Position Summary...Lead workforce volume forecasting for Walmart Pharmacy locations, turning data into clear staffing actions that improve associate experience and customer care. As the forecasting owner, you'll connect predictive insights to field execution-helping ensure the right coverage, at the right time, across a complex network. This is a high-visibility role with direct impact on hiring and scheduling decisions.
About Health & Wellness Workforce Management (Analytics)
The Health & Wellness Workforce Management team sits within the Operations Coordination & Support organization and helps ensure pharmacy teams are staffed to meet customer demand. Workforce Management is organized into three pillars-Operations, Innovations, and Analytics. This role is on the Analytics pillar, partnering closely with Operations and Data Science to translate forecasting and reporting into practical, store-ready recommendations.
What you'll do...- Own end-to-end volume forecasting for all Walmart Pharmacy locations and communicate forecast outputs clearly.
- Partner with Data Science to improve accuracy and expand predictive modeling use cases.
- Monitor store performance and provide proactive, "white glove" staffing and hiring recommendations.
- Collaborate with Operations to align store-level forecasts with network capacity and execution needs.
What you'll bring
- Hands-on SQL (or similar coding) experience to query, validate, and analyze operational data.
- Background in analytics, reporting, or workforce management with measurable business impact.
- Experience translating data insights into actions for store/field operations.
- Ability to learn new business domains quickly and adapt forecasting approaches as needs evolve.
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.
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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 :
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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 Option 2: 2 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, Master's 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...1601 SE 10th St, 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.
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