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Join Walmart as a Senior Manager, Business Strategy Walmart US in Bentonville, AR. Your work could help over 240 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you ll quickly find we re a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement. From day one, you ll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life.
We are a data driven, results-oriented Strategy team focused on partnering with senior leaders, CEO s executive leadership team, and the Board of Directors to influence decisions and drive outcomes to deliver shareholder value while helping our customers save money and live better.
You ll sweep us off our feet if you:
- Work collaboratively with business partners to drive strategy execution for high priority, high impact initiatives by reporting on key financial and strategic KPIs, managing the progress of cross-functional teams, and breaking down barriers to accelerate pace
- Shape and support development of executive leadership content for high profile meetings (e.g., Board of Director, Executive Council, investment community)
- Drive prioritization and tradeoffs across strategic portfolio of initiatives, products, and services with business, product, and technology leaders
- Frame and develop complex analysis to drive business case development for key strategic focus areas (e.g., core business turnaround, new clinical offerings, sustainable alternative business models to drive down cost of care while sharing in value created)
- Perform capability assessments and synergy analysis to support M&A activity and strategic partnership discussions
- Develop strategic fact bases and benchmarking, considering disruptive/ emerging technologies, business models, and macro issues to inform Executive level prioritization and decision making
- Cultivate an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics
You ll make an impact by:
- Establish strategic clarity and communicate the Walmart US strategy and financial targets
- Make connections between dispersed initiatives from the business to ensure synergies, reduce duplication, and improve information flow
- Organizing the flow of initiatives across leadership team meetings, track actionable follow-ups, and drive accountability to deliver objectives
- Build strong rapport with stakeholders across the business who you will work with to drive strategy execution
- Hold business leaders accountable to deploy strategic advancements on time, on budget while achieving measurable milestones
- Prepare presentations and other supporting materials for recommendations; participating in business case presentations to executive management and communicate forecasts, assumptions, and variances to senior management
- Drive the development of long-term strategic financial planning and support annual operating planning across the business by partnering with different departments to understand macro impacts, surface strategic initiatives, and assess overall corporate goals
- Work across the business to identify and create input and output metrics to measure strategy execution and detect anomalies
- Collaborate with leadership to plan and analyze business performance by identifying gaps between business goals and corporate objectives
- Provide strategic input for business decisions by overseeing the production of complex financial models that incorporate assumptions, expectations, and known risks
Preferred Qualifications
- 4+ years experience in Finance, Business Management, Omni-Channel Merchandising, or a related area
- Bachelor s degree and 6 years experience in retail OR 8 years experience in retail
- 2 year of experience managing and completing cross-functional projects
- 2 years of senior leadership decision support and influencing experience
- Strong communication skills including written, visual, and verbal
- Strong organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines
- Strong influencing and interpersonal skills
- Detail and results-oriented with sense of urgency
Benefits & Perks
Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions while being inclusive of all people.