Data Analytics Manager Jobs in Arkansas

Position Summary

Step into a pivotal role where data becomes action. As Manager, Data Analytics within Sourcing Solutions PE&A, you’ll lead the insights and decision frameworks that shape sourcing strategy across categories and markets. This highly visible opportunity lets you influence senior leaders, accelerate sourcing outcomes, and embed analytics into everyday decision-making. If you’re ready to lead through impact, not just analysis, this is your next move.

About Process Excellence & Acceleration Team/Sourcing Solutions
Sourcing Solutions PE&A simplifies, standardizes, and accelerates sourcing decisions through analytics, process optimization, and scalable insights. The team partners with Sourcing, Product, Merchandising, Finance, and Procurement to turn complex data into trusted intelligence, driving speed, clarity, and value across the Source-to-Contract lifecycle. In this critical leadership role, you’ll set analytical standards, shape performance narratives, and ensure insights are embedded in sourcing operations.

- Design and implement business intelligence solutions to identify cost-savings opportunities and ensure adoption.
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Sourcing, Procurement, Finance, and Merchandising to align data needs, performance metrics, and insights; driving work with urgency and agility while navigating competing priorities to deliver results.
- Structure ambiguous problems with prescriptive analytics, root-cause analysis and establish clear, governable business logic.
- Build and present executive-ready visual stories to drive value-driven actions.
- Mentor and upskill the team to build analytical bench strength.

What you’ll bring

- Strong analytical and strategic problem-solving skills; experience translating data into actionable intelligence.
- Data and tech savvy, with AI/ML knowledge in business context and experience pulling, manipulating, and interpreting large datasets; fluency in outcomes-based analysis.
- Ability to lead through influence with clear, compelling communication.
- Have proven experience developing practical predictive models in business domain.
- Background in engineering, statistics, computational science, or related quantitative field.
- Experience in management consulting, sourcing & procurement, supply chain, or business strategy.

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.

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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:
- Stock

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, or related field and 2 years’ experience conducting mathematical or statistical research, analysis and modeling intelligence, corporate security, or related area OR 4 years’ experience conducting mathematical or statistical research, analysis and modeling intelligence, corporate security, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications

Business analysis and reporting, Microsoft Office, Statistical modeling software

Primary Location

703 Associate Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

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