Director, Process Improvement Walmart Health & Wellness | Central Fill Pharmacy Network
Bentonville, AR - USA
Job Summary
Position Summary...
Build the quality backbone for the future of pharmacy.Walmarts Central Fill Pharmacy Network is transforming how pharmacy care is delivered at scalemoving high volume repetitive fulfillment into highly automated facilities so pharmacists can focus on clinical care.
As we scale nationally quality and continuous improvement arent support functionstheyre strategic advantages.
Were hiring a Director Process Improvement (QA & CI) to lead the teams with responsibility for the processes and systems that keep Central Fill safe compliant audit ready and continuously improving.
This role owns both:
Quality Assurance controls SOPs audits and CAPAs
Continuous Improvement standard work waste elimination defect reduction and sustainment
The goal is not speed or controlits disciplined improvement at scale.
Youll lead with a clear separation of authority:
QA defines what must not change
CI redesigns how to improve within those boundaries
What youll do...
*Quality & Governance
- Own Central Fills Quality Management System (SOPs deviations CAPAs audit readiness)
- Serve as senior quality authority in a highly regulated pharmacy environment
*Continuous Improvement
- Lead networkwide CI programs focused on stability repeatability and error reduction
- Turn audit findings and performance data into durable process improvements
- Ensure improvements scale across facilitiesnot oneoff fixes
*Decision Rights & Leadership
- Enforce clean governance between QA and CIno shortcuts no shadow approvals
- Act as escalation and arbitration point when improvement conflicts with controls
- Partner closely with Operations Patient Safety Regulatory Compliance Automation & Innovation and Enablement
*People & Culture
- Build and lead highperforming QA and CI teams
- Create a culture where risks and defects are surfaced early and solved systematically
*Youre a Great Fit If You Have
- 5 years leading quality CI or regulated operations
- Experience with formal audits regulatory oversight and quality systems
- Background in healthcare pharmacy manufacturing automation or highreliability operations
- Strong Lean / Six Sigma or structured CI experience (Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification and demonstrated success delivering measurable process improvements is preferred)
- 2 years leading cross-functional teams and complex multi-stakeholder initiatives
- Experience developing scalable operating models controls and sustainable change management plans.
- The judgment and backbone to protect controls while still driving progress
Why This Role Matters
- Direct impact on patient safety and pharmacy quality at national scale
- Opportunity to shape one of the largest automated pharmacy networksin the country
- Executive visibility and real ownershipnot advisory influence
- A mandate to build systems that last not patches that fade
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Minimum Qualifications...
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Minimum Qualifications: Bachelors degree in Finance Human Resources Engineering Supply Chain or related field and 5 years experience in consulting project management business strategy or related area OR 7 years experience in consulting project management business strategy or related area. 2 years experience leading cross functional teams.Preferred Qualifications...
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Project Management Strategic PlanningMasters Masters: Human Resources Masters: Supply ChainLean Six Sigma Champion Certification - Certification Project Management - Project Management Professional - CertificationPrimary Location...
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