Manager, Marketplace Strategic Initiatives

Company Description

About Walmart:

Fifty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world's biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we're reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. You'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and create a career you're proud of.

Job Description

Manager, Strategic Initiatives 

The Walmart Marketplace is a curated community of professional sellers offering top-quality, authentic products and exceptional customer service.

As a Manager, Strategic Initiatives, you’ll be a vital member of the Strategic Initiatives team, tasked with leading growth and process improvement efforts across the Consumables Marketplace category. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to design and implement seamless seller experiences, driving measurable business growth. If you’re passionate about streamlining operations, solving complex challenges, and scaling success, this is the role for you!

You’ll Sweep Us Off Our Feet If You:

• Build strong relationships with customers, sellers, and teams.
• Adapt quickly to change and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Use data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, driving actionable insights.
• Deliver clear, impactful reports and presentations.
• Innovate and problem-solve creatively to drive solutions.
• Understand e-commerce dynamics and their impact on sales.
• Plan and execute large-scale initiatives effectively.
• Communicate complex ideas clearly and motivate teams to execute strategies.

You’ll Make an Impact By:

• Leading Strategic Initiatives: Planning and executing cross-functional projects in areas like supply chain, pricing, and content, while bridging the Consumables team and other business units. Educate and empower the Strategic Account Management (SAM) team to execute strategies, monitor progress, and report outcomes to stakeholders.
• Optimizing Performance: Partnering with category teams to address gaps in supply chain, content quality, and KPIs to unlock sales growth opportunities.
• Driving Process Optimization: Identifying inefficiencies and championing streamlined processes to improve productivity and standardize operations with SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and best practices.
• Delivering Business Insights: Using data-driven analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, forecast outcomes, and guide strategies.
• Enhancing Collaboration and Reporting: Building strong partnerships across teams to ensure alignment, while creating compelling dashboards and presentations to communicate progress and results to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Supply Chain, Analytics, or a related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in Business Management, Business Operations, Project Management, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Business Management, Economics, Strategy & Planning, Management Consulting, Project Management, eCommerce operations, Marketplace, or a related area.
• Proficiency in BI tools (Tableau, Looker, Power BI, etc.) and leveraging data to drive insights and performance
• Certification in Project Management (PMP) and/or Agile Methodologies is a plus.

Additional Information

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.