Senior, Data Analyst

Position Summary... What you'll do... Position Summary The Transportation Operational Analytics role sits at the center of Walmarts transportation ecosystem, supporting how freight moves endtoend - from distribution centers to suppliers to stores. This position turns transportation system data into actionable insights that improve how trucks are planned, dispatched, monitored, and optimized across the network. This role partners closely with Transportation Operations, Home Office teams, and Field Support to analyze system performance, uncover inefficiencies, and drive databacked improvements that enhance service, reduce cost, and strengthen operational execution at scale. About Transportation Operational Analytics The Transportation Operational Analytics team serves as the central analytics hub for Walmarts Transportation organization, enabling datainformed decisions across the enterprise. We support the systems and processes that move trucks across the network -analyzing how freight flows from DCs to suppliers and stores, how transportation systems perform, and where opportunities exist to improve speed, cost, and service. The team focuses on: Building dashboards and analytical tools that monitor transportation KPIs and system performance. Supporting AOP savings initiatives through advanced analytics and optimization strategies. Providing adhoc and executiveready analytics that support fast, informed decisionmaking. Driving analytics for pilots and strategic initiatives tied to transportation systems, processes, and network changes. As part of this team, youll apply advanced analytics to real operational challenges, helping improve network efficiency, system reliability, and daytoday transportation execution. What Youll Do Transportation Systems & Operations Analytics Analyze transportation system data that supports the movement of trucks across the network - from distribution centers to suppliers and stores. Evaluate how operational processes and system configurations impact service, cost, utilization, and execution. Identify gaps, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities within transportation workflows and supporting systems. Data Management & Quality Extract, validate, and manage data from multiple transportation systems and data sources. Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and architectures to support analytics use cases. Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and alignment with governance and compliance standards. Analytics & Insight Generation Perform advanced analysis using SQL, Python, and statistical methods to uncover trends, risks, and optimization opportunities. Translate operational and system data into clear, actionable insights that drive efficiency and cost savings. Build dashboards and visualizations that provide visibility into transportation KPIs, performance drivers, and system health. Business Partnership & Communication Partner with Transportation Operations, Home Office teams, and crossfunctional stakeholders to define problems and align on metrics. Communicate insights through compelling storytelling and visualizations tailored to operational and leadership audiences. Support leadership with adhoc analyses to enable timely, databacked decisions. Optimization & Continuous Improvement Lead rootcause analyses to identify operational and system drivers of performance issues. Recommend and support process and system improvements using datadriven insights. Support pilots and strategic initiatives by providing analytics that inform decisionmaking and scaling decisions. Leadership & Technical Expertise Serve as a thought partner and mentor, promoting datadriven decisionmaking and continuous improvement practices. Ensure strong data quality, governance, and reliability across analytics solutions and deployments (e.g., GCP BigQuery). Contribute technical expertise to analytics development and operational problemsolving. What Youll Bring Expertise in SQL, Python, and data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI. Strong understanding of data quality management, data governance, and database technologies. Experience applying statistical techniques and exploratory data analysis to operational datasets. Ability to translate business and operational requirements into impactful analytics solutions. Proven experience delivering insights in a fastpaced, crossfunctional environment. Interest in understanding realworld logistics and transportation processesnot just reporting outcomes. Youll Make an Impact By Improving visibility into transportation systems and operational performance. Helping optimize how trucks move through the network - from DCs to suppliers to stores. Supporting cost savings initiatives and service improvements through databacked insights. Enabling teams to make faster, better decisions by translating complex data into clear direction. Strengthening operational excellence across Walmarts transportation network. 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 $80,000.00 - $155,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock Minimum Qualifications... Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications. Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Arts, Finance or related field and 2 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. Option 2: Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field. Option 3: 4 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, Masters 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) 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. About Walmart: Fifty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world's biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we're reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. You'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and create a career you're proud of.