Sr. Manager, Decision Science – Supply Chain Analytics Best Buy

MinneAnalytics; Richfield, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Best Buy in Minnesota seeks a Senior Manager, Decision Science – Supply Chain Analytics to lead analytics initiatives across the supply chain, shaping strategy and guiding execution with cross-functional partners. You will mentor a team and translate business challenges into analytic engagements that deliver measurable outcomes.

You will oversee descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics to improve operations, partnering with supply chain, technology and data teams to embed data-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or business field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in a quantitative or supply chain field.
• 3+ years applying SQL, Python, R or similar tools and using visualization tools.
• 2+ years leading analytics professionals/teams.
• 2+ years analytics experience across supply chain functions (e.g., transportation, warehousing, final mile, fulfillment).

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and grow a team of individual contributors.
• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders and identify opportunities for analytics to drive outcomes.
• Partner with business stakeholders to define structured analytics engagements.
• Oversee design, development and deployment of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to co-create impactful solutions.
• Define success metrics and monitor performance of strategies and operations.
• Communicate insights to technical teams, business stakeholders and executives.

Skills

SQL/Python/R

Team leadership

Supply chain analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative or business field

Tools

Visualization tools

Job description

As a Sr. Manager, Decision Science – 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 be required to work some days on‑site at the Best Buy location listed on this posting and some days virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. 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 aide 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
• Effectively communicate with diverse audiences – including technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership – through both written and verbal channels

Basic Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, economics, management, supply chain) or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in a quantitative or supply chain field
• 3+ years of experience applying SQL, Python, R or similar tool and using visualization tools
• 2+ years of experience 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 or business field
• Exposure to on‑prem and cloud‑based analytics management
• Exposure to agile or sprint‑based work environment