(USA) Senior Manager, Process Improvement - AI Upscaling

Walmart; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Education benefits (Live Better U)

Employee discounts

Parental leave

Jury duty leave

Military leave

Job summary

Walmart is seeking a senior-level leader in Bentonville, AR to drive execution of business plans and complex program initiatives across the organization. You will identify customer and operational needs, communicate priorities, and remove obstacles to improve performance while ensuring regulatory and internal policy compliance.

You will supervise and develop associates, provide coaching, set performance expectations, and foster a culture of belonging.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field required.
• Experience leading Six Sigma projects or process improvement initiatives preferred.
• Strong mentoring, coaching and people development skills desired.

Responsibilities

• Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs, developing and communicating business plans and priorities, removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance.
• Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates through training, mentoring, and performance evaluations.
• Promotes Walmart policies, mission, values and ethics, ensuring compliance and an open-door policy.
• Evaluates ongoing plans and initiatives, solicits stakeholder input, and improves efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Skills

Six Sigma leadership

Education

Master's in Computer Engineering

Master's in Finance

Master's in Human Resources

Master's in Supply Chain

Job description

Position Summary...

What you'll do...Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs developing and communicating business plans and priorities removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance providing resources identifying performance standards measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly developing contingency plans and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning

Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training mentoring assigning duties building a teambased work environment establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations providing recognition and rewards coaching for success and improvement and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace

Promotes and supports company policies procedures mission values and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application ensuring compliance with them and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy

Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans programs and initiatives consulting with business partners managers coworkers or other key stakeholders soliciting evaluating and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and costeffectiveness and participating in and supporting community outreach events

Manages process improvement programs by evaluating and determining improvement needs partnering with crossfunctional teams to develop the operational strategy to simplify processes providing guidance and expertise on company policies practices and procedures ensuring proper controls tools and materials are present in order to enhance behavior change partnering with stakeholders to ensure alignment and support of the processes monitoring program performance in relation to metrics identifying postimplementation issues and concerns and developing and gaining buyin on changes and resolutions

Leads the implementation of change initiative projects to achieve desired results by leading the execution of transformational change and processes developing plans to implement processes assessing the organizations readiness for change managing expectations adjusting approaches so that positive change is adopted by all business partners and stakeholders and ensuring timely project management from pilot through implementation stage to enable sustainable processes throughout the business unit

Develops and redesigns initiatives and processes for key business functions to drive business goals objectives and programs by analyzing data and evaluating key business components in order to assess current performance baselines identifying gaps opportunities and needed improvements in key business functions evaluating and updating current practices on a continuous basis developing improvement solutions ensuring program processes are simple executable and sustainable for future use with manageable roll out plans consulting with crossfunctional teams to get alignment on improvement solutions and communicating changes and solutions to key stakeholders in order to get buyin

Drives global projects by identifying areas of opportunity determining proper procedures and guidelines for advising on executing and documenting organizational practices across multiple countries understanding the global trends that affect the business demonstrating and communicating working knowledge of industry best practices and Walmart policies and procedures in business area of expertise anticipating issues of concern and being proactive in recommending sustainable solutions in area of expertise

Influences strategies processes and best practices by conducting modeling and statistical analyses partnering with crossfunctional teams across the business benchmarking with industry experts through continuous education and use of networks developing assessments of key opportunities demonstrating the ability to translate technical solutions into business solutions supporting the development of longterm plans and project timelines and communicating with and influencing decisionmakers and executives within the organization

Respect the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for all builds a highperforming team seeks and embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences creates a workplace where all associates feel seen supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform drives a positive associate and customermember experience for all identifies attracts and retains the best team members

Respect the Individual: Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback coaching mentoring and developmental opportunities promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customermember and company and regularly recognizes others contributions and accomplishments

Respect the Individual: Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners works collaboratively and crossfunctionally to achieve objectives and communicates and listens attentively with energy and positivity to motivate influence and inspire commitment and action

Act 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 Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates customers and the world around us eg creating a sense of belonging eliminating waste participating in local giving

Act with Integrity: Follows the law our code of conduct and company policies and sets expectations for others to do the same promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns and reinforces our culture of nonretaliation listens to concerns raised by associates takes action and encourages others to do the same holds self and others accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values

Act with Integrity: Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble selfaware honest and transparent

Serve our Customers and Members Delivers expected business results while putting the customermember first and consistently applying an omnimerchant mindset and acts with an Every Day LowCost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customersmembers

Serve our Customers and Members Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data analytics customermember insights and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the teams strategy

Strive for Excellence: Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset seeks feedback asks thoughtful questions fosters an environment that supports learning innovation and learning from mistakes and intelligent risktaking and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks

Strive for Excellence: Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms

For Information About Benefits And Eligibility, See One.Walmart.

The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

• Stock

Minimum Qualifications

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

• Leading and mentoring Six Sigma projects
• Masters: Computer Engineering, Masters: Finance, Masters: Human Resources, Masters: Supply Chain

Preferred Qualifications

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

• Leading and mentoring Six Sigma projects
• Masters: Computer Engineering, Masters: Finance, Masters: Human Resources, Masters: Supply Chain

Primary Location

814 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.