Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing

at  Walmart Canada

POSITION SUMMARY…

The Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing is a lead role within the Strategic Sourcing organization, responsible in leading the strategic planning/sourcing process for a portfolio of indirect spend categories by defining and executing strategic sourcing goals, developing and identifying the approach and initiatives to support Walmart Canada’s strategies and reduce total cost of ownership. Spend categories may include Omni, Technology, Loss Prevention, Marketing, Supply Chain, Shared Services, FES (Fixtures, Equipment & Supplies), Operations, Construction, Facilities Maintenance, Financial Services and Walmart Connect.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10+ years of professional strategic sourcing experience leading multi-category sourcing teams for direct and/or indirect spend.
• Track record of leading the continuous improvement of sourcing and category management programs
• Expertise in negotiations and contracting including e-sourcing, should-cost models, leveraged agreements, multi-year contracts, complex terms and conditions, performance incentives, and management of corporate risk
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional project teams; ability to influence others through both direct and indirect networks; a consensus builder and a change agent.
• Strong orientation to team leadership, coaching, collaboration, and positive communication
• Excellent communication skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills; comfortable and credible with both internal stakeholders and external audiences.
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS…

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Age - 16 or older

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.

• Develops innovative approaches to strategic sourcing while using analytics and processes to determine scenarios, benefits, risks and change management impact of each of those options. Develops and executes complex supplier negotiations strategies.
• Engage and build relationships & demonstrate persuasive leadership skills to influence business partners to follow Walmart Canada sourcing policies. The individual needs to promote a culture of compliance and governance of Canadian Sourcing Policy.
• Create two to three-year strategic sourcing portfolio strategy using category strategy approach, identifying risk and opportunities across the organization, driving the development of individual and team initiatives to achieve strategy; helping internal Client teams implement strategies; reviewing business intelligence analysis; conducting financial analyses (for example, total cost of ownership analysis (TCO), clean sheet, SWOT analysis, analyzing comparative data); guiding efficient resource allocation; and monitoring and revising plans throughout the procurement life-cycle, including short-term and long-term objectives. Regularly monitor workflow activity and build pipeline of additional and new initiatives.
• Engage with International markets to drive alignment to category strategies and identify multi-market leverage opportunities.
• Implement the corporate Strategic Sourcing and Category Management process using BuyIt Sourcing tool: Project Identification, Baselines/Financial Target, Demand Management, Sourcing Strategy, RFx Process, e-Auction Process, Quantitative / Qualitative Analysis, Total-Cost-of-Ownership Analysis, Negotiation, and Contract Support. Develop and maintain a process by which vendors are evaluated and selected in accordance with established guidelines and best practices (RFI/RFP, Cross Functional Evaluation Team, Scorecards, and Performance Metrics). Manage the sourcing gating process for alignment with key stakeholders.
• Able to understand and leverage industry trends, new developments, and best practices in order to facilitate the best-in-class strategic sourcing process and optimize value and service levels for Walmart Canada.
• Develop and maintain supplier relationships and driving continuous improvement in areas of cost savings, quality, and risk management. Create, negotiate, and implement Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Statement of Work (SOW) and Vendor Agreements (VA) within the contract. Review contracts and provide advisory support to the business unit to ensure business risks are minimized and all required SLA’s are implemented. Participate in strategic business reviews as part of the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) process. Support identification of new savings and sourcing pipeline opportunities through the SRM process.
• Driving process improvement initiatives to achieve high standard of integrity and accuracy related to the Strategic Sourcing process. Monitor and control adherence and compliance to corporate procurement policies for all functional areas to minimize risk and identify opportunities. Standardize and implement new processes which improve total cost of ownership ultimately realizing corporate strategic objectives.