Manager, Cost Analytics

2 weeks ago

Mississauga, Canada Walmart Full time

**In addition to base salary, Walmart total compensation may also include bonus incentives, stock options, and more.**

**Position Summary...**

**What you'll do...**
- Act as project manager for annual negotiation process within assigned Strategic Business Unit (SBU): Lead working sessions with category managers to identify and quantify supplier performance gaps and develop strategy and key messages to communicate supplier ask. Develop and manage preparation work plan and negotiation tracker; identify issues / risks and work with business unit and leadership to align on resolution; develop weekly and ad hoc SBU and Executive leadership updates.
- Support category managers to complete annual negotiations: advise on supplier communications related to cost analytics items consistent with legal and compliance rules; assess supplier proposals relative to identified performance gaps to support response to suppliers; complete analysis to develop counteroffers.
- Support merchandising team with cost increase mitigation and cost reduction assessments, including development of fact packs and recommendations to merchants for vendor negotiations. Must be able to synthesize complex sets of data into insights and recommendations.
- Support category managers to complete category diagnostic: ensure data integrity, provide thorough analysis around predefined business KPIs, identify key actions to deliver on category ambitions.
- Leverage insights on topics such as pricing, promotions, assortment, category space, market-share, and category roles, as a strategic inputs to vendor negotiation strategies.
- Coordinate top-to-top meetings for top tier vendors with merchandising leadership: prepare scorecards; communicate process and timelines to suppliers and ensure on-time completion of process; work with supplier representatives to resolve data or process questions; facilitate internal meetings with SBU leadership and support resolution of action items.
- Lead the SBU content creation and logistics for the annual supplier conference - this includes supporting SBU's strategic messaging, alignment with corporate messaging, finalizing, and managing the invitee list, etc.
- Provide training and communication within assigned teams and support troubleshooting.
- Comfortable working in a less structured environment with multiple projects and re-prioritizing as required

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's Degree
- 3 to 5 years of experience, preferably with merchandising/category management exposure.
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Excellent relationship and influence skills
- Strong project management skills are a must
- Strong analytical and data interpretation skills
- Good retail and general business acumen

**Minimum Qualifications...**

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Age - 16 or older

**Preferred Qualifications...**

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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