Manager - Distribution Analytics

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Position Purpose:
 

The Manager, Distribution Analytics is a key leader within the Supply Chain Analytics organization, responsible for driving productivity planning, staffing strategy, and advanced analytics across The Home Depot's distribution network. This role leads a team of 3 analysts/Sr analysts supporting critical planning processes, including annual productivity planning, mid-year replans, network productivity modeling, staffing optimization, and executive-level decision support. The manager works closely with Finance, Planning, Engineering, Workforce Operations, and Supply Chain leadership to translate operational strategies into measurable productivity and labor plans.

This position combines people leadership, technical expertise, and strong business partnership skills to deliver scalable analytical solutions, modernize planning processes, and improve operational performance. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical capabilities in SQL, Excel, and Tableau, thrives in ambiguous environments, communicates effectively with senior leaders, and can balance recurring planning cycles with strategic projects. Experience in supply chain operations, productivity planning, labor management, and process optimization is highly desirable. Success in this role requires the ability to lead through influence, develop team capabilities, and drive cross-functional alignment on some of the organization's most important labor and productivity decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• 10% - Planning and Implementation - Plans and implements department's goals and objectives.
• 40% - Problem Solving - Provides sophisticated and scalable solutions when confronting challenging analytical and technical challenges.
• 10% - Project Management - Executes projects in a timely and fiscally responsible manner with utmost customer satisfaction.
• 40% - Team Leadership - Manages, develops, and maintains a team dedicated to analytics projects throughout numerous elements of the supply chain.
   

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This Position typically reports to Senior Manager
• This role has 4 direct reports.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 5% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions, there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
   

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Working knowledge of Tableau
• Working knowledge of presentation software (e.g., Microsoft PowerPoint)
• Working knowledge of analytical/statistics software (e.g., SPSS, SAS, R, Stata)
• Working knowledge of HRIS software (e.g., IBM Kenexa, PeopleFluent, Tesseract)
• Proficient with data mining software (e.g., IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, Hadoop)
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Ability to develop and apply advanced mathematical/statistical techniques
• Ability to draw accurate conclusions from financial documentation
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Ability to convey complex or technical ideas and processes in easy-to-understand terms to diverse audiences
• Ability to negotiate, handle complaints, settle disputes, and resolve grievances with both internal and external customers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Working experience with Google Big Query 
• Working knowledge of writing SQL and/or Python

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED.
   

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor's degree
   

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 3

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• 4
   

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• 1+ year of previous leadership experience

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• 2+ years of previous leadership experience

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Action Oriented
• Being Resilient
• Business Insights
• Decision Quality
• Directs Work
• Global Perspective
• Manages Ambiguity
• Nimble Learning
• Ensures Accountability
• Manages Complexity
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Plans and Aligns
• Communicates Effectively
• Customer Focus
• Drives Results
• Manages Conflict
• Strategic Mindset