Director, Business Strategy

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

The Director, Business Strategy (Inventory Accuracy and Visibility) will report to the Senior Director. In this role the selected candidate will lead innovation-related efforts to help bring visibility and accuracy to Walmart Store's Inventory levels.

What you'll do:

The Business Strategy Lead helps to organize, prioritize and is accountable for all transformational projects within Walmart Operations, serving as business lead / voice of the stores to ensure all tests are solving the biggest opportunities that our stores and customers face. The role leads several Senior Strategy Managers who act as project lead, helping to drive operating plans, store selection and managing deliverables, as well as owning all communication between home office and stores, ensuring feedback is shared and acted upon. The Director works to establish a strategic vision for each pillar, in this case we are focus on Inventory Accuracy and Visibility, helping to understand our current state and capabilities, as well as provide clarity on what an optimal solution might look like in the future. The Director and their Sr. Manager team then work in a four in the box structure, partnering with Product, Design and Tech partners to help craft a multiyear roadmap comprised of innovations and solutions that will ultimately drive toward the future optimal state. The Director will then partner with the Dallas Innovation Hub team to help guide project testing for each innovation, ensuring the project meets success criteria and eventually is scaled to chain, or requires a pivot/redesign before it's ultimately successful. The Director must ensure that the project is ultimately successful and achieves its stated goals; ensuring a singular focus on solving the problem rather than becoming enamored with any particular solution.

The role is ultimately responsible not only for crafting the strategic vision and roadmap, but also accountable to the projects' success in solving the biggest opportunities and strategic objectives. All projects are tested in our Dallas markets, and the Director will ensure every project has a credible business case, can be measured for performance appropriately, and will report regularly on progress toward financial goals.

The role's key priorities include the following:

• Partner with Product and other business collaborators to design strategic roadmaps that leverage the appropriate solution

• Ensure all projects have an identified and credible business case, financial value and success criteria for testing

• Advise the organization on solutions and technology most appropriate for roadmap success, irrespective of organizational pressures or agendas; able to quickly identify a need to pivot and act decisively when needed

• Ensure projects are prioritized and resourced adequately, ensures projects perform as expected and communicate progress or top issues weekly

• Ensure feedback provided by Dallas Innovation Hub associates flows back to the 4itB and adjustments made to ensure project rollout success, in other words, ensure we understand all current defects and have a plan to solve them

The selected candidate will offer strong skills along the following parameters:

• Process improvement focus and experience

• Extensive inventory-related experience

• Walmart store experience and/or Merchandise Operations a plus

• Strong experience in product or related roles, including strategy

• Strong analytics and KPI focus and experience working with data

• Exceptional team leader, outstanding people focus, ability to mediate and de-escalate conflict

• Experience with getting big projects across the line at Walmart - well developed project / program management

• Strong written communication; ability to be concise

What you'll bring:

• High level of prioritization & efficiency

• Strategy development & alignment, ability to influence Sr. Leadership

• Adaptability & resilience

• Business writing including product white papers

• Leadership and strategic thinking & communication (written & verbal)

• Project & time management

• Trust & confidentiality

• Ability to take feedback

• Work collaboratively with others

• Extensive experience (10+ years)

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

About Walmart

At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability-and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries-all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?

Future Ways of Working:

Our company's success can be attributed to our employees. While technology has allowed us to be effective while working remotely, there is no substitute for being in the office together; it helps to shape our culture, collaborate, innovate, build relationships, and move more quickly. We strive to provide flexibility in order to promote a healthy work-life balance but recognize that in-person interactions are important to our culture and shared success. We'll meet in person on a regular and purposeful basis.

Benefits:

Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

• By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions - while being inclusive of all people.

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 $110,000.00-$220,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

• Stock

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Business, Statistics, Social Science, Communications, or related field and 6 years' experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or related area OR 8 years' experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or related area.

2 years' supervisory experience

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Leading a cross-functional team

Masters: Computer Engineering, Masters: Computer Science, Masters: Mathematics, Masters: Supply Chain, Masters: Transportation

Primary Location...

702 SW 8TH ST, BENTONVILLE, AR 72716, United States of America