(USA) Senior Manager, Supply Chain Management
About The Position
This leader will establish and advance a modern workforce capability strategy for Walmart’s Grocery network. The role builds scalable approaches to strengthen role proficiency, accelerate adoption of operational change, and improve performance. Working across Operations, Academy, initiative teams, functional partners, and field partners, the leader drives learning solutions that prepare associates and leaders to perform effectively and sustain new ways of working. The Center of Excellence team works with enterprise and field teams to turn operational needs, projects, and strategic initiatives into practical capabilities for the Grocery Network. It develops operational guidance, role-specific learning, and readiness tools to support consistent performance and adoption of new methods, with the goal of improving execution and sustained operational readiness across the supply chain.
Requirements
- Experience building or transforming learning capabilities in large, complex organizations.
- Leadership experience in learning strategy, instructional design, operational training, curriculum development, or workforce capability.
- Expertise in role analysis, learning design, assessments, certification, and performance support.
- Ability to translate complex operations into practical, role-specific learning experiences.
- Experience developing learning for frontline associates, leaders, and field-based teams.
- Ability to influence operational leaders, initiative owners, subject-matter experts, and learning partners.
- Ability to use proficiency data, learner performance, and field feedback to improve outcomes.
- Experience in supply chain, distribution, operational transformation, or deployment readiness.
- Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field and 4 years’ experience in logistics, distribution, transportation, or a related area; or 6 years’ experience in logistics, distribution, transportation, or a related area.
- 2 years’ experience with advanced functionality of Microsoft Office.
Nice To Haves
- Preferred 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
- Establish role-specific learning, proficiency, assessment, certification, and performance-support approaches.
- Define knowledge, skills, critical tasks, and proficiency expectations for impacted roles.
- Develop learning paths, training, practice activities, assessments, certifications, and job aids.
- Introduce scalable learning experiences using simulations, digital tools, experiential learning, and emerging technologies.
- Partner with operational leaders and initiative owners to identify learning requirements early.
- Integrate capability requirements into discovery, pilots, deployment readiness, and sustainment.
- Validate learning solutions through field testing and feedback.
- Establish measures of proficiency, on-the-job application, and operational effectiveness beyond training completion.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k).
- Stock purchase program; stock may be additional compensation for certain positions.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off, including sick leave; PTO and/or PPTO may be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- 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.
- Live Better U education benefit, with tuition, books, and fees paid for eligible programs.
- Performance-based bonus awards; annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
