Senior Manager, Change Management - Merchandising Implementation

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Location: Bentonville AR

Job Type: Full-time

Job Summary:

At Walmart, we are dedicated to empowering people to live better lives by helping them save money. As our Implementation Manager, you will play a critical role in delivering on our strategic business initiatives aimed at creating a seamless and hassle-free customer journey from item planning to purchase across all channels. Your responsibilities will include overseeing the implementation of our business strategy and communication plans, while managing programs across departments. Working closely with the leadership team, you will ensure timely and efficient project delivery that meets all our goals and objectives.

Leveraging your critical thinking and problem-solving skills, you will help deliver customer-centric solutions that enable our merchants to execute their strategies effectively and efficiently. Collaborating with agile teams and utilizing the best-in-class solution development practices, you will help us achieve our organizational goals and aspirations.

At every step of the way, you will be supported by our deep-rooted culture and have access to the tools and resources you need to excel in your role, learn, grow, and succeed. This is a unique opportunity to make a real impact on the lives of our customers and contribute to our mission of helping people save money so they can live better

Responsibilities:

Business Strategy ; Communication

• Supporting strategic business initiatives by working with teams across the business to add new value; ensuring the execution of initiatives; and providing updates to leadership.
• Ensuring business needs are met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
• Supporting the execution of key initiatives by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers; and partnering closely with the business to ensure strategic initiatives deliver the greatest amount of value.
• Prepares documentation (e.g., Power Point, Word, excel) to communicate strategic recommendations based on research and data analysis. Supports the implementation of process, systems, and tool solutions by building relationships ; partnerships with key business stakeholders.

Program Management

• Lead the development and implementation of program plans for the release of a new product to users, including defining project scope, timelines, and resource requirements.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of the new product, including managing project schedules, risks, and dependencies.
• Monitor program progress and identify opportunities for improvement to ensure delivery on time, within budget, and with high quality.
• Collaborate with business partners to identify and define new business processes and develop strategies to effectively implement the new product to support these processes.
• Develop and implement change management plans to ensure successful adoption of the new product and associated business processes by users.
• Identify and analyze business trends and opportunities related to the new product and associated business processes and make recommendations to senior leadership on areas for growth and improvement.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and address issues that may impact program success or business growth.
• Communicate program and business strategi