Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About the Team 

As a part of the Walmart Last Mile Delivery organization, you will contribute to the success of our Transportation Network! Why? Because Sam Walton founded our company with the belief that the customer is #1. It is not just a belief, but our way of doing business. With our Last Mile Delivery Team at the forefront of retail transformation you can work on a team that is ultimately focused on delighting our customers, saving them both time and money in unexpected ways. As the biggest player in the game, we trust our associates to innovate the future of Last Mile Delivery! 

The Network Planning team within the Last Mile Delivery organization designs the outbound transportation network through lane planning, capacity management, and forecasting. As a fast-growing network, you will have the opportunity to build initiatives and frameworks on which to grow the business and influence the future state of the network. To do this, you will manage complex data, analyze existing and future opportunities to optimize the network, and work with operations and cross-functional partners to drive improvements to the system.

If you are motivated by complex, purposeful challenges, this role, with the world’s largest retailer, could be the fit you have been looking for.  Do you possess any of the following skills and experience?

Supply Chain or eCommerce domain knowledge

Collaborative analytics and project management to improve business operations.

Data processing and data quality validation to ensure the best possible data inputs are driving systemic solutions, and experience in SQL and Tableau.

Experience in cross-functional and ambiguous situations

You’ll make an impact through the following job functions:

Network Planning – Design and influence the outbound transportation network through lane planning, carrier capacity management, and forecasting.

Advanced Analytics: In-depth investigation of key drivers of transportation dynamic optimization and data quality. Work with large, complex, disparate datasets and conduct analyses to quickly inform critical business decisions. Develop data visualization to monitor and quantify the impact of changes and unique business challenges.

Partnership and Collaboration: Engage with team members and cross-functional teams on a regular basis. Analyze stakeholder needs and partner with them to create customer-focused solutions. 

Modeling: Develop and improve upon our models for continuous improvement of transportation management and network design.  Execute on exploratory and scenario analysis to shape future changes and product improvements.

Product engagement:  Collaborate with product teams to create roadmaps to build out the future state of the network, prioritizing initiatives and influencing cross-functional decisions.

Data Processing: Leverage data analysis tools to explore and process complex data.  Develop and test hypotheses, uses data to influence strategic work, builds and presents insights.

About You

You understand transportation or supply chain, whether in Retail ecommerce environment or similar industries

You are a problem solver and creative thinker: you think about finding the best solution that will work in days, instead of the perfect one that requires weeks.

You learn and adapt quickly, and are excellent at working on multiple cross-functional projects concurrently

You have excellent general modeling and data processing skills.

You are customer-centric in spirit and in execution.

You work well with ambiguity

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process. 

Perks and Benefits 

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.  

Who We Are 

Join Walmart and your work could help over 275 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you’ll quickly find we’re a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement.  From day one, you’ll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life. 

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

Minimum Qualifications...

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

As permitted by applicable law, provide evidence of full vaccination as defined by CDC guidelines OR secure approval of medical or religious accommodation for the vaccination mandate., Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Arts, Finance or related field and 1 year's

experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. Option 2: 3 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, 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, data analysis, statistics, or related field, Master’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field, Related industry experience (for example, retail, merchandising, healthcare, eCommerce), Successful completion of assessments in data analysis and Business Intelligence tools and scripting languages (for example, SQL, Python, Spark, Scala, R, Power BI, or Tableau)