City : Mississauga

Category : Regular/Permanent Retail Operations

Industry : Retail

Employer : Walmart Canada

Position Summary...

The Director of Innovation & Digital Solutions will be responsible for creating the digital and technology framework for the Store Operations, where you lead a future-thinking team that is working to re-imagine the way we serve our customers and enable associates in order to drive high impact within our retail omni stores and across our Organization.

As the leader of this dynamic team, the Director of Innovation and Digital Solutions will work closely with the Operations’ business unit leaders to identify and prioritize areas of support for innovation to create a pipeline of initiatives that strategically align to the Operations’ strategic goals that will transform our organization over the next 5 years and work with cross-functional teams to solve interesting and ambitious challenges.

What you'll do...

1. Formalize the digital and technology framework for the Operations function with the goal of tackling organizational, associate, and customer challenges within specific areas of focus (“domains”) to create new value.
2. Work closely with the Operations’ business unit leaders to identify and prioritize areas of support for innovation to either onboard initiatives, leading pilots, that strategically align with the our goals, with clear guardrails on progressing to full roll-out handoff to our Project and Implementation team.
3. Stay ahead of emerging trends and serve as a thought leader with a clear vision to identify new opportunities to drive digital, automation and innovation within the team’s specific domains; engage with other international and US markets on best practice sharing.
4. Lead a team of innovation project managers by providing strategic insight and direction as they guide a specific initiative from ideation through to proof of concept.
5. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, to engage in the right moments, ensuring all success criteria and changes are included in ensuring successful adoption and sustainable performance.
6. Track progress on the portfolio of key initiatives with a focus on their alignment with Walmart Canada’s overall innovation strategy.
7. Provide regular updates and reports to the Vice President of Central Operations  and leadership team on progress across the portfolio.
8. Lead, design and manage the 3-5 year Innovation and Digital roadmap, that delivers against our long range plan ambitions.

Minimum Qualifications...

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

Age – 16 or older

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

Primary Location…

1940 ARGENTIA RD, MISSISSAUGA, ON L5N 1P9, Canada

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