Manager II, Supply Chain Management

Wal-Mart Bentonville , AR 72716

Posted 2 weeks ago

What you'll do...

Position: Manager II, Supply Chain Management

Job Location: 2101 SE Simple Savings Drive, Bentonville, AR 72712

Duties: Manages supply chain processes and ensures merchandise flow through the distribution network and fulfillment centers by directing resolution and responding to escalation of daily issues; analyzing data from multiple stakeholders to streamline and improve network efficiencies; providing data for the supplier compliance process flow; researching and analyzing root cause of daily and escalated exceptions concerning shipping, receiving, inventory, and return related issues; conducting performance reviews of merchandising department, distribution centers, and suppliers; and providing recommendations for corrective action to key stakeholders.

Optimizes supply chain execution by determining and approving an flow path channel from supplier to store to best fit sales, in-stock, and profit metrics; collaboration between stakeholders as it pertains to supply chain management to ensure sales, in-stock, inventory, profitability, and strategy goals are achieved; tracking of the movement and arrival of goods across the supply chain; developing and presenting recommendations to address conflicting goals; identifying order exceptions, disruptions, and supply chain constraints that will impact supply chain execution; and developing and coordinating a resolution. Influences field-level direction and provides guidance for the execution of operations by acting as a liaison for the field and communicating operational expectations to the suppliers and transporters; addressing performance related issues with stakeholders; addressing flow management questions and concerns; identifying best practices and advising teams on adaptation and implementation of these best practices; collaborating with business partners in order to identify and develop resources to improve efficiencies; and responding to driver inquires. Manages supply chain flow process improvement efforts by contributing to the design, development, and delivery of new ways of working between supply chain stakeholders; presenting new ways of working efforts and continuous improvement recommendations to leadership; prioritizing product flow plan objectives; ensuring flow plans are achievable; championing innovation to simplify current solutions and methodologies; managing the correction of errors processes and feedback loops; identifying areas of opportunity to improve service levels; supporting the use of end-to-end costing methodology and lean concepts; providing cost recommendations to reduce process waste, and provide opportunities for cost reductions and process efficiencies; and reviewing and analyzing the impact and benefits to internal processes.

Minimum education and experience required: Bachelor's degree or the equivalent in Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or a related field plus 2 years of experience in logistics or a related field.

Skills required: Must have experience with:

Leading and managing multiple projects to support planning and supply chain initiatives (project management); Building analytical visualization and leveraging large data sets to support decision making using data visualization software (Tableau or Power BI); Monitoring and optimizing goods movement using Transportation Management System (TMS); Setting up and maintaining Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process for weekly planning and key performance review; Designing and setting up planning and scheduling process to support Operations (business planning); Optimizing capacity planning by setting up highly efficient forecasting systems/processes; Developing SKU level forecasts to efficiently manage sporadic customer demand with high precision; Integrating closed loop supply chain processes ranging from planning, forecasting, procurement, system deployment, warehousing, to driving customer satisfaction; Establishing KPIs by engaging stakeholders to design, measure, analyze, improve, and control business performance(s); and Analyzing complex planning scenarios to support supply chain needs. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills.

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Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


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