Senior Manager, Business Analysis & Insights - Sales Strategy and Enablement

Join the Walmart Connect China Sales Strategy and Enablement Team as a dynamic leader passionate about digital advertising and e-commerce. This role involves proactive account management, insights generation, and support for the fastest-growing segment in Ads Business. A strong executive presence is required to build essential relationships across Sales, Operations, and leadership teams. Key responsibilities include supporting the small and medium business (Emerging and Marketplace) team in areas such as measurement, scaled reporting, performance, best operational practices, and research opportunities.

We are searching for a motivated self-starter with exceptional technical skills, dedicated to managing operational processes, and capable of coordinating with the broader team to execute key projects and scale the operation and processes efficiently. The ideal candidate will be an expert in revenue operation, including revenue routing, data modelling, segmentation design, quota setting, opportunity pipeline management, annual account planning, goal setting, and organizational planning. Effective stakeholder management skills are vital for enabling cross-functional collaboration. The successful candidate will also possess strong people management skills, excellent analytical abilities, and a solid business acumen. They should be comfortable with ambiguity, exhibit strong attention to detail, and be motivated by a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment.

What you'll do...

Business Measurement & Reporting:

• Collaborate with leaders in the Emerging and Marketplace team to design, develop, and propose solutions for reporting and measurement needs.
• Lead the process of collecting third-party and internal data, ensuring data quality for appropriate measurements and KPIs.
• Develop a data model and serve as the source of truth for reporting needs. Own and develop scaled reporting solutions for China Sales team needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data accuracy and precision in pipeline and activity data. Manage dashboards and reports to facilitate teams' understanding of business health and goal achievement levels.

Strategy Planning:

• Address ambiguous strategic questions facing the business and collaborate with leaders across Walmart Connect China to build business cases for new business initiatives.
• Ensure smooth execution of these initiatives across diverse cross-functional partners.
• Develop a profound understanding of our overall business and how our different ads products, media channels, and sales investments align with our broader strategy.
• Develop various input and output metrics we will use to evaluate our progress, which will serve as the backbone of our WBR/MBR reporting process. This role will also leverage strong data extraction skills to develop reporting deliverables, create ad hoc analyses on business results and sales performance, provide insights used to help business planning, and implement ideas for process improvement.

Special Projects and In-depth Analysis:

• Act as the primary point of contact for China Sales Leaders, offering insights into metric movements and trends and providing data-driven insights.
• Support decision-making by specifying requirements for developing analytic capabilities, platforms, pipelines, and metrics, and then use them to analyze trends and identify root causes.
• Lead and conduct ad hoc analyses, ranging from creating new metrics to identifying the root causes of revenue fluctuations.
• Work independently as the go-to person for day-to-day analytical needs.

What You'll Bring:

• At least 5 years of work experience in a role requiring analytical skills, such as business analyst, data analyst, or statistical analyst.
• Profound experience in sales processes and tools, including Salesforce CRM systems, sales quota and territory assignment, and analytics, to support a world-class Sales Team.
• Proficiency in writing complex and efficient SQL queries to extract data.
• Ability to work with internal and external customers to gather and document business requirements and user stories, propose solutions, evaluate feasibility, conduct technology assessments, ROI analysis, and assess complexity for various potential process and system solutions.
• Competence in managing core Sales Operations processes, such as Account Planning, Quota Development, Sales Performance Management, Sales Incentive programs, and data issue resolution.
• Ability to partner with core internal technical teams (CRM, Data Warehouse, etc.) to design and implement sales operations solutions that address customer needs.
• Proficiency in analyzing sales processes and mechanisms for sub-optimal performance, with an emphasis on defect reduction and productivity improvement.
• The ability to communicate findings and make recommendations for improvement clearly and effectively.
• The capability to model and simulate improvements to existing business processes, evaluate 'what-if' scenarios, and conduct dry runs to identify and resolve gaps before implementation.
• Capacity to independently manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize responsibilities.
• Aptitude for cross-functional collaboration across various teams, with a strong ability to multitask with a sense of urgency.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, even when faced with ambiguity.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Benefits & Perks:

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

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.

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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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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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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.

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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.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $96,000.00-$186,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock