CAN) Senior Manager, Merchandising Activity Planning (IC)

Position Summary...

Provide visionary leadership and strategic oversight for end-to-end commercial planning in ecommerce to drive significant Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) growth. Coordinate with multiple key stakeholders to shape and execute a best-in-class ecommerce strategy, ensuring meticulous execution of strategic initiatives and operational readiness.
What you'll do...

The Senior Manager, Merchandising Activity Planning leads the strategy, planning, and execution of commercial activities, ensuring alignment with business objectives. This position designs and implements comprehensive strategies and operational plans to optimize commercial activities, including creating a 12-24 month commercialization calendar and robust analytical tools for performance monitoring and decision-making.

The role may also drive cross-functional synergy by engaging teams to finalize annual commercialization calendars and establishing collaborative environments for key initiatives. The focus includes rigorous commercial execution processes, standardizing operational processes across various platforms, and implementing innovative tracking tools.

Additionally, the position supports the commercial planning strategy agenda, driving annual planning processes with senior executives and facilitating post-meeting action plans. The role includes leading end-to-end strategies for key commercial events, building and presenting strategic plans, and ensuring a consistent omni-channel customer experience.

Accountable for continuous improvement, the Senior Manager proactively enhances strategies, advises senior leaders, and fosters innovation in operational practices. This position may also influence and gain consensus from cross-functional partners, ensuring effective execution of commercial plans and maximizing GMV growth.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree – MBA considered an asset

5+ years of experience in a similar Merchandise Activity planning role

Excellent project management experience

Leadership Expectations:

Respect the Individual:

Demonstrates and encourages respect for others; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; supports workplaces where associated feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging, so all associates thrive and perform; contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work.

Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team, developing others through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; and recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.

Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively to achieve objectives; communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences; and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work.

Acts with Integrity:

Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving).

Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and encourages others to do the same; supports an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns; reinforces our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action; acts with accountability for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.

Is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.

Serve our Customers:

Delivers results while putting the customer first and applying an omni-merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.

Adopts a broad perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans.

Strive for Excellence:

Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions; supports innovation and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.

Implements and supports continuous improvements and willingly embraces new digital tools and ways of working.

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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.

Primary Location…

1+40 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P+, Canada Read more