Job Location: Hershey, PA preferred - Open to Remote
Summary:
The Sr. Replenishment Planner– Walmart Seasons serves as the customer supply chain lead for Walmart seasonal businesses, with accountability for planning, execution, and cross‑functional alignment across all seasonal programs. This role manages key supply chain activities with a focus on delivering measurable results, supporting Walmart’s seasonal strategies, and ensuring strong execution across promotions, seasons, and planogram changes. The role aligns short‑ and long‑term supply chain imperatives while adapting to changing customer requirements and business condition.
Responsibilities:
1.Leadership: Lead customer supply chain planning and execution for Walmart Seasons, including all seasonal programs, promotions, and seasonal transitions. Own seasonal item setup, forecasting, and inventory strategies to support Walmart seasonal modulars and in‑store execution. Drive timely communication of seasonal volumes, phasing, and risks with appropriate lead times across internal and external partners
2.Supply Chain Efficiencies: Develop and execute seasonal push‑pull strategies and replenishment plans to support in‑stock performance, inventory health, and service level targets. Identify and implement systematic processes and exception‑based tools to improve fill rate, on‑time delivery, inventory levels, and waste reduction. Lead problem‑solving efforts related to seasonal supply chain constraints, execution risks, or changes in customer guidance
3.Strategic Initiatives: Act as a peer leader on the CSC team, to develop, lead and implement initiatives to adapt to and drive the business forward (new processes, continuous improvement, change management, etc). Support change management efforts tied to new processes, tools, or ways of working that improve seasonal execution. Represent Customer Supply Chain on Walmart seasonal projects and initiatives with demonstrated end‑to‑end supply chain benefit
4.Sales Team Support: Supply chain lead responsible to enable strategic customer sales growth target. Where appropriate, utilize retail data and insights to drive incremental sales, including on shelf availability, promotion and seasonal execution, and new item launches. Through detailed understanding of customer forecasts and distribution network configuration and practices, assist Sales and Category Strategy and Insights to promote proper volume allocation and timing of inventory
Qualifications:
•Enterprise mindset thinking – understands complex interaction of processes, information systems, and organizations. Broad functional knowledge within the organization.
•Strategic thought leadership – ability to identify emerging trends, develop innovation solutions and communicate a compelling vision
•Strong communication skills – can effectively express ideas both verbally and in writing, adapt communication style to a different audience and convey information clearly and concisely.
Education & Experience:
•Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business or related field
•3+ years progressive experience in Supply Chain or related function
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