Position Summary...

The Senior Manager, Project Management develops and leads multiple cross-functional projects, ensuring alignment with business goals, driving execution, and fostering continuous improvement across various domains.

What you'll do...

The Senior Manager, Project Management oversees the development and execution of multiple cross-functional projects. This role involves identifying process improvements, benchmarking industry best practices, and utilizing data to inform business decisions. Ensuring data accuracy and credibility, the Senior Manager manages efforts to support sustainable practices and complex, organization-wide initiatives, while adapting to changing business demands.

In this role, the Senior Manager drives the execution of business plans by identifying customer and operational needs, communicating priorities, and removing obstacles to performance. Responsibilities include resource allocation, developing contingency plans, and supporting continuous learning. Managing current and forecasted projects involves developing work plans, aligning objectives with program goals, and monitoring project milestones and expenditures against schedules and budgets. The Senior Manager acts as the primary contact for project requests and communicates status to key stakeholders.

Supervising and developing associates, the Senior Manager provides training, mentoring, and performance evaluations, fostering a team-based work environment. Ensuring diversity awareness and providing recognition and rewards are also key aspects of this role. The Senior Manager drives informed decision-making by collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify project goals, success criteria, and risks. Developing communication plans and educating stakeholders on project requirements are also essential duties.

Promoting company policies and values, the Senior Manager ensures compliance and supports the Open Door Policy. Influencing change processes through data-driven recommendations, the role involves educating teams on new business processes and building relationships with senior leadership. Additionally, the Senior Manager evaluates the effectiveness of current plans and initiatives, seeks suggestions for improvement, and participates in community outreach events. Enhancing project workflow by establishing consistent practices and standards for deliverables is a critical component of this position.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in business or related field- Master’s or MBA preferred

• 5+ years of experience in management consulting, or strategy within a large retail or consumer organization

• 1-2 years of people leadership experience

• Strong analytical skills and structured strategic thinking

• Excellent communication skills- written and spoken

• Proficient in data analysis (excel) and presentation building (PowerPoint)

• Results-driven, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity, innovative

• Strong team player and collaborator

• Experience in retail, QSR, or CPG a plus

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.

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…

1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada

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