.
  • Experience building and driving strategic supply chain initiatives at scale.
  • Experience developing business cases, evaluating economics, and assessing tradeoffs tied to strategic decisions.
  • Track record of building and driving strategic initiatives end to end.