Senior Manager, Automation Engineering, Roadmap Strategy

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

1d•$110,000 - $220,000•Onsite

About The Position

Walmart is seeking a Senior Manager, Program Design Strategy to help shape the future of our perishable supply chain network. This is a high-visibility role at the intersection of strategy, automation design, facility design, finance, and advanced analytics, with direct influence on how Walmart plans and earns approval for major capital investments across the network. In this role, you will do far more than analyze data. You will turn complex operational, financial, and design inputs into clear, decision-ready recommendations that influence senior leaders and help define the roadmap for a multi-billion-dollar supply chain transformation. You’ll partner closely with cross-functional teams across network strategy, finance, and automation design, building the business cases, cost models, and transformation scenarios that guide how Walmart’s automated perishable network evolves. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives on combining large-scale data analysis, financial modeling, executive storytelling, and automation strategy to drive meaningful business decisions. What you'll do... What You’ll Do In your first 12 months, your success will be defined by the business outcomes you help create, including: Build and refine the standardized design cost models and assumptions used across transformation planning and business case development for future perishable supply chain investments. Lead the development of decision-ready business cases that translate operational data, design inputs, and financial assumptions into clear recommendations for executive leaders. Shape the finance and roadmap strategy for supply chain transformation by creating scenarios, testing assumptions, and helping leaders evaluate tradeoffs across network design, capacity, cost, and service. Support the development of annual operating plans and long term capital forecasting for executive level finance mechanisms. Build the initial concept sizing and design requirement datasets for new projects, helping establish early perspectives on throughput, storage, cost, and overall business value. Partner across strategy, finance, automation design, and direct design teams to connect technical design choices with long-term business and capital planning decisions. Use large datasets, mathematical models, and emerging analytics approaches, including AI-enabled analytics where appropriate, to improve the quality and speed of strategic decision-making. Create compelling presentations and executive materials that convert dense analyses into concise, persuasive narratives for SVP- and EVP-level audiences. Travel to both automated and non-automated distribution sites to understand operational realities and incorporate those learnings into future-state network strategies. Begin by learning Walmart’s network, operations, and transformation priorities in your first 30 days; establish strong cross-functional partnerships and apply field insights to modeling and strategy by 60 days; and by 90 days, start owning major projects, analytics, and financial models that influence future investment decisions.

Requirements

A track record of turning complex data into business decisions, especially in environments where analytics, operations, finance, and automation design intersect.
Experience building business cases, cost-benefit analyses, and financial models that support large-scale capital, transformation, or network decisions.
The ability to communicate dense technical or financial information in a clear, concise, and executive-ready way.
Experience developing and presenting leadership decks and influencing senior stakeholders through strong storytelling and structured recommendations.
Background in one or more of the following areas: supply chain automation design, facility design, manufacturing design, or industrial automation.
Comfort working with large datasets, mathematical modeling, and advanced analytics to evaluate scenarios, quantify opportunities, and guide strategy.
An engineering-based foundation is preferred; candidate with degrees in fields tied to mathematics, statistics, industrial automation, manufacturing, or related disciplines are also relevant
Strong cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to work across teams, challenge assumptions constructively, and drive alignment in ambiguous environments.
A strategic mindset grounded in execution, with the ability to connect design choices and operational realities to long-term financial outcomes.
Willingness to travel up to 25% domestic and internationally
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field and 4 years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area.
6 years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area.
2 years’ supervisory experience.

Nice To Haves

Masters: Computer Engineering

Responsibilities

Build and refine the standardized design cost models and assumptions used across transformation planning and business case development for future perishable supply chain investments.
Lead the development of decision-ready business cases that translate operational data, design inputs, and financial assumptions into clear recommendations for executive leaders.
Shape the finance and roadmap strategy for supply chain transformation by creating scenarios, testing assumptions, and helping leaders evaluate tradeoffs across network design, capacity, cost, and service.
Support the development of annual operating plans and long term capital forecasting for executive level finance mechanisms.
Build the initial concept sizing and design requirement datasets for new projects, helping establish early perspectives on throughput, storage, cost, and overall business value.
Partner across strategy, finance, automation design, and direct design teams to connect technical design choices with long-term business and capital planning decisions.
Use large datasets, mathematical models, and emerging analytics approaches, including AI-enabled analytics where appropriate, to improve the quality and speed of strategic decision-making.
Create compelling presentations and executive materials that convert dense analyses into concise, persuasive narratives for SVP- and EVP-level audiences.
Travel to both automated and non-automated distribution sites to understand operational realities and incorporate those learnings into future-state network strategies.
Begin by learning Walmart’s network, operations, and transformation priorities in your first 30 days; establish strong cross-functional partnerships and apply field insights to modeling and strategy by 60 days; and by 90 days, start owning major projects, analytics, and financial models that influence future investment decisions.

Benefits

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.
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.
For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.
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.
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.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock