Senior Manager, Program Management- Fashion & Entertainment

Walmart; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 109,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail corporation is seeking a Senior Manager, Program Management, to design and execute strategies aligned with the organization's long-term goals. Responsibilities include managing the merchandising budget for remodel investments, supporting key stakeholders, and leading cross-functional project teams. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of relevant retail experience and strong leadership skills. This position offers a competitive salary range based on relevant experience.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of retail experience with strategy development and execution.
• 5-10 years of leadership experience, influencing cross-functional teams.
• Strong team leader with experience in coaching.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute strategies aligned with the merchandise GMM's plan.
• Support development of SBU's 3-year strategy.
• Manage merchandising budget for remodel investments.

Skills

Retail experience

Leadership experience

Presentation skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree or College Diploma

Job description

Position Summary

Position Summary... The Senior Manager, Program Management designs, develops and executes forward looking strategies that are aligned with the merchandise GMM’s 3-5 year plan. This role will create strategies for complex categories, as determined by established sales, qualitative, and quantitative criteria, in partnership with cross-functional specialist teams that achieve profit and loss deliverables. This individual will support the creation of the SVP’s 3year AOP, and see all new merchandise concepts and tests end-to-end, ensure that they are executed, validated, and ready to be executed into business as usual. Successfully plan, resource, and deliver merchandising concept development projects as per the Merchandising AOP. Key stakeholder in AOP discussions to ensure projects are aligned to strategic plan; Manage the merchandising budget to support investments in remodels. End to end ownership of concept development process including business case development, capital trade-off decisions, implementation planning; Influence cross functional groups like Finance, Technology, Legal, Construction, Ops for successful implementation. Influence merchandising GMMs and DMMs to build pipeline of projects/concepts that support remodel projects ambitions for store space and 3rd party partnerships.

What you’ll do

1. Support SBU SVPs with development / update of SBU 3 year strategy, AOP, Customer Value proposition; Lead all SBU strategic reviews with internal management.
2. Own planning and update of long / short term $ investment (CapEx, OpEx) scorecard for Merchandising SBU projects; Program lead for SBU projects, as assigned.

Innovation/Concept Development & Execution

3. Develop best practices for Innovation Pipeline and new Concept development for Merchandising SBUs; Partner with external companies / other Walmart countries on concept development
4. End to end ownership of concept development and implementation including business case development, capital trade-off decisions, implementation planning, collaborate with cross functional groups like Finance, ISD, Legal, Construction, Ops for successful implementation;
5. Tracking KPIs for projects implemented for gating National scale-up of successful concepts
Supercenter Template & Guiding Principles.
6. Own and update 'Guiding Principles' by department and category while challenging core Merchants to think differently & optimize where needed.
7. Own Super Center Template review process and communication of approved elements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or College Diploma
• 5-10 Years Retail Experience with Strategy development and proven execution leading large projects and initiatives
• 5-10 Years Leadership Experience, demonstrated success leading cross-functional project teams with a strong ability to influence
• Strong Team leader with experience in coaching and collaborating in large team settings
• Excellent Presentation skills and communication skills

Leadership Expectations

Respect the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for others; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; supports workplaces where associated feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging, so all associates thrive and perform; contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work.
Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team, developing others through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; and recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively to achieve objectives; communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences; and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work.
Acts with Integrity: 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 making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us.
Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and encourages others to do the same; supports an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns; reinforces our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action; acts with accountability for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.
Is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.
Serve our Customers: Delivers results while putting the customer first and applying an omni-merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.
Adopts a broad perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans.
Strive for Excellence: Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions; supports innovation and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.
Implements and supports continuous improvements and willingly embraces new digital tools and ways of working.

Pay Range

The pay range for this position is $109,400.00 - $150,480.00. Pay will be determined based on relevant experience.

L’échelle salariale pour ce poste est de 109,400.00 à 150,480.00. La rémunération sera déterminée en fonction de l’expérience pertinente.

EEO Statement

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