Position Summary...

What you'll do...

This position is responsible for the Demand Planning and Replenishment aspect within their respective business segment. The ongoing goal of this position is to continuously improve MRO parts availability and simultaneously meeting inventory targets by improving forecast accuracy and bias, thereby supporting parts program category growth. Execution of the Demand Planning and Replenishment process focuses on collaborative “bottom-up” planning with Inventory Warehouse Management and Category Team leaders. This role is key to achieving the business targets for warehouse and van stock parts availability and working capital, as well as achieving the parts category growth objectives.

What you'll do...

• Leads and executes item level forecast analysis for assigned group of parts categories or identifying and analyzing factors that impact internal and external customer demand for parts (for example, parts or category trends, seasonality, alternate products)
• Adjusting forecasting and replenishment model based on changes to customer demand and trends
• Communicating forecast, including risks, uncertainty, and assumptions to incorporate impacting factors and to identify trends, performance, and concerns; evaluating historical data (for example, lost savings, slow moving inventory, and trends)
• Collaborating with key stakeholders (for example, category managers, inventory and truck stock planners and strategic vendor(s) as necessary ) to align demand forecasts to business plans including baseline
• Achieve forecast target improvements by reducing forecast error and bias
• Accountable to achieve working capital targets by managing inventory planning process and strategy improvement for parts categories or warehouse by evaluating and identifying factors that impact parts program and item performance

Live our Values

Culture Champion
• Models the Walmart values to foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; and supports Walmart’s commitment to communities, social justice, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability; maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance.

Servant Leadership
• Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.

Embrace Change
• Demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.

Digital Transformation & Change
• Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.

Deliver for the Customer
• Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans.

Strategic Thinking
• Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team’s strategy.

Focus on our Associates

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Identifies, attracts, and retains diverse and inclusive team members; builds a high-performing team; embraces diversity in all its forms; and actively supports diversity goal programs.
Collaboration & Influence
• Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.

Talent Management
• Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work, empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company, and regularly recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.

Minimum Qualifications...

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

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Human Resources, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field and 2 years’ experience in consulting, project management, business strategy, or relevant area OR 4 years’ experience in consulting, project management, business strategy, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Leadership of cross-functional task forces or projects, Project Management

Masters, Masters: Human Resources, Masters: Supply Chain

Lean Six Sigma Champion Certification - Certification

Primary Location...

2608 Se J St, BENTONVILLE, AR 72712, United States of America