Senior Manager, Sourcing

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About the role

  • Senior Manager leading Walmart Canada sourcing strategies and vendor relationships for private-brand products. Negotiating costs, developing suppliers, and driving category growth and operational plans.

Responsibilities

  • Execute Private Brand sourcing strategies for assigned categories, including direct imports for Private Brand and National Brand items
  • Develop complex sourcing strategies by collaborating with cross-functional business partners to understand product demand
  • Serve as a subject-matter and industry expert for multiple commodities and items
  • Oversee sourcing programs at the item level and influence business partners to bring product and packaging innovation to market
  • Align sourcing strategy with merchants’ annual operating plans and provide perishability and quality insights for merchandise flow and replenishment decisions
  • Incorporate company growth strategies into planning, including growth in direct imports
  • Create vendor decision matrices and evaluate new and existing vendors using performance metrics and long-term potential
  • Negotiate with vendors to obtain products at the lowest sustainable costs; track awarded costs against actual costs and ensure cost keys are accurate
  • Inform planners and merchants of changes affecting cost of goods
  • Develop strategic vendor relationships and multi-year contracts for business continuity
  • Identify, develop, and maintain supplier relationships meeting financial, ethical, and sustainability standards
  • Assess and develop vendor capabilities, conduct quarterly performance reviews, and resolve vendor issues
  • Drive execution of business plans and projects, remove barriers, provide resources, and develop contingency plans
  • Supervise and develop associates, promote company policies and values, and evaluate current plans, programs, and initiatives
  • Support community outreach events
  • Lead category strategy plans, long-term business plans, and prioritized strategic initiatives
  • Develop internal and external partnerships and networks and lead community outreach and involvement initiatives

Requirements

  • Age - 16 or older

Benefits

  • Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$109,400 - CA$150,480 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

OnsiteMississaugaCanada

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