Senior Manager, Merchandising Activity Planning

Walmart•Mississauga, ON

58d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide visionary leadership and strategic oversight for end-to-end feature planning in stores to drive significant Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) growth. Coordinate with multiple key stakeholders to shape and execute a best-in-class in-store feature allocation, ensuring meticulous execution of strategic initiatives and operational readiness. The Senior Manager, Merchandising Activity Planning leads the strategy, planning, and execution of feature activities, ensuring alignment with business objectives. This position designs and implements comprehensive strategies and operational plans to optimize feature space plans in our stores, including creating a 12-24 month feature allocation calendar and robust analytical tools for performance monitoring and decision-making. The role may also drive cross-functional synergy by engaging teams to finalize annual feature space assignments and establishing collaborative environments for key initiatives. The focus includes rigorous feature execution processes, standardizing operational processes across various platforms, and implementing innovative tracking tools. Additionally, the position supports the monthly feature plan reviews with each merchandising SBU areas, driving annual and monthly planning processes with senior executives and facilitating post-meeting action plans. Accountable for continuous improvement, the Senior Manager proactively enhances strategies, advises senior leaders, and fosters innovation in operational practices. This position may also influence and gain consensus from cross-functional partners.

Requirements

Strong Merchandise background
Strong Program and Project Management skills
Excellent communication and influence capability
Great Financial Acumen on P&L forecasting
Influencing at SR Leadership level
Seasoned Leader with 10+ years management experience
Experience managing large scale organizational change
Experience building and executing business-wide strategy
Strong analytical capability to review and assess long term impacts and benefits of activities, ability to prioritize the most effective deliverables.
Age – 16 or older

Responsibilities

Leads the strategy, planning, and execution of feature activities, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Designs and implements comprehensive strategies and operational plans to optimize feature space plans in our stores.
Creates a 12-24 month feature allocation calendar and robust analytical tools for performance monitoring and decision-making.
Drives cross-functional synergy by engaging teams to finalize annual feature space assignments and establishing collaborative environments for key initiatives.
Focuses on rigorous feature execution processes, standardizing operational processes across various platforms, and implementing innovative tracking tools.
Supports the monthly feature plan reviews with each merchandising SBU areas.
Drives annual and monthly planning processes with senior executives and facilitates post-meeting action plans.
Proactively enhances strategies, advises senior leaders, and fosters innovation in operational practices.
Influences and gains consensus from cross-functional partners.