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Position Summary... What you'll do...Role summary:
The Senior Manager, Data Science, leads Data science  to develop and scale supply chain network models that support strategic decisions. The role requires hands-on capability in network design, capacity modeling, cost-to-serve, scenario analysis, optimization, and data visualization. This leader partners with cross-functional stakeholders, mentors team members, and ensures models are accurate, scalable, and grounded in operational reality. The successful candidate will structure complex network problems, evaluate tradeoffs across nodes and fulfillment paths, and build repeatable decision-support tools using strong programming skills. Experience in supply chain analytics, network design, operations research, optimization, capacity planning, or transportation modeling is strongly preferred.
About the team:
The Supply Chain Strategy team shapes Walmart’s long-term network through data-driven strategy, advanced modeling, and cross-functional decision support. The team evaluates strategic node locations, network roles and capabilities, long-range capacity needs, inventory and customer demand flows, transportation design, cost-to-serve, and capital investments. Partnering across Operations, Transportation, Inventory, Finance, Product, Technology, Real Estate, Engineering, and Program Management, the team develops scalable analytical frameworks using Python, SQL, optimization, simulation, and AI. These insights guide enterprise decisions on asset strategy, capacity expansion, fulfillment design, network evolution, customer speed, operating cost, and multi-year capital deployment.
What you'll do:

• Shape Walmart’s long-term supply chain network through data-driven strategy and advanced modeling.
• Evaluates strategic node locations, network roles, capacity needs, inventory and demand flows, transportation, cost-to-serve, and capital investments.
• Partners across Operations, Transportation, Finance, Product, Technology, Real Estate, Engineering, and Program Management.
• Uses Python, SQL, optimization, simulation, and AI to translate long-range growth into scalable network plans.
• Informs asset strategy, capacity expansion, fulfillment design, and multi-year capital deployment.

What you'll bring:

• Experience applying data science, analytics, optimization, simulation, or network design to complex supply chain problems.
• Experience in fulfillment, distribution, transportation, inventory flow, network design, or eCommerce environments at scale.
• Strong SQL skills, with the ability to independently extract, manipulate, validate, and analyze large datasets.
• Experience building analytical and modeling solutions using Python or similar tools.
• Experience with optimization, network modeling, capacity planning, scenario analysis, or cost-to-serve modeling.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to summarize complex analytical work clearly for senior leaders.
• AI fluency and curiosity, with practical mindset toward leveraging AI to improve modeling speed, analytical quality, and decision-making.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s or PhD preferred.

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. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. 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. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. 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.
Eligibility 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.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...

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

Option 1: Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 5 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3: 7 years' experience in an 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.

Data 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), We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture. Primary Location... 805 Respect, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America Walmart 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. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.