Senior Manager, Business Strategy - Planning and Strategy

Requirements

• 7+ years related experience in Consulting, Finance, Business Operations, Strategy, or related field (MBA preferred)
• Experience in consumer-focused retail or ecommerce / marketplace environment
• Proven track record of leading market research to drive insights and develop strategic frameworks, business cases, and recommendations
• Excellent critical thinking and communication skills (written and verbal) with experience and comfort presenting to upper-level leadership
• Analytical skills and ability to make data-driven decisions. Experience with Tableau, Looker, and proficiency in writing complex and efficient SQL queries to extract data.
• Competence in managing core business management and governance processes
• Problem solving creativity and flexibility in the face of change, obstacles, competing demands and priorities. You can work seamlessly in a fast-paced environment, managing several priorities and staying organized throughout
• If you are passionate about shaping the future of local ecommerce at Walmart and possess the skills and experience mentioned above, we invite you to join our team and be a key driver of our success.
• You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other pur

Additional Information

Position Summary... What you'll do... About Walmart LocalFinds Walmart LocalFinds is a new venture within Walmart Marketplace that is on a mission to revolutionize the local shopping experience, enabling Customers to shop the best of their neighborhoods, with the speed and convenience of Walmart. Walmart LocalFinds partners with local retailers to make their businesses and products discoverable to customers and available for same-day in-store pickup and local delivery. Walmart Finds is dedicated to building and scaling innovative ways for customers to discover and engage with local sellers seamlessly, boosting product assortment and speed on site, helping local businesses grow, and powering our hyperlocal flywheel. The Walmart LocalFinds Strategy & Planning team is looking for a dynamic business leader to drive our strategic decision-making to support the growth and scale of our program. In this role you will lead our long-range and annual strategic planning processes, partnering closely with our Finance team to lead forecasting and scenario planning, lead our team operating processes such as monthly and quarterly business reviews, create and project manage executive level presentation materials, and support ad-hoc strategic initiatives such as competitive insights and trend analysis and business case creation for new expansion opportunities. This role involves high-level strategic thinking and executive communication, strong technical analytics skills, and process-oriented mindset to drive outcomes. Primary responsibilities include: You Will Be Successful If - You're a motivated self-starter with exceptional technical skills. You're data driven and leverage insights to make informed and impactful decisions. You are adept at storytelling through data to influence business strategy, gain stakeholder buy-in and drive outcomes - You're passionate about retail consumer technology and the future state of marketplace businesses and industry dynamics - You're a strategic problem solver. You are able to break down complex and ambiguous issues, formulating and testing hypothesis, and developing and communicating succinct recommendations - You employ first principles thinking to develop frameworks for decision making. You build trust quickly and are an effective communicator. You are able to lead complex initiatives across various functions and stakeholders - You're able to operate both tops-down to support strategic direction and decisions, and bottoms-up to support execution and optimization - You have strong executive presence and have experience developing exec-level materials You'll Make an Impact by - Setting the strategic direction for the LocalFinds program and support decision making for the LocalFinds leadership team to drive growth and expansion - Exhibiting a growth mindset and ability to operate in ambiguous environments in a highly matrixed org - Leading with influence and becoming an invaluable thought partner to internal stakeholders by communicating top priorities, challenges, and risks, articulating the "why" behind it all, and rooting recommendations firmly in data.

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