Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives Corporate Sustainability – Business Acceleration Team (General Merchandising, Fashion, Consumables, Health & Wellness)

Position Summary...

Are you passionate about making sustainability a source of resilience and competitive advantage in the retail industry and leveraging business as a force for good As Senior Director of Corporate Sustainability Business Acceleration Team (General Merchandising Fashion Consumables Health & Wellness) at Walmart youll lead efforts to integrate sustainability practices into sourcing and merchandising strategies across a wide variety of categories. Youll drive progress on Walmarts ambitious sustainability goals (across our climate nature waste and people in product value chains priorities) activate supplier engagement build external partnerships and deliver business value while helping to shape a more sustainable food future.

As a member of the Senior leadership of the Sustainability team this high-impact role will own long-term strategy development embed sustainability into business planning advance innovation through scalable pilots manage key relationships with suppliers and stakeholders and support ESG disclosures.

What youll do...

• Accelerate progress on sustainability goals and deliver business value by integrating sustainability practices into merchandising and sourcing strategies across General Merchandising Fashion Consumables Health & Wellness categories for Walmart US Sams Club and international markets. Develop and implement Business Unit-specific strategies and build programs to attain sustainability goals while creating business value (e.g via specifications certifications supplier capacity building partnerships industry consortia policy advocacy place-based pilots tech innovation new tech/systems data/validation etc.).
• Lead Long Rang Planning and Annual Operating Plans integration to align sourcing and merchandising business plans with long-term sustainability strategies. Activate and engage suppliers to achieve corporate goals: Differentiate our private brands on EDLP and sustainability standards; and galvanize regen approaches with National Brands & NGOs partners.
• Test innovative solutions from incubation to embedding into the business through pilots scaling successful models across categories. For example on initiatives such as Customer Energy Solutions place-based projects supply chains traceability and advancing the more sustainable sourcing of key commodities such as Pulp Paper Timber (PPT) or more sustainable textile fibers.
• Influence the development of sustainability tools and metrics that ensure consistent measurement and accountability (both external aspirations and short-term internal leading indicators aligned with business stakeholders to drive progress on long-term goals). Provide ESG claims and reporting support ensuring accuracy and transparency in disclosures.
• Manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders: influence executive leadership and align various stakeholders sometimes with diverging opinions on targets strategies and initiatives. Represent Walmart externally through speaking engaging in forums supporting ESG disclosures to demonstrate thought leadership shape the field and accelerate progress in industry sustainability.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team by managing a team of sustainability professionals providing coaching feedback and professional development opportunities. Set clear goals establish accountability and foster a culture of innovation collaboration. Align team resources to high-impact opportunities ensuring progress on both short-term deliverables and long-term strategic priorities.

What youll bring:

• Strong business acumen and strategy development skills: able to define long-term strategy and implementation roadmaps to integrate sustainability practices into sourcing and merchandising strategies across General Merchandising Fashion Consumables Health & Wellness categories. Proven ability to manage ambiguity prioritize competing workstreams and maintain momentum toward long-term objectives. Strong capabilities in strategy development conceptual problem solving business planning and analytics.
• Subject matter expertise in commodity sourcing (such as pulp paper timber or more sustainable textile fibers) and product merchandising with a strong understanding of sustainability practices across product value chains.
• Strategic communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex sustainability strategies to diverse audiences including senior leadership.Able to influence without authority and build alignment across diverse internal and external stakeholders (including suppliers NGOs policy makers standard setters and industry coalitions).
• Results driven: Track record of leading complex enterprise-wide initiatives; managing projects across merchandising sourcing finance and procurement to deliver significant results at pace in large matrixed organizations (aligning key stakeholders encouraging partnership and overcoming barriers).
• Team leadership: Proven ability to build lead and develop high-performing teams in a fast-paced innovation-driven environment.
• Familiarity with ESG reporting standards industry benchmarks and sustainability policy levers relevant to General Merchandising Fashion Consumables Health & Wellness categories and Responsible Sourcing.

At Walmart we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus 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 Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sams Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelors 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 .
The annual salary range for this position is $130000.00 - $260000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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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.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelors degree in Business Administration Environmental Science Social Science Communications or related field and 6 years experience managing cross-functional projects for governmental or non-governmental organizations consulting firms or corporations OR 10 years experience managing cross-functional projects for governmental or non-governmental organizations consulting firms or corporations.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed there are no preferred qualifications.

Consulting Preparing and executing budgets Project Management Strategic Planning Sustainability - Environmental Sustainability - Social Working in a matrixed organization

Masters: International Studies

Primary Location...

806 Excellence Dr Bentonville AR 72716 United States of America

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