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Senior Product Analyst / Demand Analyst
Walmart
San Bruno, CA, United States
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Position Description
We are looking for demand analysts to help build next generation forecasting models for Walmart. Improved forecast accuracy will help drive down the inventory days of supply and reduce waste for perishable grocery – savings measured in billions of dollars – while improving our instocks.
Effectively predicting demand involves learning from past sales and modeling the effects price, promotions, store placements, local events, weather etc. Doing this a Walmart scale – over 500 M store item combinations - makes it one of the largest and most challenging problems of its kind in the world while also being the most impactful. Talk to us to if you are interested in taking up the challenge.
Minimum Qualifications
• BS/MS in Business/Statistics/Engineering or another highly quantitative discipline.
• Knowledge of demand management/forecasting tools, forecasting processes in sales, marketing operations, finance, manufacturing and supply chain issues.
• Experience conducting forecasting analysis, insuring forecasting processes and methods are followed.
• Extensive spreadsheet analysis and strong mathematical abilities
• Comfortable working with large data sets
• Experience collaborating with technology and business teams
• Familiar with statistical and machine learning techniques, such as regression, clustering, and classification.
• Experience in R or Python and the forecasting, machine learning and scientific computing packages associated with them.
• Knowledge of relational databases and SQL.
Company Summary
Walmart Global eCommerce is comprised of Walmart.com, VUDU, SamsClub.com, and our technical powerhouse @WalmartLabs. Here, innovators incubate next gen e-commerce solutions in real-time. We integrate online, physical, and mobile shopping experiences for billions of customers around the globe. How do we do it? We continuously build and invest in new technology including open source tools and big data innovations. Data scientists, front and back-end engineers, product managers, and web and UX/UI teams collaborate alongside e-commerce experts to envision, prototype, and bring revolutionary ideas to life in a dynamic, flexible and fun work culture.