Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Do you want to help the worlds largest retailer serve hundreds of millions of customers who shop on our websites and visit our more than 5,000 stores and clubs nationwide? The Senior Director of Product Safety and Compliance at Walmart is a critical thought-leadership role that requires experience with consumer product laws and regulations at both the state and federal levels. Managing a team of compliance professionals, youll partner with our business stakeholders and others to lead the companys Product Safety and Compliance program. Reporting to the Senior Director II of Product Safety, Consumer Protection, and WIC/SNAP Compliance, youll be supported by a best-in-class compliance organization as you manage the safety and compliance of all general merchandise products sold in our stores, clubs, and online.
Youll sweep us off our feet if:
Youve got five or more years experience providing legal or compliance guidance regarding the risks associated with the sale of consumer products with a retailer, regulatory agency, or law firm.
Youve got at least three years of direct experience with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, whether as an agency employee or external stakeholder.
Youve got at least seven years of compliance and/or legal experience in total.
Youve got an ability to conduct risk assessments and to communicate effectively with business partners on regulatory and governance considerations.
Youve got experience designing and implementing programs to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for consumer products.
Youre a team player, a critical thinker, and have great judgment.
Youre a strong communicator and can adapt in real time.
Youre organized, disciplined, and can manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Youre a master at making complex subjects easily understood.
You have high standards and can hold project contributors accountable.
Youre stimulated by challenges and are ready to engage at Fortune 1 scale.
Youll make an impact by:
Building strategic relationships Work closely with the business to help them identify, assess, and mitigate risk.
Designing and implementing Develop and implement policies and procedures, controls, and training communications to embed compliance into key processes.
Leveraging tools and data Utilize data to assess program effectiveness, identify trends and potential issues, and respond timely to resolve issues.
Operating with excellence Set an example in managing to KPIs, delivering excellence, presenting at all levels, and developing yourself and others.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.
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 Business, Human Resources, or related field and 5 years experience in compliance, ethics, legal, project management, or related area OR 7 years experience in compliance, ethics, legal, project management, or related area. 4 years supervisory experience. 5 years experience using intermediate functionality of Microsoft Office.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Communications
Doctorate: Law, Masters: Business Administration
Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification
Bentonville, AR
Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, the company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses. As of April 30, 2019, Walmart has 11,368 stores and clubs in 27 countries, operating under 55 different names. The company operates under the name Walmart in the United States and Canada, as Walmart de México y Centroamérica in Mexico and Central America, as Asda in the United Kingdom, as the Seiyu Group in Japan, and as Best Price in India. It has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Chile, Canada, and South Africa. Since August 2018, Walmart only holds a minority stake in Walmart Brasil, with 20% of the company's shares, and private equity firm Advent International holding 80% ownership of the company.
Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue—over US$500 billion, according to Fortune Global 500 list in 2018—as well as the largest private employer in the world with 2.2 million employees. It is a publicly traded family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the Walton family. Sam Walton's heirs own over 50 percent of Walmart through their holding company, Walton Enterprises, and through their individual holdings. Walmart was the largest U.S. grocery retailer in 2019, and 65 percent of Walmart's US$510.329 billion sales came from U.S. operations.
The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. By 1988, Walmart was the most profitable retailer in the U.S., and by October 1989, it had become the largest in terms of revenue. Originally geographically limited to the South and lower Midwest, by the early 1990s, the company had stores from coast to coast: Sam's Club opened in New Jersey in November 1989 and the first California outlet opened in Lancaster in July 1990. A Walmart in York, Pennsylvania opened in October 1990: the first main store in the Northeast.
Walmart's investments outside North America have seen mixed results: its operations and subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, South America, and China are highly successful, whereas its ventures in Germany and South Korea failed.