Senior Manager, Cost Analytics
Position Summary...
The Team-lead Cost Analytics role is responsible for leading the cost analytics and vendor management program at Walmart Canada. This entails developing, and leading execution-of strategies on annual vendor negotiation, cost increase mitigations, VIP (vendor investment program) and special projects (category roles and/or strategies)The role leads a team of cost-analytics managers and senior managers, who will guide and support omni merchants through vendor negotiations and strategies that deliver optimal costing and profitability - across both store and ecommerce channels
The role will use robust merchandising knowledge, scalable data-driven approaches, and advanced-analytical tools to support cost negotiations that drive category growth and help execute merchandising strategies and KPIs.
What you'll do...
1. Lead the strategy and planning for the cost analytics program at Walmart Canada, influencing and aligning with senior merchant leadership (CMO, SVPs, VPs) and corporate leadership (CEO, CFO), on approach, prioritization, and execution.
2. Oversee the implementation of new processes or improvements to the existing processes supporting annual cost analytics program. (The cost-analytics program delivers $100m+ in incremental cost investments annually)
3. Lead the execution of the VIP (vendor investment program) - that delivers $150m+ investments every year
4. Oversees delivery of category strategy and annual negotiation processes across all SBUs, aligning strategy with business goals to achieve cost reduction and inform execution and monitoring post implementation performance and implementation of corrective actions
5. Leads working sessions with Merch VPs/SVPs, and DMMs for new processes and complex categories, advises on approach for non-standard or complex scenarios to ensure targets are achieved, and leads development of negotiation approach and key messages.
6. Develops standard supplier communications consistent with legal and compliance rules, overseeing all supplier communications and ensuring proper approval processes are followed.
7. Sets team strategy for selection and prioritization of categories, including delivering training and leading category manager working sessions and providing direction to team.
8. Sets process and leads execution of supplier engagement processes by determining cadence and materials, leading content development for supplier communications, and managing ad hoc supplier engagements.
9. If applicable, develops and implements strategy for multiple teams and/or areas of responsibility by managing subordinate managers, contributing to the development and implementation of team strategies, and leading alignment to defined business strategy.
Qualifications:
- Minimum education required: Post-Secondary Education in Business / Science / Engineering or related field
- Minimum 6-8 years of increasing responsibility in merchandising and/or cost analytics
- Exceptional storytelling skills with a proven ability to successfully influence and manage stakeholder engagement
- Methodical and strategic thinker who deploys sound frameworks to problem solve and solution concepts for testing and development
- Loves connecting the dots through data and motived to develop technology to augment business processes and decision making
- Results oriented leadership style with a keen ability to motivate a team to operate in an agile environment and act with urgency
- Sense of urgency and resourcefulness
- Attitude to learn new and challenging work
Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.
Primary Location…
1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada