Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

13d•$90,000 - $180,000

About The Position

Are you passionate about driving sustainability and making a significant impact? As a Sr. Manager, Strategic Initiatives at Walmart, you’ll lead key initiatives in Private Brands, Global Sourcing, and Merchandising to develop and embed environmentally sustainable packaging strategies. This is a unique opportunity to work closely with executive leaders and leverage Walmart’s resources to create meaningful change. What you'll do... Develop and implement sustainability strategies that align with Walmart's business objectives and values. Collaborate with merchants and suppliers to integrate sustainable practices into the supply chain. Identify and assess sustainability risks and opportunities in packaging and develop strategies to address them. Partner with cross-functional teams to embed sustainable packaging into business processes across merchandising, sourcing, supply chain, and finance. Develop business cases for sustainable packaging and alternatives, including extended producer responsibility and future regulatory changes. Track and report key performance indicators (KPIs) in packaging to measure the success of sustainability initiatives, including Project Gigaton. What You’ll Bring Up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and regulatory changes related to sustainability and plastics and packaging. Experience in developing and implementing sustainability strategies within a large matrixed and relationship-based organization. Innovative Mindset: A passion for staying at the forefront of industry trends, a natural curiosity for "what's next," and the ability to translate future-forward concepts into tangible solutions. Analytical Skills: Proven ability to use financial modeling and cost-benefit analysis to make business decisions. Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and drive change management. Proven ability to identify sustainability risks and opportunities and develop effective strategies. Excellent communication skills for articulating sustainability initiatives to stakeholders. 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 $90,000.00 - $180,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ‎

Requirements

Up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and regulatory changes related to sustainability and plastics and packaging.
Experience in developing and implementing sustainability strategies within a large matrixed and relationship-based organization.
Innovative Mindset: A passion for staying at the forefront of industry trends, a natural curiosity for "what's next," and the ability to translate future-forward concepts into tangible solutions.
Analytical Skills: Proven ability to use financial modeling and cost-benefit analysis to make business decisions.
Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and drive change management.
Proven ability to identify sustainability risks and opportunities and develop effective strategies.
Excellent communication skills for articulating sustainability initiatives to stakeholders.
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Social Science, Communications, or related field and 4 years’ experience managing cross-functional projects for governmental or non-governmental organizations, consulting firms, or corporations OR 7 years’ experience managing cross-functional projects for governmental or non-governmental organizations, consulting firms, or corporations.
4 years’ experience managing project teams in a matrix environment.

Nice To Haves

Developing and managing project budgets for governmental or non-governmental organizations, consulting firms, or corporations
Making public presentations
Master's degree in International Business or related field

Responsibilities

Develop and implement sustainability strategies that align with Walmart's business objectives and values.
Collaborate with merchants and suppliers to integrate sustainable practices into the supply chain.
Identify and assess sustainability risks and opportunities in packaging and develop strategies to address them.
Partner with cross-functional teams to embed sustainable packaging into business processes across merchandising, sourcing, supply chain, and finance.
Develop business cases for sustainable packaging and alternatives, including extended producer responsibility and future regulatory changes.
Track and report key performance indicators (KPIs) in packaging to measure the success of sustainability initiatives, including Project Gigaton.