Senior Manager, Automation Engineering – Solution Design
About The Position
The Senior Manager of Solution Design will own long-term scalability of the Expanded Depot initiative. This role is responsible for partnering across merchandising, supply chain, store operations, delivery, and ecommerce stakeholders to develop comprehensive Business Design Requirements (BDRs), simulate order flow and fulfillment scenarios, collaborate with automation solution providers on conceptual designs, and oversee approvals for various fulfillment experiments. You will also design stage-gate processes, monitor pilot KPIs, and drive scale-or-kill decisions for breakthrough solutions. The position is based in Bentonville, AR and reports to the Senior Director, Future of Fulfillment.
Requirements
- Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field and 4 years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area.
- Option 2: 6 years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area.
- 2 years’ supervisory experience.
- Extensive experience in automation engineering and fulfillment technologies.
- Proven ability to lead large-scale design and innovation programs.
- Strong technical acumen in robotics, AI, and automation systems.
- Exceptional leadership and stakeholder management skills.
- Skilled in translating business requirements into technical solutions.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Automation, Robotics, or related field preferred.
- Masters: Computer Engineering
Responsibilities
- Lead long-term scalability of the Expanded Depot initiative, partnering across merchandising, supply chain, store operations, delivery, and ecommerce stakeholders
- Serve as the initiative lead to develop comprehensive Business Design Requirements (BDRs) and own the stage-gate approval process for scaling
- Act as the escalation owner for outcome-related issues, driving rapid resolution to protect customer experience
- Support post-launch stabilization, monitoring performance and working with functional teams to address gaps
- Partner with the Senior Manager of Process Design to translate launch learnings into improvements to SOPs and playbooks
- Creating and managing Business Design Requirements (BDRs) for new fulfillment concepts.
- Collaborating with automation solution providers to develop conceptual designs.
- Leading structured stage-gate processes for pilot approval and execution.
- Monitoring KPIs and making scale-or-kill decisions for experimental solutions.
- Driving cross-functional alignment to ensure successful commercialization of innovations.
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.
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
