Walmart

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

The Sourcing team is embarking on a new phase of growth on our journey to become the most trusted and resilient supplier, powered by Walmart. We are accomplishing this by activating a new strategy, streamlining our structure, and doubling down on fostering a psychologically safe environment, empowering our associates to move faster, collaborate more easily and win together.

We would love to have you join Sourcing, a truly superpowered sourcing team aligned throughout the enterprise, all with the customer at the heart of what we do!

About the Job...

As a Senior Analyst, Food Sourcing, your expertise, vision, and strategy will allow you to create businesses in the Packaged or Fresh Foods division. You'll have the opportunity to develop complex sourcing strategies for existing products while also working with Product Developers to create new and innovative products. You'll work directly with Merchants to ensure critical business metrics are met while influencing future growth strategies to help our customers Save Money and Live Better. The job responsibilities will be comparable to a Senior Manager level; however, this role will manage 2-3 smaller and less complex categories than a Senior Manager. We will be pooling our interview candidates across total Food, assessing which candidate fits the open roles best. 

What will you do…

• Collaborate to set the sourcing strategy: you'll establish strategy, manage budgets to drive profitable growth, and use vision and creativity to impact the customer experience.
• Build relationships: you'll use your influencing and leadership skills to build partnerships with suppliers, merchants, and business partners.
• Influence decisions: you'll collaborate with merchants to influence decisions about nearly every aspect of your products including replenishment, supply chain, manufacturers, store operations, planning, assortment, layouts, budgets, modular and pricing.
• Design, develop, and launch products: you'll work with Product Development to create new products for Private Brands.
• Be a category expert: you'll know your private brand customers and suppliers better than anyone and are always thinking about what is next for your business.

You’ll sweep us off our feet if…

• You have a passion for developing successful and complex businesses and have an attention to detail in the business fundamentals of sourcing, finance, and supply chain.
• You know what motivates manufacturers, merchants, & customers and can integrate those perspectives into successful business opportunities.
• You can build strong relationships and influence those around you at all levels and have demonstrated success leveraging cross functional teams.
• You are data savvy: you can identify sourcing solutions, analyze commodity trends, and translate results into strategies to support merchants.
• You have category management and negotiation expertise, specifically in produce, packaging, and food ingredients.
• You possess natural curiosity to learn beyond the minimum requirements to perform role.

Minimum education and experience required: bachelor’s degree or the equivalent in Business, Engineering or related field plus 3 years of experience in sourcing, supply chain, merchandising or related field.

Skills required: Must have experience with:

• Advanced Microsoft Suite.
• Project management and planning.
• You have proven negotiation skills.
• Merchandising experience.
• Analytical skills.

Preferred Qualifications: optional preferred qualifications for this position:

• Experience with the commodity industry.
• Experience sourcing ingredients and packaging material.
• Experience in manufacturing or processing industry.

Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills.

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 duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Minimum Qualifications...

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

High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Bachelor's degree in business, merchandising, supply chain, or related area., Experience in retail, manufacturing, sourcing, or related area.

Primary Location...

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

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?

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, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.