(USA) Senior Manager, Marketplace Strategic Initiatives

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

291d • $90,000 - $180,000

About The Position

The position involves business process improvement, category execution, understanding retail trends, project management, influential communication, partnership and collaboration, strategic business acumen, and digital literacy and analytics. The role requires knowledge of various methodologies and tools to analyze and improve business processes, identify revenue opportunities, manage projects, and communicate effectively with stakeholders. The candidate will be expected to demonstrate leadership expectations that include respect for individuals, integrity, service to customers, and a strive for excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field and 4 years' experience in Business Management, Marketing, Omni-Channel Merchandising, or a related area.
• 6 years' experience in Business Management, Marketing, Omni-Channel Merchandising, or a related area.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Business Management, Marketing, Omni-Channel Merchandising, or a related area.

Responsibilities

• Participates in defining organizational strategic goals and purposes.
• Defines strategies to gather and keep customers.
• Analyzes business processes, identifies alternative solutions to outdated processes, and assesses feasibility.
• Establishes requirements for large changes in the overall mission, roles, responsibilities, and processes necessary to make business improvements.
• Evaluates financial, cultural, technological, and other factors.
• Recommends new approaches that seek the use of advanced technology.
• Works to overcome business process improvement resistance from managers, the labor force, and other groups.
• Identifies revenue generation opportunities and plans, makes recommendations, and executes for less-complex categories.
• Ensures delivery against business goals by identifying potential risks to the business.
• Supports recommendations around category strategic approaches.
• Makes recommendations on best practices and process improvements.
• Understands financials and how product pricing can impact financials.
• Researches company history and experience with retail markets and channels.
• Documents retail activities and issues related to major trends and directions.
• Discusses existing and planned retail approaches for assigned area of specialization.
• Prepares an annual baseline plan budgets, broken down by time period, task, and cost account.
• Uses schedules to prepare cash flow forecasts for projects based on completion status of different project milestones.
• Creates reports on the progress of project schedules, costs, and scopes.
• Compares present status to baselines and forecasts future trends using earned value analyses.
• Organizes thoughts and communicates credibly, and concisely in an interdivisional/interdepartmental setup.
• Builds, maintains and enhances effective internal and external partnerships.
• Provides recommendations to business stakeholders to solve complex business issues.
• Leverages data analysis tools to explore moderately complex data.

Benefits

• Health benefits including medical, vision and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off benefits including PTO, 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.
• Live Better U education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: General Merchandise Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree