Walmart

Manager, Automation Engineering

Walmart$110K — $180K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience
  • 2 years in engineering or supply chain, or 4 years of broader relevant experience
  • Proficiency in data analysis tools (Excel, MySQL)
  • Experience with visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, Excel)
  • Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies (KAIZEN, DMAIC)
  • Knowledge of supply chain processes, negotiation, and material management
  • Customer relationship management experience, including ERP systems (SAP)

Responsibilities

  • Leverage data analysis to develop insights and influence strategy
  • Design and analyze business processes for supply chain effectiveness
  • Support the creation of business cases and project recommendations
  • Communicate confidently and influence team and partners with data-driven insights
  • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement within processes
  • Assess automation potential in tasks and explore solutions
  • Document and manage automation project implementation plans

Benefits

  • Health benefits including medical, vision and dental coverage
  • 401(k) plan, stock purchase options, and company-paid life insurance
  • Paid time off for various personal needs including parental leave and bereavement
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage
  • Education assistance with 100% tuition coverage for college degrees
  • Company discounts, military service pay, and adoption reimbursement
  • Performance-based incentive awards tied to individual and company performance
Full Job Description
What you'll do...

Position: Manager, Automation Engineering

Job Location: 811 Excellence Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716

Duties: Data and Digital Literacy: Leverages data analysis tools to explore moderately complex data, develops and tests hypotheses, uses data to influence strategic work, and builds and presents insights. Identifies, implements, and drives technology change within scope of work. Uses visualization tools to represent data and construct coherent stories to influence decisions. Process Flow Design: Interprets information to quantify the anticipated outcome of supply chain decisions. Describes the typical tasks associated with using and managing suppliers. Understands issues and considerations for inbound and outbound logistics. Describes basic logistical processes and subprocesses. Uses a variety of business process design tools and techniques. Examines, interprets, and explains workflow materials and documentation. Analyzes a process and associated business logic and offers recommendations based on analysis. Carries out business process design tasks with some supervision and coaching. Documents common obstacles and barriers for effective implementation. Business Acumen: Supports the development of business cases and recommendations. Owns the delivery of project activity and tasks assigned by others. Supports process updates and changes. Solves simple business issues. Demonstrates functional knowledge of the business unit/organization being supported. Influential Communication: Organizes thoughts and communicates confidently, credibly, and concisely within scope of work. Presents to and influences team and business partners, conveying messages through a basic understanding of the relevant context. Utilizes relevant data and fact-based information to articulate results and provide recommendations in a structured manner. Actively listens to others, seeks and provides constructive feedback, and provides ideas/recommendations on processes. Proactively builds a personal network. Continuous Improvement: Seeks help to implement ideas for process improvement for the group. Identifies the main processes for which the group is responsible. Demonstrates the ability to describe the interrelationships among elements of a system or process. Applies the concept of continuous improvement to identify opportunities for greater efficiency. Understands and explains principles of continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen. Engineering Economics: Describes the concepts behind engineering economics and the implications of financial data. Understands the drivers of cost. Identifies major types of financial data utilized by the organization. Explains how financial data is accessed and the types of information used in engineering. Understands how to develop a business case. Automation System Design: Identifies the areas for usage of automation machineries. Assesses tasks for automation potential. Obtains information about alternative automation solutions. Assists with analyzing space and cost requirements associated with machinery usage. Identifies issues and provides resolutions to problems related to automation machineries. Automation Integration: Identifies common issues and considerations for bringing a new automation design to a facility. Works with teams to measure and manage project performance. Documents implementation plans and estimates for projects. Documents project implementation meetings, particularly status reports on next steps. Participates in the development of technology interfaces and bridges. Works with existing interfaces and integration and migration plans within assigned area. Prepares integration tests. Measures and compares results with established test criteria. Talent Management: Identifies the key roles and responsibilities in the group and the career ladder for assigned function. Explains how the concept of a career path can be used to identify future desired roles. Position may work at various unanticipated Walmart locations throughout the U.S.

Minimum education and experience required: Bachelor's degree or the equivalent in Engineering or a related field plus 2 years of experience in engineering, supply chain, or related experience OR 4 years of experience in engineering, supply chain, or related experience.

Skills required: Must have experience with: Data analysis to derive insights (Excel, MySQL); Utilizing data for visualization, trend (Tableau, Power BI and Excel); Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA); Project implementation; Continuous Improvement (KAIZEN, DMAIC, time Study); negotiation, purchase order and material management; and Customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning (SAP). Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills.

Salary Range: $110,510.00 - 180,000.00/year. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location) and Stock equity incentives

Benefits: At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive 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, education assistance with 100% company paid college degrees, company discounts, military service pay, adoption expense reimbursement, and more.

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.com

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2,300 employees
Market Cap
$387 billion
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Net Income
$13.5 billion
Founded
1962
5 Year Trend
+3.3%
Revenue
$559.1 billion
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