(USA) Senior Manager, Production and Planning – Automation Operations - RDC 6023 Sutherland
About The Position
Lead the future of automation planning within Walmart's supply chain network. As Senior Manager, Production & Planning - Automation Operations, you'll serve as the critical link between engineering, operations, and planning teams, transforming forecasts, capacity insights, and automation data into strategies that optimize throughput, labor, cost, and customer service. This highly visible role offers the opportunity to shape a growing capability that will influence how automated facilities operate today and scale for tomorrow. About Supply Chain Walmart Supply Chain powers one of the world's largest and most complex fulfillment networks. As automation continues to transform our operations, we're building new planning capabilities that help facilities anticipate demand, manage capacity, and maximize automation performance. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, operations, and analytics, partnering with site leadership and Home Office teams to solve complex challenges, improve network performance, and drive long-term operational success.
Requirements
- Experience in production planning, demand planning, manufacturing, automation, fulfillment, distribution, or other capacity-driven operational environments.
- Strong analytical skills with experience evaluating forecasts, resource utilization, throughput, labor requirements, and operational constraints.
- Ability to develop scenario-based recommendations and make sound decisions when balancing competing operational priorities.
- Experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders and driving execution through partnership and collaboration.
- Proven success operating in fast-paced, evolving environments where initiative, ownership, and independent problem-solving are critical.
- 2 years’ experience in warehouse automation systems and operational KPIs or 2 years’ experience leading operations across multiple shifts.
- Proficiency in data visualization and reporting tools (for example, Power BI, Tableau and AI tools).
- Bachelor’s degree in business or related area or equivalent experience in operations/distribution/logistics/retail OR 3 year's experience as a Walmart Supply Chain Operations Manager supervising, evaluating, mentoring, and developing associates; managing associate workload; and participating in the hiring and promotion of associates OR 3 years' experience in an operations/distribution/logistics/retail environment, supervising, evaluating, mentoring, and developing managers/supervisors; managing workload.
Nice To Haves
- APICS CIPM certification
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
- experience leading operations across multiple shifts or experience in warehouse automation and operational KPIs.
- Lean Six Sigma certification or equivalent continuous improvement training
Responsibilities
- Develop production and labor plans across multiple shifts and planning horizons to optimize throughput, inventory availability, and customer fulfillment.
- Analyze forecasts, capacity constraints, automation performance, downtime schedules, and inventory flow to identify risks before they impact operations.
- Partner with operations, engineering, maintenance, process teams, and Home Office stakeholders to create strategies that balance service, labor, throughput, and cost.
- Monitor KPIs including OEE, throughput, fill rate, fault rates, and cost-per-case while identifying continuous improvement opportunities.
- Provide scenario-based recommendations that help leaders make informed decisions and execute against short-term priorities while planning for future demand.
Benefits
- 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.
- medical, vision and dental coverage.
- 401(k)
- stock purchase
- company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
- short-term and long-term disability
- company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
