Walmart Canada · 3 days ago
Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives - Corporate Sustainability – Business Acceleration Team (General Merchandising, Fashion, Consumables, Health & Wellness)
Bentonville, AR
Full-time
Onsite
Director/ExecutiveWalmart Canada is dedicated to integrating sustainability into the retail industry, and they are seeking a Senior Director of Corporate Sustainability to lead these efforts. The role involves developing long-term sustainability strategies, engaging suppliers, and managing relationships with stakeholders to achieve corporate sustainability goals while driving business value.
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Responsibilities
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, Sam’s 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
Qualification
Required
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
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.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
Company
Walmart Canada
Walmart Canada is a subsidiary of Walmart that operates a chain of more than 400 stores nationwide. It is a sub-organization of Walmart.
Founded in 1994
10001+ employees
Funding
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