Manager, Merchant Analytics
City : Mississauga
Category : Regular/Permanent Merchandising
Industry : Retail
Employer : Walmart Canada
Position Summary...
Leads the Analytics and Insights team to deliver actionable data-driven insights, ensuring high-quality analysis and reporting. Partners with stakeholders to support strategic decisions, drive continuous improvement, and foster a data-driven culture across the organization.What you'll do...
What You’ll Do:
- Lead and develop the Analytics and Insights team, fostering a high-performance, data-driven culture.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand and translate needs into analytical solutions.
- Design, build, and maintain interactive dashboards and insightful reports.
- Validate data sources, ensuring data integrity and accuracy in all outputs.
- Provide actionable insights and recommendations to support strategic business decisions.
- Oversee and review analysts’ work to ensure quality and efficiency.
- Leverage AI tools to automate processes and enhance team efficiency.
- Empower other teams by training and enabling effective use of analytics platforms.
- Continuously identify opportunities to improve reporting processes and analytics capabilities.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Science, or a related quantitative discipline.
- Minimum 5 years’ extensive experience in data and statistical analysis.
- Hands-on experience with programming languages such as SQL and Python.
- Proven experience working in the Retail Industry is a plus.
- Expertise in Business Intelligence reporting using Tableau, Looker, or Power BI to drive actionable insights.
- Exceptional storytelling and presentation-building skills, translating complex statistical concepts into clear, actionable business insights.
- Strong business acumen and stakeholder management skills.
Leadership Expectations:
Respect the Individual:
Demonstrates and encourages respect for others; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; supports workplaces where associated feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging, so all associates thrive and perform; contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work.
Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team, developing others through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; and recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively to achieve objectives; communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences; and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work.
Acts with Integrity:
Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving).
Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and encourages others to do the same; supports an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns; reinforces our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action; acts with accountability for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.
Is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.
Serve our Customers:
Delivers results while putting the customer first and applying an omni-merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.
Adopts a broad perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans.
Strive for Excellence:
Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions; supports innovation and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.
Implements and supports continuous improvements and willingly embraces new digital tools and ways of working.
Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Age – 16 or olderPreferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.
Primary Location…
1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada