Director, Merchandising Sourcing - IF

Walmart Canada; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Walmart Canada is seeking a Director, Sourcing – General Merchandise who will shape the sourcing strategy for our Canada merchant leaders, lead a high‑performing team, and foster partnerships across Merchandising, Private Brands, and our supplier network to deliver innovation, value and quality for customers.

You will translate business objectives into actionable plans, govern costs and forecasts, and drive cross‑SBU initiatives to ensure assortments meet customer needs and fuel growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum age 16 or older.

Responsibilities

• Lead Canada sourcing strategy for General Merchandise.
• Provide leadership to GM associates on ground.
• Translate business objectives into sourcing plans across channels.
• Governance: analyze costs, forecasts and drive improvements.
• Build and manage cross-SBU partnerships with merchants and suppliers.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Omni-channel mindset

Job description

Position Summary...

As Director, Sourcing – General Merchandise, you will play a critical role serving as the primary point of contact for our Canada merchant leaders, shaping the sourcing strategy that delivers innovation, value, and quality for our customers. You will provide leadership to a high-performing team to identify and secure the right products, while fostering strong partnerships across Merchandising, Private Brands, and our supplier network. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in advancing respective SBU business strategy and ensuring our assortments anticipate customer needs and drive growth.

What You'll Do

• Canada Market Insight and Prioritization; represent sourcing in broader strategic discussions and regular governance meetings with GM leadership team.
• Canada Team Leadership; collaboratively work and provide leadership to GM associates on ground, continue operationalizing new ways of working, and leading specific cross SBU initiatives in a robust way.
• Strategy Translation and Cross-Functional Alignment; Providing overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs; developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices.
• Governance and Visibility; aanalyzing cost and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans; determining and supporting resource requirements; evaluating operational processes; measuring outcomes to ensure desired results; identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; promoting a customer environment; and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning.
• Leverage, Costing and Strategic Initiative Enablement; identify creative ideas to drive business improvements, innovation, and savings.
• Drives the development of multiple business plans across many categories and projects by identifying member and merchant needs; develop and communicate business plans and priorities; remove barriers and obstacles that impact performance; provide resources; identify performance standards; measure progress and adjust performance; develop contingency plans; and demonstrate adaptability and support continuous learning.
• Develop and implement strategies to identify, attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged team focused on serving the customer.

You'll sweep us off our feet if

• You enjoy owning and developing plans for highly complex category strategy, supporting long term business plans and executing prioritized strategic initiatives.
• You are omni channel customer focused: You make member‑centric recommendations and decisions across all member touchpoints. Constantly incorporate applicable and actionable feedback. Understand customer behavior across channels, or within relevant channels. Guide suppliers and vendors in the development of customer focused processes and products.
• You are tenacious, dedicated and thrive working with ownership, autonomy, and a healthy dose of competition.
• You develop and leverage internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives; engaging key stakeholders in the development, execution, and evaluation of appropriate business plans and initiatives; and supporting associate efforts in these areas.

Leadership Expectations

Respect the Individual: Builds high-performing teams; seeks, and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace and experiences where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all.

Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; builds the talent pipeline, fosters an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work, empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company, and regularly recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments; supports strategies and drives initiatives that attract and retain the best talent.

Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates and listens attentively, with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.

Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by taking action to advance opportunity, sustainability, community, and integrity (e.g., creating fair opportunities for associates and suppliers, driving local giving efforts).

Ensures that teams follow the law, our code of conduct and company policies; promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns, and models our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action, and enables others to do the same; holds self and teams accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.

Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware.

Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni‑merchant mindset and acting with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.

Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and implementing strategies.

Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, and fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.

Drives continuous improvements, supervises the adoption of new technology, and supports digital disruption in line with Walmart’s business model.

Minimum Qualifications

• Age – 16 or older

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

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