Director of Supply Chain Strategy Decision Science

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Best Buy

As the Director of Supply Chain Strategy Decision Science

you will provide both thought leadership and people leadership to identify, develop, and implement increasingly effective Analytics and Decision Science capabilities to optimize Supply Chain strategic decisions.

This position requires strategic thinking, cross-functional leadership and influence across the organization as well as a strong understanding of applied advanced analytics, data science, machine learning, statistics and decision science to identify, activate and deliver solutions with innovation, competitive advantage and growth. To that end, this leader must have strong business acumen, well-honed leadership skills, a consultative approach, and expertise in quantitative and qualitative methods.

What will you do?

Develop and drive Supply Chain Strategy Analytics and Decision Science work

Influence decision making through effective thought leadership and demonstrating what's possible.

Oversee and direct the identification, scoping, prioritization, activation, delivery and management of analytical solutions to leverage intelligence in Supply Chain strategic decisions.

Evaluate the balance of work demanded vs. resources available across Data and Analytics teams and articulate tradeoffs to clients and executives.

Develop, package, and present proposals for capital funding and operational expense funding to drive forward state-of-the-art analytics.

Contribute to the preparation and review of projects assuring quality, consistency, and utility.

Foster and develop engagement and partnerships cross-functionally throughout the enterprise

Present to and partner collaboratively with Sr. VPs, VPs and Sr. Directors to optimize business decisions leveraging intelligence.

Interface and work cross functionally with other relevant functional areas (Finance, Category, Retail, Ecommerce, Technology, Marketing, Customer Experience, Labor etc.) to drive a greater understanding of the impact of and to Supply Chain efforts and facilitate optimization and seamless execution.

Communicate analytic concepts in easy to understand real world business context to all levels of employees, from line level to executive.

Leadership, Team Development, People Management and Budget Management

Develop a team strategic vision and participate in annual planning process.

Set clear direction and expectations for the team and holds them accountable to those expectations.

Delegate effectively and ensures clarity of responsibilities, decision rights and accountabilities.

Coach and develop others to achieve maximum potential and personal satisfaction.

Foster a learning environment and promotes knowledge-sharing across teams.

Attract and grow high-quality skilled talent to maximize the collective capability and meet the future needs of the enterprise in partnership with Human Resources.

Oversee third-party vendors and/or contract workers. Activities include contract reviews, monthly status reviews, invoice/budgeting and ensuring performance success.

Exploration of new, innovative, and cutting-edge methods and processes

Keep abreast of new theories, strategies and best practices in the industry.

Think beyond current knowledge and existing assumptions to develop new solutions, applications and strategies.

Drive efficiencies across analytics and reporting processes by the use of automation and implementation of industry best practices.

Represent Best Buy at industry conferences.

Basic Requirements

Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, economics, engineering, the physical sciences, computer science, or similar field with quantitative rigor

11 years or more experience in retail, analytics, business, or related area

5 years’ experience using applied analytics, statistics and/or data science, in a large corporate environment, to solve large, complex, time sensitive business problems

6 years’ of direct or indirect managerial or leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Supply Chain Network Optimization

Masters degree in business, statistics, mathematics, economics, engineering, the physical sciences, computer science or similar field with quantitative rigor.

Demonstrated success collaborating/influencing cross functional business teams/decisions

5 years’ experience leveraging data science and data visualization tools, such as SQL, Tableau/PowerBI, SAS, R and/or Python

1 year or more of influencing and presenting to executives

Company info

Best Buy
Website : http://www.bestbuy.com