Best Buy
Senior Manager, Decision Science-Supply Chain Analytics
Best Buy, Richfield, Minnesota, United States
As a Senior Manager, Supply Chain Analytics within the Best Buy Digital, Analytics, and Technology organization, you will be responsible for delivering high-impact analytic solutions that drive strategic and operational outcomes across the supply chain organization. You will play a critical role in shaping the team’s strategy, owning work prioritization, guiding technical execution, and partnering cross-functionally to embed data-driven decision-making into the business. The team seeks a candidate with extensive background in supply chain operations and experience in applying analytic techniques to solve problems in supply chain.
This role is hybrid, which means you will work some days on site at a Best Buy location and some days virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you’ll do
Lead, mentor and grow a team of individual contributors
Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, understand business challenges and identify opportunities where analytical solutions can drive improved business outcomes
Partner with business stakeholders to develop their requests into well-structured outcome-based engagements with clear analytic solutions scope
Oversee the design, development and deployment of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics to aid in continuous improvement of Best Buy’s supply chain
Partner cross‑functionally with supply chain, technology, data operations and ML ops leaders to co‑create solutions that deliver impact on operations
Define success metrics and determine measurement criteria for new capabilities and to monitor the performance of established strategies and operations consistently
Leverage custom-built models and off-the-shelf optimization packages to build solutions to address supply chain opportunities
Effectively communicate with diverse audiences – including technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership – through both written and verbal channels
Basic qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., mathematics, statistics, operations research, computer science) or equivalent experience
5+ years in a quantitative or supply chain field
3+ years applying SQL, Python, R or similar tool and using visualization tools
2+ years of leading analytics professionals/teams, directly or indirectly.
2+ years of analytics experience across supply chain functions (e.g., transportation, warehousing, final mile, fulfillment)
Preferred qualifications
Master’s degree in a quantitative field
Exposure to on‑prem and cloud‑based analytics management
Exposure to agile or sprint-based work environment
Prior direct people leadership experience
What’s in it for you We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well‑being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
Competitive pay
Generous employee discount
Physical and mental well‑being support
About us As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes. Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future.
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.
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This role is hybrid, which means you will work some days on site at a Best Buy location and some days virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you’ll do
Lead, mentor and grow a team of individual contributors
Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, understand business challenges and identify opportunities where analytical solutions can drive improved business outcomes
Partner with business stakeholders to develop their requests into well-structured outcome-based engagements with clear analytic solutions scope
Oversee the design, development and deployment of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics to aid in continuous improvement of Best Buy’s supply chain
Partner cross‑functionally with supply chain, technology, data operations and ML ops leaders to co‑create solutions that deliver impact on operations
Define success metrics and determine measurement criteria for new capabilities and to monitor the performance of established strategies and operations consistently
Leverage custom-built models and off-the-shelf optimization packages to build solutions to address supply chain opportunities
Effectively communicate with diverse audiences – including technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership – through both written and verbal channels
Basic qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., mathematics, statistics, operations research, computer science) or equivalent experience
5+ years in a quantitative or supply chain field
3+ years applying SQL, Python, R or similar tool and using visualization tools
2+ years of leading analytics professionals/teams, directly or indirectly.
2+ years of analytics experience across supply chain functions (e.g., transportation, warehousing, final mile, fulfillment)
Preferred qualifications
Master’s degree in a quantitative field
Exposure to on‑prem and cloud‑based analytics management
Exposure to agile or sprint-based work environment
Prior direct people leadership experience
What’s in it for you We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well‑being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
Competitive pay
Generous employee discount
Physical and mental well‑being support
About us As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes. Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future.
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.
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