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Position Summary…
What you’ll do…
About the Team
As a part of the Walmart, you will contribute to the growth and delivery of our Product Management team! Why? Because Sam Walton founded our company with the belief that the customer is #1. It is not just a belief, but our way of doing business. Our Team is at the forefront of a retail transformation where you can work on a team that is ultimately focused on delighting our customers, saving them both time and money in unexpected ways.
The Market Fulfilment Center team works closely with robotics and automation, to come up with innovative ideas to serve our customers. Imagine your Walmart order being fulfilled 100% by robots, and you are the one to make that happen, by enabling the technology and tech products behind it.
What is a Market Fulfilment Center?
These buildings contain fully automated robots which can store, pick, pack and dispense items ordered by Walmart customers including grocery and general merchandize. MFCs are a keystone to enable our customer to save money, time so that they can live better. On our current world eCommerce has scaled immensely, and the reduction of touches on supply chain is key for a scalable operation.
As the biggest player in the game, we trust our associates to innovate the future of Supply Chain! If you are motivated by complex, purposeful challenges, this role, with the world’s largest retailer, could be the fit you have been looking for.
- Supply Chain Management experience, Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Technology Product Management, Program Management, Distribution or Ecommerce Fulfillment background
- Automation & Robotics experience (not a must have)
- Cross-functional team management
- Supply Chain Operations Management
You’ll Make an Impact by
- Driving product lifecycle from requirement gathering, requirement writing, identifying, and measuring the value, partnering on the development, testing, and other launch efforts
- Defining vision and strategies for your product family, using domain expertise, internal and external best practices; identifying market opportunities, building business cases, and approving objectives
- Developing and enhancing products – you will manage product roadmaps, align business and technical needs, analyze customer and product data, turn customer insights into actionable initiatives, determine rollout strategy, and manage risks
- Help software engineers design and architect the best solution for technical needs. Developing scalable systems that will serve millions of customers across the US
You’ll sweep us off our feet if…
- You’re a team player
- You’re comfortable with ambiguity and able to bring structure to it
- You’re passionate about solving complex problems
- You’re customer-centric in spirit and in execution
- You can work with details, but also see the big picture
- You’re comfortable influencing others, managing stakeholders, getting buy-in from leadership, and communicating clearly
- You are data-driven and a strategic thinker
- You’re organized and work with proper documentation
Roles & Responsibilities
Definition:
The Senior Product Manager for Planning and Deployment will be responsible to drive the planning efforts of different product features to deliver on program outcomes. This role will partner with the different product and tech teams and align features and priorities with key stakeholders to maximize the impact on business outcomes. Will require 30-50% travel.
- Responsible of managing the intake and prioritization process with tech team, following standard intake processes and holding product managers accountable for achieving global teach timelines and due times for requirements
- Lead the communication and alignment with program stakeholders for road mapping and key initiatives. Making sure product road maps align with the business program strategy and create value for our operational partners
- Manage the development backlog, story pointing, sprint planning, testing, and deployment of features across our tech-partners to ensure timely delivery of the business value. This includes:
- Coordinate road mapping of new feature discovery, sizing and development, in alignment with program goals
- Track deliverables to be on time with global tech timelines, including team’s bandwidth, sprint planning, resourcing, dependencies and risks. Hold teams accountable and track say/do ratios.
- Evaluate and track value realization of enhancements after deploying functionalities
- Manage risks and trade-offs across teams, and prioritize efforts with a data-driven approach, to ensure key program deliverables
Profile:
- Project Management: The individual needs to have big project management experience, having a proven track record of planning and driving program execution in a tech organization
- Strategic Mindset: The role will require a close partnership and visibility to the larger business goals of the MFC program to ensure resources and efforts are focusing on the highest impact initiatives in a quantifiable way.
- Relationship Management: The role requires working with global tech, platform product, operations, business and strategy stakeholders. The individual must have impeccable relationship management and the ability to influence upwards, sidewards and downwards.
- Data Expertise: The individual will need to be able to review and provide insight base on provided data by other teams. Data will be key to make sure teams are working on the correct problems, in addition, the role will need to track if metrics for the program are improving, and tie them to specific deliverables from the team.
- Optional Technical Expertise: This role interacts with 15+ tech products, which are complex in nature due to the scale of Walmart and the use of legacy systems for stores. This role will require a deep level of understanding of the architecture of regional, grocery, billing, forecast and inventory systems
Studies & Experience:
- Bachelor degree in engineering, business or equivalent
- 5+ years of experience in product management, supply chain, or related field
- MBA/Masters ideal but not required
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam’s Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor’s degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J .
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam’s Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor’s degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J .
The annual salary range for this position is $144,000.00-$216,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
– Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location)
– Stock equity incentives
Minimum Qualifications…
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related area and 7 years’ experience in product management. Option 2: 9 years’ experience in product management or related area.
Preferred Qualifications…
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related area and 6 years’ experience as a product manager, ideally working on consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products
Masters: Business Administration, Masters: Computer Engineering, Masters: Computer Science
Primary Location… 221 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030, United States of America
About Walmart
At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability-and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries-all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.
All the benefits you need for you and your family
- Multiple health plan options, including vision & dental plans for you & dependents
- Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase plans, life insurance and more
- Associate discounts in-store and online
- Education assistance for Associate and dependents
- Parental Leave
- Pay during military service
- Paid Time off – to include vacation, sick, parental
- Short-term and long-term disability for when you can’t work because of injury, illness, or childbirth
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.com/Benefits.
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