Manager, Sourcing - Entertainment (Wireless and Photo Services)

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

The success of Walmart depends on providing quality, private-brand goods at exceptional value to our members. In service to that mission, Walmart strives to identify sources of supply that reliably deliver value through a combination of high-quality goods, cost, reliable delivery, and a host of other relevant factors.

This position is available at our main corporate campus in Bentonville, Arkansas! We have an excellent relocation package to help you get here!

Learn more about what Bentonville has to offer!

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About Sourcing

Looking to join an exciting team?  This is your spot!  We’re looking for experienced sourcing professionals with a knack for relationship building. The Sourcing team is embarking on a new phase of growth on our journey to become the most trusted and resilient supplier, powered by Walmart. We are accomplishing this by activating a new strategy, streamlining our structure, and doubling down on fostering a psychologically safe environment, empowering our associates to move faster, collaborate more easily and win together.
 

We would love to have you join Sourcing, a truly superpowered sourcing team aligned throughout the enterprise, all with the customer at the heart of what we do!

As a Manager, Sourcing - Entertainment, your expertise, vision, and strategy will allow you to create businesses in the Wireless and Photo Services (together with several other Consumer Electronics) categories at Walmart. You will have the opportunity to develop complex sourcing strategies for existing products while also working with Product Developers to create first of their kind innovative products. You will work directly with Merchants to ensure critical business metrics are met while influencing future growth strategies to help our customers Save Money and Live Better.

What you'll do:

• Build and manage comprehensive Private Brand sourcing strategy and supplier matrix to optimize GMV, profit and market share by supporting Every Day Low Prices strategy.
• Communicate with retail teams to align, arrange buy trips, and manage critical issues during the order execution process. Oversee factory capability and capacity, product quality, and on-time delivery.
• Collaborate closely with cross functional teams to ensure a smooth product development process from ideation to final production. Work closely with Entertainment sourcing teams in different locations around the world on shared initiatives.
• Develop and maintain supplier relationships, including (but not limited to) account management, project management, and factories. Conduct supplier assessments and formulate the supplier matrix for an assigned category.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with the various business partners and suppliers to understand business needs. Priority and develop optimal solutions to support.
• Demonstrate awareness of global trade developments for assigned geographies and incorporate into sourcing proposals. Understand buying objectives and specification, components, component suppliers (upstreaming), production, construction and communicate with suppliers.
• Manage the oversight of sourcing and operational issues regarding costing and quality of Omni channel.
• Lead identified sourcing opportunities to ensure suppliers capability. 
• Guide partners and suppliers to ensure product quality, de