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It All Starts with Our People

As the leader in automotive preventive maintenance, Valvoline has a proven track record of growth. We continue to invest in our people, processes, and technology to strengthen our ability to efficiently deliver Quick, Easy, Trusted service across all our stores - every day. We're not just in the car business; we're in the people business. And we're looking for humble, hungry, and smart people to help us shape the future of mobility. If you're hungry to drive change and seek a dynamic, collaborative environment that fuels both personal and professional growth, you've found your place with us.

Our highest priority is creating a welcoming workplace with team members from a wide variety of diverse backgrounds and experiences.

While this is a remote role and candidates from all U.S. locations are welcome to apply, preference will be given to those based in the Eastern Time Zone to align with core business hours and team collaboration.

The Opportunity

The People Analytics & Insights Manager is responsible for transforming workforce data into actionable insights that inform and direct business decisions across Valvoline and Valvoline Instant Oil Change (VIOC). This role partners closely with Reporting & Compliance and HR leaders to move beyond reporting toward insight-driven decision making, with a strong emphasis on employee listening and analytics enablement at scale.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Partner closely with Reporting & Compliance to ensure data accuracy, consistency, governance, and compliance while translating reports into meaningful insights for leaders.
• Analyze workforce data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities related to retention, engagement, staffing, performance, and workforce health.
• Develop business-relevant insights that connect people metrics to operational and financial outcomes, particularly within high-volume, frontline environments.
• Serve as a thought partner to HRBPs and business leaders, helping them interpret data and apply insights to workforce decisions.
• Own and manage the employee listening strategy using Workday Peakon, including survey design, administration, driver analysis, and insight generation.
• Enable leaders with clear, practical survey results and guidance to support action planning and sustained improvement.
• Create executive-ready dashboards, summaries, and narratives that clearly articulate "what's happening," "why it matters," and "what to do next."
• Establish and maintain standard people metrics while allowing flexibility for business-specific insights.
• Continuously improve analytics capability by identifying opportunities to enhance tools, processes, and data literacy across HR.
• Support enterprise and functional readouts (e.g., HRLT, business reviews, SteerCo) as needed.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree required (Human Resources, Analytics, Business, Data Science, or related field preferred)
• 5+ years of experience in people analytics, workforce analytics, HR analytics, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated experience translating data into insights that influence business decisions
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative data
• Experience working with HR systems and analytics platforms; Workday and/or Peakon experience preferred
• Experience with HR data tools such as Workday Prism preferred
• Ability to communicate complex data in clear, compelling ways to non-technical audiences
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment with multiple stakeholders
• Strong partnership mindset with the ability to influence without authority
• Utilize advanced Excel features (such as PivotTables, Power Pivot, XLOOKUP/INDEX MATCH, and Power Query) and SQL to extract, clean, and analyze large-scale HR data
• Create executive-level dashboards using strong design principles to present clear, actionable insights
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

All Roads Lead to Valvoline

We know everyone's path looks different. Whether you're just getting started or are looking to grow into something more, Valvoline is a place where you can build a meaningful career-backed by a team that believes in your potential. Ready to bring what drives you? Let's go!

We Take Care of the WHOLE You

• Health insurance plans (medical, dental, vision)
• HSA and flexible spending accounts
• 401(k)
• Incentive opportunity*
• Life insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Paid vacation and holidays*
• Employee Assistance Program
• Valvoline Instant Oil Change discounts
• Tuition reimbursement*
• Adoption assistance*

*Terms and conditions apply, and benefits may differ depending on position.

Your Path to Valvoline

Valvoline provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Join us in revolutionizing the automotive aftermarket industry while enjoying competitive benefits, a supportive work culture, and opportunities for advancement. Apply now and become an integral part of our journey at Valvoline.

The Company endeavors to make its recruitment process accessible to any and all users.Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request to applicants with disabilities to facilitate equal opportunity throughout the recruitment and selection process.Please contact Human Resources at 1.833.VVV.Report or email ECC@valvoline.comto make a request for reasonable accommodation during any aspect of the recruitment and selection process.The contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications.