Senior Manager II, Marketplace Strategic Initiatives, Home
Company: Wal-Mart
Location: San Bruno
Posted on: June 6, 2021
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Job Description:
Position Summary... What you'll do... Business Process Improvement: Possess Knowledge of: Process
improvement processes and guidelines; problem-solving
methodologies; process documentation resources and policies. To be able to carry out
the following responsibilities: Participates in defining
organizational strategic goals and purposes; defines strategies to gather and keep customers;
analyzes business processes, identifies alternative solutions to
outdated processes, and assesses feasibility; establishes requirements for large changes
in the overall mission, roles, responsibilities, and processes
necessary to make business improvements; evaluates financial, cultural,
technological, and other factors; recommends new approaches that
seek the use of advanced technology; works to overcome business process improvement
resistance from managers, the labor force, and other groups. Category Execution: Possess knowledge of: Category and
department strategies; marketplace tools; customer landscapes;
category and department goals. To be able to carry out the following responsibilities:
Identifies revenue generation opportunities and plans, makes
recommendations, and executes for less-complex categories; ensures delivery against
business goals by identifying potential risks to the business;
supports recommendations around category strategic approaches; makes
recommendations on best practices and process improvements. Retail Trends and Direction: Possess knowledge of: Overall
business targets for respective business area; industry and
competition trends and outlooks, market potential; product categories, SKUs, relevant
quantities, and seasonal/relevant trends; customer preferences and
demand patterns; EDLC/Pricing and Variance analysis; market conditions; market
positioning. To be able to carry out the following
responsibilities: Understands financials and how product pricing can impact financials;
researches company history and experience with retail markets and
channels; documents retail activities and issues related to major trends and
directions; discusses existing and planned retail approaches for
assigned area of specialization; cites sources of information and key industry publications
covering retail; explains rationales for major initiatives. Project Management: Possess knowledge of: Project monitoring and
control tools and processes; project estimation techniques, tools,
and frameworks; project planning techniques, tools, and frameworks;
management accounting concepts and principles; company estimation
meta data at the organizational and account levels (for example, effort
productivity, revenue productivity); profitability (PF sheet)
templates; internal and external project reporting and logging tools and processes; internal and
external project communication tools and processes. To be able to
carry out the following responsibilities: Prepares an annual baseline plan
budgets, broken down by time period, task, and cost account; uses
schedules to prepare cash flow forecasts for projects based on completion status of
different project milestones; creates reports on the progress of
project schedules, costs, and scopes; compares present status to baselines and
forecasts future trends using earned value analyses; uses
statistical methods to develop project cost and time estimate ranges quantified by risk
probabilities and confidence levels; tracks risks and changes risk
items over the course of projects according to the risk management plans. Influential Communication: Possess knowledge of:
Verbal/nonverbal behaviors; application and allocation of business
communication styles/techniques in ambiguous and challenging situations;
situational awareness; communication channels/mediums;
interpersonal skills and universal relationship building with ability to connect
seemingly unconnected parties; influencing styles. To be able to
carry out the following responsibilities: Organizes thoughts and communicates credibly,
and concisely in an interdivisional/interdepartmental setup;
presents to and influences team members, customers, and clients, conveying
complex information clearly and accurately and addressing ambiguity
in a constructive manner; independently assembles and prepares reports, materials,
and storylines that have a structure and logical flow and are based
on relevant, fact-based information; influences team members and leaders to
take action based on sound recommendations; seeks and provides
constructive feedback, anticipates needs/questions, and responds
appropriately. Partnership & Collaboration: Possess knowledge of: Stakeholder
identification and mapping; stakeholder analysis; stakeholder
communication; stakeholder engagement techniques; stakeholder management
effectiveness tools and methods; fluency in specialized business
vernacular. To be able to carry out the following responsibilities: Builds,
maintains and enhances effective internal and external
partnerships; influences outcomes and assists in communicating shared goals with diverse groups and
parties; identifies and addresses additional partner needs and
educates them on value creation; communicates with other individuals or teams to
solve shared problems; identifies how changes in business strategy
impact talent and recruiting strategies; consults regularly with leaders of
business unit(s) to advise on strategic decisions; brings ideas and
solutions proactively to the business and team members; promotes diversity and inclusion in
the workplace. Strategic Business Acumen: Possess knowledge of: Industry,
environmental, economic factors and competitors (for example,
market fluctuations, changes in policies or politics, emerging technology, cultural
practices); global business strategy; translating business
knowledge into actionable insights; business management practices across multiple domains
(for example, merchandise, supply chain marketing, sales,
technology, business systems, human resources) and in-depth knowledge of company
practices; business metrics (for example, fiscal financial targets,
product sales, service line and operational budgets, technology spend). To be
able to carry out the following responsibilities: Provides
recommendations to business stakeholders to solve complex business issues (for example,
operational processes, required skills, revenue generation
opportunities); develops business cases for projects with a projected return on
investment or cost savings; demonstrates functional knowledge of
the business unit/organization being supported; translates business
requirements into projects, activities, and tasks and aligns to the
overall business strategy; serves as an interpreter and conduit to connect business needs
with tangible solutions and results; recommends new processes and
ways of working; partners with internal and external stakeholders to identify and
assess strategy choices; provides advice and support to improve
business and financial understanding and awareness within the business;
monitors, analyzes, and translates data to provide information and
evidence to support business strategies and requirements (for example, planning and
reporting, business cases, budgets); explains basic financial
management reports; analyzes the varying approaches to expense and budget
management. Digital Literacy and Analytics: Possess knowledge of: Sources of
relevant data; data analysis techniques; data dashboard tools (for
example, PowerBI, Tableau); sources of industry trend information;
spreadsheets, databases, and presentation software. To be able to
carry out the following responsibilities: Leverages data analysis tools to explore
moderately complex data; develops and tests hypotheses; uses data
to influence strategic work; builds and presents insights; identifies, implements, and
drives technology change within scope of work; uses visualization
tools to represent data and construct coherent stories to influence decisions; uses
customer analytics for basic forecasting purposes; maintains and
organizes all customer analytics portfolio-related data; interprets customer
analytics results and presents findings to management; participates
in the deployment of web-based surveys used to collect customer data; creates
business analysis reports from customer analytics data extracts;
maintains and organizes all business portfolio-related data; documents performance
criteria used for evaluating business trends and activities;
researches business-related data and generates and interprets basic analytics; assists in
preparing charts, graphs, tables, and other tools to reflect
business performance. Minimum Qualifications... Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this
position. If none are listed, there are no minimum
qualifications. Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field and 4
years' experience in Business Management, Marketing,
Omni-Channel Merchandising, or a related area. Option 2: 6 years' experience
in Business Management, Marketing, Omni-Channel Merchandising, or a
related area. Preferred Qualifications... Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for
this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred
qualifications. Business Management, Marketing, Omni-Channel Merchandising, or a
related area Primary Location... 850 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066-3031, United States of
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