Director, Commercial Execution

Socket.dev; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 164,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Product discounts

Job summary

SharkNinja seeks a Director, Commercial Execution – Walmart to lead the Walmart CPFR strategy and end-to-end execution for in-store and online channels.

You will own forecasting, inventory health, and scorecards, while guiding two CPFR Managers and aligning Sales, Planning, and Finance around a single plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• 10+ years in CPFR, customer supply chain, or end-to-end leadership in consumer products/retail.
• 3+ years of people leadership; experience with managers strongly preferred.
• Deep Walmart supplier/retailer experience and strategy setting ability.
• Strong business and financial decision-making skills.
• Executive presence to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Set the Walmart Commercial Execution and CPFR strategy and roadmap.
• Own Walmart performance targets: fill rate, in-stock, forecast accuracy.
• Develop relationships with Walmart leadership and lead cross-functional alignment.
• Translate business plans into executable supply commitments and timelines.
• Govern end-to-end Walmart demand signals and forecast processes.
• Direct inventory and replenishment strategy across the account.
• Establish governance, scorecards, and escalation procedures for the account.
• Lead major execution events, promotions, and new launches.
• Define data and AI roadmap for forecasting and decision quality.
• Coach two CPFR Managers and build a high-accountability culture.

Skills

Executive presence

Analytical thinking

Financial acumen

Influence/negotiation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Business, Analytics

Master’s degree or MBA

Tools

Retail Link

Scintilla

Excel & PowerPoint

Power BI

SQL

Job description

About Us

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.

AI at SharkNinja

At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in.

The Opportunity

SharkNinja is looking for a Director, Commercial Execution – Walmart to lead the account-wide operating bridge between Walmart commercial strategy and how it is delivered across stores, Walmart.com, the distribution center network, and the merchant and replenishment organizations.

You will own the Walmart Commercial Execution and CPFR strategy, establishing the operating model, decision processes, analytical capabilities, and cross-functional accountability required to deliver product availability and profitable growth. You will serve as SharkNinja’s senior CPFR counterpart to Walmart’s Merchant and MerchX leadership while aligning SharkNinja Sales, Commercial Planning, Supply Planning, Customer Service, Sales Operations, and Finance around one execution plan.

You will lead and develop two CPFR Managers and hold total-account accountability for 95% fill-rate performance, 97.5% in-stock performance, forecast accuracy, inventory health, and Walmart supply-chain scorecards

How This Role Wins

This role builds a scalable, AI-enabled Commercial Execution engine that turns data into earlier decisions, clearer accountability, and stronger retailer partnerships. You will establish an exception-based operating model in which automation absorbs repetitive work, analytics identifies the highest-value risks and opportunities, and the team spends more time influencing decisions and strengthening relationships.

The ultimate measure of success is that Walmart customers can consistently find and purchase SharkNinja products at every stage of the path to purchase—on screen and on shelf—while both Walmart and SharkNinja maintain productive inventory positions.

What You’ll Own

1. Set the account-wide Commercial Execution and CPFR strategy, including the annual roadmap, operating model, service targets, inventory principles, governance routines, and continuous-improvement priorities.
2. Own total Walmart performance against the role’s core goals, including 95% fill rate, 97.5% in-stock performance, forecast accuracy, OTIF, inventory productivity, and other relevant retailer scorecards.
3. Build senior-level relationships with Walmart’s Merchant and MerchX leadership, earning a strategic seat at the table on in-stock strategy, replenishment policy, category growth, launches, promotions, and major business bets.
4. Translate Joint Business Planning and commercial strategy into executable supply commitments, ensuring forecasts, inventory investments, production plans, modular timelines, and order-flow requirements support agreed growth priorities.
5. Govern the end-to-end Walmart demand signal, ensuring Walmart system forecasts, POS trends, promotional assumptions, and merchant inputs are accurately incorporated into SharkNinja’s demand-planning and consensus-forecast processes.
6. Direct inventory and replenishment strategy across the account, balancing on-shelf and online availability with weeks of supply, DC health, inventory turns, Direct Import requirements, lifecycle transitions, and supply-chain cost.
7. Establish executive governance and performance routines, including account scorecards, risk and opportunity reviews, forecast checkpoints, escalation protocols, decision rights, and standard deliverables across teams.
8. Lead major execution events and business resets, including modular transitions, holiday and seasonal builds, significant promotions, new-product launches, supply disruptions, and recovery plans.
9. Define the data, analytics, automation, and AI roadmap for the function, improving forecast visibility, exception management, item-setting integrity, reporting speed, scenario planning, and decision quality.
10. Lead, coach, and develop two CPFR Managers, setting clear portfolio ownership, performance expectations, development plans, and succession priorities while building a culture of accountability, curiosity, and customer focus.

