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Walmart Canada · 3 weeks ago

Senior Manager, Replenishment and Inventory Solutions - Travel Gear

Bentonville, AR

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$90K/yr - $180K/yr

5+ years exp

Walmart Canada is a leading retail company, and they are seeking a Senior Manager for Replenishment and Inventory Solutions. The role involves directing lifecycle inventory planning, overseeing inventory flows, and leading strategic supplier collaborations to ensure customer availability and drive sales.

DeliveryRetailShopping

Responsibilities

Directs lifecycle inventory planning to drive sales, profitability, and customer availability through proactive supplier partnerships and execution excellence

Oversees launch forecasts for new items, ensuring seamless inventory flows aligned to modular timing and enterprise objectives

Builds strategic supplier collaboration, aligning supply plans, purchase orders, and contingency actions for disruptions

Guides allocation strategies by leveraging enterprise systems to balance limited availability across markets and channels

Leads seasonal and promotional planning to position inventory effectively for peak events and merchandising priorities

Provides strategic oversight of recalls, vendor returns, and end-of-life transitions, mitigating risk and ensuring responsible inventory disposition

Champions a culture of rapid recovery through advanced root cause analysis and the execution of get-well plans

Directs teams to proactively identify, resolve, and prevent out-of-stock challenges to sustain high in-stock performance

Oversees the development and execution of recovery strategies, ensuring accountability and measurable results

Guides the resolution of modular execution errors impacting replenishment

Elevates inventory health by reducing understock, overstock, and aged inventory through systemic improvements

Monitors On-Time-In-Full (OTIF) supplier performance, driving accountability and corrective actions to ensure delivery excellence

Ensures the strategic alignment of inventory flows across the network to achieve key performance indicators for availability, cost, and speed

Oversees open-to-buy and line reviews, maintaining alignment with financial and inventory goals

Ensures product flows are synchronized with resets, modular changes, and promotional windows

Leads response strategies for disruptions and inventory imbalances across channels

Directs the execution of network-wide inventory distributions to balance customer demand and cost efficiency

Provides enterprise-level leadership to align inventory strategies across Merchandising, Supply Chain, Operations, and Sourcing

Anticipates and drives the resolution of systemic constraints, continuously improving inventory health and strategic positioning

Partners cross-functionally to embed inventory strategies that optimize availability and reduce costs across the network

Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by setting clear objectives, identifying barriers, and aligning resources to deliver results

Directs and develops associates through training, mentoring, and performance management, fostering a culture of accountability and growth

Establishes high standards for execution, innovation, and continuous improvement in replenishment and inventory management

Promotes and supports company policies, mission, values, and ethics, modeling integrity and building trust across teams and partners

Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events

Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace

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/member 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

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

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

Delivers expected business results while putting the customer/member first and consistently applying an omnimerchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low-Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers/members

Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer/member insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team’s strategy

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

Qualification

Replenishment expertiseInventory managementSupply chain experienceData analyticsStrategic planningSupervisory experienceCross-functional partnershipRoot cause problem solvingTeam developmentEnterprise technology utilization

Required

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, engineering, business, data analytics, or related area and 5 years' experience in supply chain, merchandising, engineering, business, data analytics, or related area

7 years' experience in supply chain, merchandising, engineering, business, data analytics, or related area

Preferred

Experience in replenishment or inventory management

Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or related field

Supervisory experience

Benefits

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.

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.