Position Summary...

What you'll do...

The success of Walmart depends on providing quality, private-brand goods at exceptional value to our members. In service to that mission, Walmart strives to identify sources of supply that reliably deliver value through a combination of high-quality goods, cost, reliable delivery, and a host of other relevant factors.

This position is available at our main corporate campus in Bentonville, Arkansas! We have an excellent relocation package to help you get here!

Learn more about what Bentonville has to offer!
https://www.bentonvillear.com/
https://greaterbentonville.com/relocating/

About Sourcing
Looking to join an exciting team? This is your spot! We're looking for experienced sourcing professionals with a knack for relationship building. 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.

• 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.
• Negotiations and Cost Analysis: you'll guide and train your team when it comes to negotiations with suppliers. Incorporate commodity tracking into negotiations and good understanding of cost breakdown at component level.
• Manage multicultural, multi-location teams: you'll lead a global team located in multiple manufacturing regions, making sure that policies and procedures remain as standardized as possible but understanding where time zones and regional business practices need to be accounted for.

• You have a passion for developing successful businesses and have an attention to detail in the business fundamentals of sourcing, finance, and supply chain.
• You can build strong relationships with those around you at all levels whether internal or external to Walmart.
• You know what motivates manufacturers, merchants, & customers and can integrate those perspectives into successful business opportunities.
• You are not timid to identify and communicate business priorities to a diverse set of stakeholders.
• You are data savvy: you can analyze business fundamentals, anticipate market changes, and can use that information to make facts-based decisions.
• You are tenacious, dedicated and thrive working with ownership, autonomy, and a healthy dose of competition.
• You have previous experience managing teams remotely and the flexibility to accommodate teamwork across multiple time zones (US Central, Vietnam, India, China)

• Global experience in Sourcing, Merchandising or Procurement.
• Specifically sourcing school and office supplies.
• Bachelor's degree in related field.
• 3+ years' experience in retail, manufacturing, or sourcing industry.
• 10 or more years' experience in retail or major brand, or importer/agent serving major retail customers.
• 2+ years' experience managing teams. This opportunity has direct reports.