Senior Manager, Sourcing - IF-2
WALMART CANADAPosition Summary...
This role executes Private Brand sourcing strategies for assigned categories, including direct imports for Private Brand and National Brand items, maximizing margin and profitable sales.
What you'll do...
This role develops complex sourcing strategies for assigned products by collaborating with cross-functional business partners to understand product demand. It serves as a su
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bject-matter and industry expert for multiple commodities and items, overseeing sourcing programs at the item level, and influencing business partners to bring product and packaging innovation to market.
The role aligns the sourcing strategy with the annual operating plan of merchants, providing perishability and quality insights to guide merchandise flow and replenishment decisions. It incorporates company growth strategies into planning, such as growth in direct imports.
This role creates complex vendor decision matrices by evaluating new and existing vendors based on performance metrics and long-term potential. It negotiates with vendors to obtain products at the lowest sustainable costs, tracking awarded costs against actual costs and ensuring cost keys are accurate. It informs planners and merchants of changes that affect the cost of goods.
Developing strategic vendor relationships with multi-year contracts for business continuity is part of this role. It identifies, develops, and maintains supplier relationships that meet company financial, ethical, and sustainability standards. The role assesses and develops vendor capabilities, conducts quarterly performance reviews, and resolves vendor issues.
Additionally, this role drives execution of business plans and projects, removing barriers, providing resources, and developing contingency plans. It ensures associates receive supervision and development opportunities, promotes company policies and values, and evaluates the effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives. The role also supports community outreach events.
You’ll sweep us off our feet if...
• You enjoy owning and developing plans for highly complex category strategy, supporting long term business plans and executing prioritized strategic initiatives.
• You are omni channel customer focused: You make member-centric recommendations and decisions across all member touchpoints. Constantly incorporate applicable and actionable feedback. Understand customer behavior across channels, or within relevant channels. Guide suppliers and vendors in the development of customer focused processes and products.
• You are tenacious, dedicated and thrive working with ownership, autonomy, and a healthy dose of competition.
• You develop and leverage internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives; engaging key stakeholders in the development, execution, and evaluation of appropriate business plans and initiatives; and supporting associate efforts in these areas.
Leadership Expectations:
Respect the Individual:
Demonstrates and encourages respect for others; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; supports workplaces where associated feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging, so all associates thrive and perform; contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work.
Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team, developing others through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; and recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively to achieve objectives; communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences; and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work.
Acts with Integrity:
Maintains and promotes the highest standards of i