(CAN) Manager, Real Estate Procurement-Construction Buy-Outs

Job Description

Position Summary... This role is responsible for leading vendor and category management strategies across critical equipment and construction-related categories, ensuring alignment with Walmart Canada, Global Sourcing, and U.S. Walmart teams. The role ensures compliance with design templates, operational objectives, and industry standards, while collaborating on strategic initiatives, real estate projects, and daily operations. What you'll do... This role focuses on governance and planning by creating and accurately updating forecasts. It ensures the timely delivery of equipment, and supplies to meet strategic initiatives, real estate projects, and store operations within set timelines. Developing an accountability strategy for onboarding new vendors and managing current vendors through standardized processes in vendor selection, reviewing and revisiting agreements to suit business needs, price negotiations, and inventory management is also essential. Lead vendor governance by owning and overseeing GNFR agreements, SLAs, and contractual frameworks to ensure alignment with Walmart’s operational, financial, and compliance requirements. Define, implement, and continuously improve KPIs, MSAs, and vendor scorecards; hold vendors accountable for performance, service quality, and value delivery. Provide category leadership by monitoring spend, market trends, and vendor performance, and partnering with Global Sourcing to shape RFP strategies and sourcing roadmaps. Pursuing continuous improvement, the role manages spend through strategic sourcing and develops guiding principles and tools for more efficient workflows in planning and executing programs and projects. Integration and customer service are crucial, requiring collaboration with various internal teams on strategic development and business requirements that align with corporate strategies In terms of budgets and financials, the role provides accurate budgets for equipment on all real estate and strategic projects, ensuring costs align with approved budgets. Additionally, the role may involve leading, mentoring, and coaching procurement specialists, supporting their personal development through regular business reviews and one-on-one sessions. Leadership Expectations: Respect the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for all; builds a high-performing team; seeks, and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace and experiences where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; identifies, attracts, and retains the best team members. Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work; empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company

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