Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Working at Sam’s Club means a career without boundaries. There’s always room to grow, to take on another challenge, to roll up your sleeves and contribute, and to find professional rewards for your hard work.  

Yes, we are a division of the Fortune #1 company, Walmart, Inc. But you’ll quickly find that we’re a company that wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Sam’s Club is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our clubs. Join us and you'll discover why our company is 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. 

The Supply Planning Manager for Direct Imports deals directly with a vast network of Wholesale distributers across the country to manage and collaborate with stakeholders to direct shipments of inventory to our clubs, on time and in full.

As a Sam’s Club Supply Planning Manager, you will: 

• Have ownership over the Supplier – Replenishment - Merchant relationship for a given portfolio of items ensuring industry leading on time, in full (OTIF) performance.

• Understand supply networks and constraints upstream from Sam’s Club and ensure orders are generated in a way that drives industry leading execution.

• Determine the root causes of inventory supply issues and implement solutions and process changes to drive solutions in an operationally efficient way – communicate supply issues and “get well” dates accurately and effectively. 

• Address efficiency issues related to Supply Chain and Operations; communicate and coordinate supply plans to ensure all stakeholders within the Supply Chain have plans to support volume. 

• Conduct supply chain plans with suppliers on various planning horizons to ensure sales are maximized and Member’s expectations are exceeded. In addition, track inventory through the supply chain to ensure critical in-club dates such as seasonal sets and planograms are always met.  

• Action a series of replenishment exceptions daily that affect supply and impact Clubs and Members. 

You’ll sweep us off our feet if: 

• You understand and can enhance processes in the end-to-end retail supply chain 
• You have a track record of improving OTIF 
• You have experience with Data Analytics (nice to have)
• You have experience with SQL (nice to have)
• You’re Member-centric in spirit and in execution  
• You’re comfortable influencing others, getting buy-in from leadership, and communicating clearly 
• Are a great all-rounder and can coordinate across Merchandising and the overall supply chain 
• You have a test and learn mentality and an agile way of working  
• You can quickly synthesize large amounts of data into insights and recommendations to drive the business 

**Please note that this role will NOT sponsor immigration-related employment benefits, such as an H-1B, TN, L-1, or STEM Extension.

**Relocation will NOT be sponsored as well to Bentonville, Arkansas.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process. 

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