(USA) Senior Manager, Supply Chain Management

Posted:
9/20/2024, 6:00:47 AM

Location(s):
Arkansas, United States ⋅ Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Operations & Logistics

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for overseeing end-to-end supply chain processes, ensuring efficient merchandise flow through distribution networks and fulfillment centers. This role involves addressing daily operational issues, analyzing data to improve network efficiencies, and ensuring supplier compliance.

How will you contribute to the success of the team?

Supply Chain Operations

  • End-to-End Management: Oversee the merchandise flow through distribution networks and fulfillment centers.

  • Issue Resolution: Direct resolutions and respond to escalations of daily issues such as shipping, receiving, inventory, and return-related problems.

  • Data Analysis: Analyze data from multiple stakeholders to streamline processes and improve network efficiencies.

  • Supplier Compliance: Provide data for and ensure adherence to supplier compliance process flows.

  • Performance Reviews: Conduct performance reviews of merchandising departments, distribution centers, and suppliers.

External Relationship Management

  • Main Point of Contact: Serve as the primary liaison for external partners, communicating expectations and agreements.

  • Audits and Compliance: Lead audit processes to ensure external partners comply with company standards and agreements, utilizing quarterly scorecards to measure and correct performance.

  • Senior Leadership Support: Assist senior leadership with the selection of service providers and consolidate relevant findings for external stakeholders.

Supply Chain Execution Improvement

  • Flow Path Approval: Approve flow paths from supplier to store to optimize sales, in-stock, and profit metrics.

  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with supply chain stakeholders to achieve sales, inventory, profitability, and strategic goals.

  • Tracking and Recommendations: Track goods movement, identify order exceptions, and develop resolutions for supply chain constraints.

Field-Level Direction

  • Operational Guidance: Supervise the liaison for field operations, communicate expectations to suppliers and transporters, and address performance-related issues.

Process Improvement

  • Design and Development: Contribute to designing and developing new working methods between supply chain stakeholders.

  • Flow Plan Objectives: Prioritize and ensure the achievability of product flow plan objectives.

  • Cost Efficiency: Support end-to-end costing methodology and lean concepts, providing recommendations to reduce process waste and improve efficiencies.

Business Plan Execution

  • Project Management: Identify customer and operational needs, develop business plans, remove performance barriers, and measure progress.

  • Adaptability: Demonstrate adaptability and support continuous learning.

Team Supervision and Development

  • Team Building: Select, train, mentor, and assign duties to associates, fostering a team-based work environment.

  • Performance Management: Establish performance expectations, conduct evaluations, and provide recognition and rewards.

  • Diversity Awareness: Promote and ensure diversity awareness within the team.

Company Policies and Values

  • Policy Promotion: Train and guide others on company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity.

  • Compliance: Ensure compliance with company policies and support the Open Door Policy.

Continuous Improvement and Community Outreach

  • Effectiveness Evaluation: Evaluate the ongoing effectiveness of current plans and initiatives, applying suggestions for efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

  • Community Support: Participate in and support community outreach events.

Live the Walmart Values:

Culture Champion

  • Model Values: Foster Walmart's culture, hold oneself and others accountable, and support commitments to communities, social justice, corporate responsibility, and sustainability.

  • Integrity and Compliance: Maintain and promote the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance.

Servant Leadership

  • Altruism: Act as a humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent servant leader.

Embrace Change

  • Curiosity & Courage: Demonstrate a growth mindset, support innovation, and exhibit resilience in the face of setbacks.

  • Digital Transformation: Seek continuous improvements and encourage the use of new digital tools.

Deliver for the Customer

  • Customer Focus: Put the customer first and apply omni-merchant mindset and EDLP/EDLC business models to all plans.

  • Strategic Thinking: Use data, analytics, and customer insights to shape team strategy.

Focus on Our Associates

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Build a diverse and inclusive team, support diversity programs, and embrace diversity in all forms.

  • Collaboration & Influence: Build strong relationships, work cross-functionally, and communicate positively to inspire action.

  • Talent Management: Focus on developing talent, empower associates, and regularly recognize contributions and accomplishments.

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.

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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.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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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.

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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.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00-$180,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock

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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 Logistics, Supply Chain, Business, or related field and 4 years’ experience in logistics, distribution, transportation, or related
area OR 6 years’ experience in logistics, distribution, transportation, or related area.
2 years’ experience with advanced functionality of Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Dispatch, Fleet Management, Network Analysis, Retail Logistics Operations

Masters: Business, Masters: Logistics, Masters: Supply Chain

Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification, Six Sigma - Certification

Primary Location...

311 North Walton Boulevard, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America