Position Summary...What you'll do...Role summary: The Senior Manager, Inventory Management, leads strategic initiatives to optimize inventory and supply chain performance across multiple categories. This role partners with cross-functional teams and senior leadership to align financial and operational plans, ensuring inventory goals support divisional objectives. Responsibilities include overseeing budgets, analyzing trends, and directing supply chain execution to enhance efficiency and profitability. The position also involves managing stakeholder relationships, driving continuous improvement, and providing leadership to develop team capabilities. This role demands strong strategic planning, collaboration, and project management skills to deliver measurable business results.
About the team: Our team focuses on optimizing inventory flow across a complex supply chain to ensure products are available at the right time and place to meet customer demand. Collaborating closely with business, operations, and technology partners, we drive efficiency and address large-scale challenges. By leveraging data-driven insights, we enhance customer experience and overall business performance. The team leads strategic planning and execution of supply chain initiatives, managing inventory across multiple channels while aligning goals with broader organizational objectives to support sustained growth and operational excellence.
What you'll do: - Lead the development and execution of strategic inventory plans to achieve financial and operational goals across multiple categories.
- Collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to align inventory objectives with divisional priorities.
- Oversee inventory management across supply chain channels, optimizing stock levels and balancing investment with in-stock performance.
- Analyze financial trends to inform resource allocation and future inventory strategies.
- Direct supply chain execution, including import, distribution, and direct-to-store channels, ensuring operational efficiency.
- Manage stakeholder relationships and resolve escalated inventory issues.
What you'll bring: - Extensive experience in inventory and supply chain management with a strong focus on strategic planning and execution.
- Proven leadership skills in managing cross-functional teams and driving complex projects to meet financial and operational goals.
- Ability to analyze financial performance trends to inform inventory investment decisions.
- Expertise in aligning category and divisional objectives to optimize sales, in-stock levels, and profitability metrics.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills to influence senior leadership and external partners effectively.
- Proficiency in developing contingency plans and adapting strategies to address supply chain challenges.
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.
The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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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 Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or related field and 3 years' experience in supply chain, merchandising, retail management or related field OR 5 years' experience in supply chain, merchandising, retail management or related field. 3 years' of supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications...Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Merchandise Planning, Retail Software Programs, Supervising Associates, Working on cross-functional teams or projects
Masters: Business, Masters: Logistics, Masters: Supply Chain
Primary Location...601 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America