Qualifications

Must-Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, Business, Analytics, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in CPFR, customer supply chain, replenishment, demand planning, sales operations, or end-to-end supply-chain leadership within consumer products, retail, or a related industry.
• At least 3 years of experience leading and developing teams; experience leading managers is strongly preferred.
• Deep experience working within the Walmart supplier, retail, merchandising, or replenishment ecosystem.
• Demonstrated success setting customer supply-chain strategy and improving forecast accuracy, in-stock performance, fill rate, inventory productivity, or retailer compliance metrics.
• Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to evaluate service, inventory, cost, margin, and commercial trade-offs.
• Executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to influence retailer leaders and senior internal stakeholders across a highly matrixed organization.
• Advanced analytical fluency, including the ability to turn complex, incomplete, or conflicting data into a clear strategic recommendation and execution plan.

Nice-to-Haves

• Master’s degree or MBA.
• Experience leading CPFR or customer supply-chain operations across multiple brands, categories, channels, or large seasonal portfolios.
• Experience with advanced analytics, predictive forecasting, Power BI, SQL, workflow automation, or AI-enabled decision tools.
• Experience with Direct Import, global supply networks, production or capacity planning, and complex product-launch execution.
• Experience building a CPFR center of excellence, standardized operating model, or cross-functional transformation program.

Core Competencies and Behaviors

• Rarely Satisfied: Sets ambitious performance standards and continually challenges the organization to improve service, speed, and execution quality.
• Progress Over Perfection: Creates clarity in ambiguity, makes informed decisions quickly, and builds learning into the operating model.
• Details Make the Difference: Understands the item- and order-level drivers of performance while leading the total-account strategy.
• Winning Is a Team Sport: Aligns Walmart and SharkNinja leaders around shared outcomes, clear commitments, and mutual accountability.
• Communicating for Impact: Frames the decision, business impact, recommendation, and required action clearly for executive audiences.

Tools and Technology

Retail Link, Scintilla, Walmart replenishment and transportation systems, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, demand‑planning platforms, business‑intelligence tools, workflow automation, and AI‑enabled forecasting or exception-management solutions.

Salary and Other Compensation: The annual salary range for this position is displayed below. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution, 401(k) retirement plan with matching, employee stock purchase program, life insurance, AD&D, short-term disability insurance, long-term disability insurance, generous paid time off, company holidays, parental leave, identity theft protection, pet insurance, pre-paid legal insurance, back-up child and eldercare days, product discounts, referral bonus program, and more.

Pay Range

$164,000 — $200,200 USD

Our Culture

At SharkNinja, we don’t just raise the bar—we push past it every single day. Our Outrageously Extraordinary mindset drives us to tackle the impossible, push boundaries, and deliver results that others only dream of. If you thrive on breaking out of your swim lane, you’ll be right at home.

We offer competitive health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, employee stock purchase options, wellness programs, SharkNinja product discounts, and more.

We empower your personal and professional growth with high impact Learning Programs featuring bold voices redefining what’s possible.

When you join, you’re not just part of a company—you’re part of an outrageously extraordinary community. To together, we won’t just launch products—we’ll disrupt entire markets.

At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinja’s innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work, making an impact, and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership, associates, and our community, we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.

Learn more about us: Life At SharkNinja Outrageously Extraordinary

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