Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Our Company

We help people around the world save money and live better -- anytime and anywhere -- in retail stores, online and through their mobile devices. Each week, more than 220 million customers and members visit our 11,096 stores under 69 banners in 27 countries and e-commerce websites in 10 countries. With last fiscal revenues of approximately $473 billion, Walmart employs 2.2 million employees worldwide. @ Walmart Labs in Bangalore, we enable an ecosystem wherein our customers can “save money so they can live better” by using technology for the charter of building brand new platforms and services on latest technology stack to support both our e-commerce and stores businesses worldwide.

Our Team
Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SSP) is responsible for providing strategic procurement support for all the business needs of Walmart Labs, India, by demonstrating key attributes – Quality, Cost, Agility and Innovation.

Job Summary
You are at the helm of all crucial information, be it customer insights or business intelligence. You bend and wield this high-profile career position with proven leadership skills to provide market knowledge and consumer understanding to reflect and resolve with that wisdom, analysis and resourcefulness. You etch our new product features, ward us off if needed, think up a roadmap to support our goals and strategies, and synchronize together with other platform teams on cross-functional initiatives.

What you will do:

Sourcing & Procurement

Responsible for sourcing and procurement of good / services (Indirect Procurement). Major categories include Facilities, IT, HR & Corporate Communications.Work closely with category leads to implement key procurement strategies.Manages the work by aligning with Wal-Mart’s ethics, policies, guidelines, and internal controls.Identifying and developing vendor source for achieving cost effective purchases and procurement of materials / services within stipulated time frame.Trigger healthy competition among vendors and negotiated best commercial terms meeting business requirement and as per company policies and procedures.Participate in various meetings and work groups to integrate activities, communicate issues, obtain approvals, and resolve problems.Participate in price negotiations, procurement strategies as necessary, and provide operational inputs that enable decision-making.

Process & Compliance

Maintain & Publish Approved Vendor List.Responsible to maintain all documentation related to Vendor Contracts and renewals.Maintain and publish contract renewal tracker.Support in maintaining and updating procurement tools with accurate data and adherence to procurement policies & guidelines.

Data Analytics & MIS

Responsible to work closely with key stakeholders from Business, Procurement & Finance teams to gather requirements & right data for procurement analytics.Develop procurement analytics KPIs dashboards (spend, contract, savings, operational etc)Build key insights and identify savings opportunities based on procurement spend / contract / operational data.Perform data cleansing, categorization, normalization of suppliers and data enrichment to develop clean data for analysis

What you will bring:

You have strong problem solving, analytic, decision-making and excellent communication with interpersonal skills.You pay attention to details and are able to interpret data and trends, diagnose problems, and formulate effective actions plans to resolve issues.You are self-driven and motivated with entrepreneurial passion and desire to work in a fast-paced, results-driven environment with varied responsibilities.Your Qualification: 6-8 Years of experience in technology, procurement, sourcing and contract management.University degree preferably in Business Administration, Engineering or a related field.Some understanding of the ecommerce industry and/or the category/commodity.Some knowledge of actively managing commodity/category and implementing various strategies to address objectives like savings, speed to business, and driving innovation
Advanced working knowledge in data analysis, building simulated worksheets and performing sensitivity analysisBasic understanding of interpreting financial statements

Key Skills

Sourcing Procurement, Vendor Development, Negotiation, Contracts, Database Management, Analytics & Reporting, Audits

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Flexible, hybrid work:
We use a hybrid way of working with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.

Benefits:
Benefits Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

Minimum Qualifications...

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

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, economics, technology, or related field. Option 2: 2 years' experience in procurement strategy, contract management, analytics, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Primary Location...4,5,6, 7 Floor, Building 10, Sez, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India