(USA) Senior Manager, Supply Chain Management – Inventory Flow Optimization – Fresh (Sam’s Club)

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

18d • $90,000 - $180,000

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Supply Chain Management – Inventory Flow Optimization – Fresh owns the inventory flow strategy for Sam’s Club’s Fresh business and serves as the primary flow strategy partner to Fresh Merchandising leaders. The role identifies cost, speed, and availability opportunities, develops analytics and business cases, and drives execution across Merchandising, Supply Chain, Transportation, Replenishment, and Sourcing partners at Sam’s Club and Walmart.

The Inventory Flow Optimization team connects Merchandising strategy with Supply Chain execution and works to optimize inventory flow from supplier to member. The Fresh pillar manages end-to-end inventory flow for a large and complex business. Fresh products move quickly, have limited shelf life, and can require temperature-controlled transportation, making flow decisions important to cost, freshness, and member in-stock availability.

The role sets a Fresh inventory flow strategy and roadmap, builds strong working relationships with Fresh Merchandising leaders, optimizes end-to-end flow and network decisions, owns freight factor and supply chain cost analytics, and defines and reports business KPIs. The position is based at the listed Walmart/Sam’s Club location in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field and 4 years of experience in logistics, distribution, transportation, or a related area; alternatively, 6 years of experience in those areas.
• 2 years of experience with advanced functionality of Microsoft Office.
• Experience with transportation, network and flow design, distribution, or inventory management.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort using Excel, SQL, and BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau to build cost models and business cases.
• Ability to build trust with Merchants and cross-functional partners, influence across organizational lines, and drive alignment.
• Ability to communicate complex trade-offs clearly and provide recommendations.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives end-to-end with clear plans, owners, and timelines, and create structure in ambiguous environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in dispatch, fleet management, network analysis, or retail logistics operations.
• Master’s degree in Business, Logistics, or Supply Chain.
• Project Management Professional certification.
• Six Sigma certification.

Responsibilities

• Build and own a Fresh inventory flow strategy and roadmap, identifying key pain points, value opportunities, priorities, and success measures aligned with Merchandising and Supply Chain goals.
• Establish a consistent engagement cadence with Fresh Merchandising leaders and provide insights, trade-offs, and recommendations to support timely decisions.
• Optimize end-to-end inventory flow and network decisions.
• Own freight factor and supply chain cost analytics.
• Define, track, and report KPIs for the business.
• Drive execution of opportunities across Merchandising, Supply Chain, Transportation, Replenishment, and Sourcing partners across Sam’s Club and Walmart.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and voting leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Company-paid Live Better U education program, including tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs.
• Annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior