Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Walmart Fulfillment Services is looking for a Senior Manager, Data Science professional to work as a strategic partner across the organization. This role will work across forecasting, inventory management and allocation, to provide insights through the WFS org as we expand the business. The right candidate must be able to thrive and succeed in a startup environment, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. You will act as a Utility player providing insights and influencing strategic decision making. Maturity, analytical skills, strong influence, negotiation skills, and leadership are essential to success in this role.
Responsibilities
You'll design, model, develop and implement state-of-the-art models and solutions for execution and strategic planning. You will also execute analytical capability to help business leaders to understand the optimization opportunity and metrics
You will need to collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams to solve problems, create operational efficiencies, and deliver successfully against high organizational standards
As part of your role you will regularly interact with software engineering teams and business leadership
The focus of this role is to research, develop, and deploy models that will inform and support our business, primarily in the area of inventory placement/allocation
You will have the opportunity to work with group of scientists in the areas of forecasting, recommendation, transportation, meta-heuristics, market analysis, and integer programming
Partner with the engineering and operations teams to drive modeling and technical design for complex business problems
Develop accurate and scalable optimization, mathematical programming, and heuristic methods to solve our hardest transportation problems
Lead complex modeling analyses to aid management in making key business decisions and set new policies
Qualifications
PhD (OR Master's Degree plus 3+ years of industry or academic research experience) in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related field
3+ years of experience building machine learning or optimization models or developing algorithms for business application
Detailed knowledge of applied optimization methods
Demonstrable work experience on optimization models that have been deployed into production systems (strategic, planning, and/or operational)
Experience in writing scripts (Python) and/or software applications in programming languages such as C++, Java
Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
Strong problem-solving ability and the ability to work in ambiguous and constantly evolving environment
Strong personal interest in developing, researching, and creating new technologies with high customer impact
Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team.
Live our values
Culture Champion
• Models the Walmart values to foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; and supports Walmart's commitment to communities, social justice, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability; maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance.
Servant Leadership
• Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.
Embrace Change
Curiosity & Courage
• Demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.
Digital Transformation & Change
• Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.
Deliver for the Customer
Customer Focus
• Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans.
Strategic Thinking
• Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team's strategy.
Focus on our Associates
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Identifies, attracts, and retains diverse and inclusive team members; builds a high-performing team.
Collaboration & Influence
• Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.
Talent Management
• Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work, empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company, and regularly recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.
At Walmart, we offer compe
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posted: Aug. 25, 2024, 4:29 a.m.
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