This role is responsible for leading vendor and category management strategies across critical equipment and construction-related categories, ensuring alignment with Walmart Canada, Global Sourcing, and U.S. Walmart teams. The role ensures compliance with design templates, operational objectives, and industry standards, while collaborating on strategic initiatives, real estate projects, and daily operations.
This role focuses on governance and planning by creating and accurately updating forecasts. It ensures the timely delivery of equipment, and supplies to meet strategic initiatives, real estate projects, and store operations within set timelines.
Developing an accountability strategy for onboarding new vendors and managing current vendors through standardized processes in vendor selection, reviewing and revisiting agreements to suit business needs, price negotiations, and inventory management is also essential.
Lead vendor governance by owning and overseeing GNFR agreements, SLAs, and contractual frameworks to ensure alignment with Walmart’s operational, financial, and compliance requirements.
Define, implement, and continuously improve KPIs, MSAs, and vendor scorecards; hold vendors accountable for performance, service quality, and value delivery.
Provide category leadership by monitoring spend, market trends, and vendor performance, and partnering with Global Sourcing to shape RFP strategies and sourcing roadmaps.
Pursuing continuous improvement, the role manages spend through strategic sourcing and develops guiding principles and tools for more efficient workflows in planning and executing programs and projects.
Integration and customer service are crucial, requiring collaboration with various internal teams on strategic development and business requirements that align with corporate strategies In terms of budgets and financials, the role provides accurate budgets for equipment on all real estate and strategic projects, ensuring costs align with approved budgets. Additionally, the role may involve leading, mentoring, and coaching procurement specialists, supporting their personal development through regular business reviews and one-on-one sessions.
Leadership Expectations:
Respect the Individual:
Demonstrates and encourages respect for all; builds a high-performing team; seeks, and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace and experiences where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; identifies, attracts, and retains the best team members.
Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work; empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company; and regularly recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates and listens attentively, with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.
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 sets expectations for others to do the same; promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns and reinforces our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates. takes action and encourages others to do the same; holds self and others accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.
Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.
Serve our Customers:
Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently 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 holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team’s strategy.
Strive for Excellence:
Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.
Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline (Mechanical or Industrial preferred).
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in construction, facilities management, or technical equipment procurement (RTUs, AHUs, refrigeration vertical transportation, etc.).
- Previous experience directly supporting business partners with minimum oversight.
The pay range for this position is $91,900.00 - $126,390.00. Pay will be determined based on relevant experience.
L’échelle salariale pour ce poste est de 91,900.00 à 126,390.00. La rémunération sera déterminée en fonction de l’expérience pertinente.
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Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Age - 16 or older
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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