(CAN) Manager, Real Estate Procurement-Construction Buy-Outs

Walmart•Mississauga, ON

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for leading vendor and category management strategies across critical equipment and construction-related categories, ensuring alignment with Walmart Canada, Global Sourcing, and U.S. Walmart teams. The role ensures compliance with design templates, operational objectives, and industry standards, while collaborating on strategic initiatives, real estate projects, and daily operations. This role focuses on governance and planning by creating and accurately updating forecasts. It ensures the timely delivery of equipment, and supplies to meet strategic initiatives, real estate projects, and store operations within set timelines. Developing an accountability strategy for onboarding new vendors and managing current vendors through standardized processes in vendor selection, reviewing and revisiting agreements to suit business needs, price negotiations, and inventory management is also essential. Lead vendor governance by owning and overseeing GNFR agreements, SLAs, and contractual frameworks to ensure alignment with Walmart’s operational, financial, and compliance requirements. Define, implement, and continuously improve KPIs, MSAs, and vendor scorecards; hold vendors accountable for performance, service quality, and value delivery. Provide category leadership by monitoring spend, market trends, and vendor performance, and partnering with Global Sourcing to shape RFP strategies and sourcing roadmaps. Pursuing continuous improvement, the role manages spend through strategic sourcing and develops guiding principles and tools for more efficient workflows in planning and executing programs and projects. Integration and customer service are crucial, requiring collaboration with various internal teams on strategic development and business requirements that align with corporate strategies. In terms of budgets and financials, the role provides accurate budgets for equipment on all real estate and strategic projects, ensuring costs align with approved budgets. Additionally, the role may involve leading, mentoring, and coaching procurement specialists, supporting their personal development through regular business reviews and one-on-one sessions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline (Mechanical or Industrial preferred).
Minimum of 8 years of experience in construction, facilities management, or technical equipment procurement (RTUs, AHUs, refrigeration vertical transportation, etc.).
Previous experience directly supporting business partners with minimum oversight.
Age - 16 or older

Responsibilities

Create and accurately update forecasts.
Ensure the timely delivery of equipment and supplies to meet strategic initiatives, real estate projects, and store operations within set timelines.
Develop an accountability strategy for onboarding new vendors and managing current vendors through standardized processes in vendor selection, reviewing and revisiting agreements to suit business needs, price negotiations, and inventory management.
Lead vendor governance by owning and overseeing GNFR agreements, SLAs, and contractual frameworks to ensure alignment with Walmart’s operational, financial, and compliance requirements.
Define, implement, and continuously improve KPIs, MSAs, and vendor scorecards; hold vendors accountable for performance, service quality, and value delivery.
Provide category leadership by monitoring spend, market trends, and vendor performance, and partnering with Global Sourcing to shape RFP strategies and sourcing roadmaps.
Manage spend through strategic sourcing and develop guiding principles and tools for more efficient workflows in planning and executing programs and projects.
Collaborate with various internal teams on strategic development and business requirements that align with corporate strategies.
Provide accurate budgets for equipment on all real estate and strategic projects, ensuring costs align with approved budgets.
Lead, mentor, and coach procurement specialists, supporting their personal development through regular business reviews and one-on-one sessions.