Senior Director, Finance - Sam's Club Fresh Freeze... at Sam's Club in Bentonville, Arkansas

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Join Sam's Club as the Senior Director, Finance - Sam's Club Fresh Freezer Cooler (FFC) Merchandise & Planning and your work could help over 240 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you'll quickly find we're a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world's most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement. From day one, you'll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life.


Want to use your strategic, financial, and planning skills to help grow an impressive retail organization?


The Senior Director of Sam's Merchandise Finance & Planning - FFC, is a multifaceted role. You will partner with the SVP and GMM of our FFC business which is comprised of Bakery and Prepared Meals, Meat and Seafood, Freezer-Deli- Cooler and Produce and Floral. As their "CFO" your role is a strategic thought-leadership role requiring strong financial acumen and analytical capabilities to drive sizable, complex, cross functional results and drive forward strategic initiatives with financial oversight.



In supporting the FFC organization, the role requires a broad understanding across the entire business to enable input into all major financial decisions and will often be required to work in matrixed situations.


The ability to challenge all aspects of the business in delivering improved performance while maintaining strong working relationships is key to success in this role. Additionally, the ability to understand business trends, foresee financial opportunities and risks, and effectively influence business results is an important part of the everyday.



You'll sweep us off our feet if:

• You have merchandise finance experience and in particular have supported "Fresh" businesses
  
  


• You are an accomplished leader who inspire teams to learn and perform at their best
  
  


• You are curious and relentlessly ask questions, connect the dots and take actions to drive progress!
  
  


• You have a track record of adopting new technologies and enhancing business processes
  
  


• You can manage the interconnectivities of business units
  
  


• You drive results with strong financial acumen and technical/analytical capabilities
  
  


• You're skilled at diplomacy and aligning stakeholders with competing priorities, including senior leaders
  
  


• You're a storyteller - a master at making complex subjects easily understood through compelling stories and visuals
  
  


• You have high standards and can hold business partners accountable
  
  


• You're comfortable with ambiguity
  
  


• You're stimulated by challenges and are ready to engage at Fortune 1 scale
  
  

You'll make an impact by:



Talent Development - recruit, develop and retain top talent ensuring strong pipeline for ongoing business value.


Identifying Business Growth Ideas and enabling strategic initiatives - Generate ideas to grow business demand, understanding the connectivity of business ideas, and creating risk mitigation plans to maximize business strategies. Provide thought leadership and support for cross functional initiatives, facilitating collaboration and alignment.


Building Strategic Relationships - Maximize relationships and areas to collaborate on choices, expediate business decisions, and quickly action when needed. Partner with other merchandise support functions and other cross functional business areas to enhance decision making and speed of execution.


Transforming Ways of Working - Leading the merchandise finance and planning teams into leveraging and adopting new technologies, processes, and ideation approaches.


Operating With Excellence - Set an example in managing to KPIs, delivering excellence, presenting at all levels, and developing yourself and others.



Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field and 7 years' experience in accounting, finance, or related area OR 9 years' experience in accounting, finance, or related area.
  
  


• MBA highly preferred
  
  


• 7+ years' experience in Finance, Planning, Business Management, or a related area
  
  


• 4+ year of experience leading and completing cross-functional projects
  
  


• 4+ years of supervisory experience
  
  


• 4+ years of experience working in a large, complex, matrixed organization
  
  

• 4+ years of experience in Retail, Merchandising Planning and / or Finance
  
  


• Experience working in Fortune 100 finance
  
  


• Experience working in Fresh businesses, and / or experience in vertically integrated businesses
  
  


• Strong organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines
  
  


• Strong influencing and interpersonal skills
  
  


• Detail and results-oriented with sense of urgency
  
  


• Comfort with ambiguity
  
  

Minimum Qualifications...



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


Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field and 6 years' experience in accounting, finance, or related area OR 8 years' experience in accounting, finance, or related area. 3 years' supervisory experience. 3 years' experience leading and completing cross-functional projects.




Preferred Qualifications...



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


Strategic Planning, Working in a large corporate environment, agency, or headquarters, Working in a matrixed organization


Masters: Business Administration


Financial & Insurance - Certified Public Accountant - Certification




Primary Location...

2101 SE SIMPLE SAVINGS DR, BENTONVILLE, AR 72712-4304, United States of America



About Sam's Club



Sam Walton opened the first Sam's Club in 1983 to meet a growing need among customers who wanted to buy merchandise in bulk. Since then, Sam's Club has grown rapidly, opening more than 600 clubs in the U.S. and 100 clubs internationally. By offering affordable, wholesale merchandise to members, Sam's Club helps make saving simple for families and small business owners.


Sam's Club employs about 110,000 associates in the U.S. The average club is 134,000 square feet and offers bulk groceries and general merchandise. Most clubs also have specialty services, such as a pharmacy, an optical department, a photo center, or a tire and battery center.


Sam's Club 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, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.



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