[Hiring] Manager, Inventory Management - Inventory Optimization @Walmart, Inc.

Role Description

Sam's Club is seeking a Manager, Inventory Management to lead and oversee inventory operations, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs. The successful candidate will analyze data to drive efficiencies, manage profit and loss, and collaborate cross-functionally to support continuous improvement. Providing leadership, coaching, and development opportunities to associates is essential, along with maintaining high standards of integrity and operational excellence to support Sam's Club's mission and values.

• Oversee inventory management operations, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders to support inventory plans and initiatives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop associates by assigning duties, providing training, and promoting accountability.
• Manage profit and loss related to inventory, including forecasting, budgeting, and performance analysis.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements in inventory processes.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to identify improvement opportunities and implement continuous enhancements.
• Monitor returns, recalls, and debit memo processes, ensuring accuracy and timely resolution.
• Present inventory performance results and insights to senior leadership regularly.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in inventory management with strong expertise in inventory control and optimization.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including hiring, training, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.
• Proficiency in profit and loss (P&L) management, with the ability to analyze financial data and drive budget adherence.
• Strong data analysis capabilities to identify trends, forecast outcomes, and support strategic decision-making.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to achieve business objectives and operational excellence.
• Commitment to upholding company policies, ethics, and compliance standards while promoting continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, or related field and 1 year's experience in inventory management, accounting, or related area OR 3 years' experience in inventory management, accounting, or related area.

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, 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 company paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
• The annual salary range for this position is $70,000.00 - $130,000.00.
• Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.