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**Position Summary...** **What you'll do...** At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability-and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance, and hundreds of other industries-all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for? **About the Team** The Director, Automation Engineering is a People Leadership role within the Fulfillment Engineering team. The purpose of this role is to lead the engineering automation design and / or implementation across the entire eCommerce fulfillment center network. The network includes automated facilities, manual Non-Sortable facilities, internalized parcel & consolidation centers, two-tier storage centers, and legacy assets. You will report to the Senior / Group Director, Automation Engineering. **This is a role based in Bentonville, AR,** a full relocation package is available, but we are not considering remote candidates at this time. Anticipated travel for this role is up to 50%. **What you'll do....** **Automation Implementation:** Lead a team of implementation engineers that will manage project installations across the eCommerce fulfillment network. These installations will include projects at both brownfield and greenfield sites. Ensuring the projects are executed with a high degree of safety, on-time completion, and under budget will be firm requirements **Vendor Management:** you will manage site installation, manage project budgets (incl. managing POs), ensure site safety standards are upheld, and manage schedule to ensure all milestones are achieved. **Project Planning** : Lead developing the project schedule and budget prior to the capital approval will be the responsibility of this role. Ensuring a firm understanding of the scope and partnering with engineering design leads to create the project execution plan **Automation Integration:** Identify considerations for bringing in new execution ways of working by working closely with Global Tech and Construction leaders. (Module design to reduce install duration, etc.) **Continuous Improvement:** Lead the feedback process from the installation of automation systems, racking, or machine tool design back into the firm engineering process to avoid future waste. Drive improvement through the use of real world learnings **Data and Digital Literacy:** Leverage data analysis tools to explore highly complex data, develop and test hypotheses, influence strategic work, and build and provide insights to construct stories, build budgets, and make decisions **Engineering Economics** : Influence the usage of variety of financial tools, techniques, and approaches and lead building business cases and post audit analysis **Process Flow Design:** you will interpret information to quantify the anticipate outcome of supply chain decisions, including describing typical tasks with using and managing suppliers, understanding issues for inbound and outbound logistics, and describe basic logistical processes using a variety of business process design tools and techniques **Operational Excellence:** you will explain operational functions and key functional roles, clarify the role of each department or unit, and describe the interdependence of support functions **Automation System Design:** you will promote the usage of automation machineries, participate in implementation and training, conduct cost-benefit analyses of machineries, and monitor actual versus planned **Mechatronics:** you will create views of objects in 2 and 3 dimensions, create perspective drawings and orthogonal views, use design and visualization for basic drafting, and participate in projects that modify existing electrical systems, equipment, and components - including designing, testing, implementing, monitoring, and repairing mechanical components **Advanced Analytics** : you will apply data analysis and data modeling techniques to establish, modify, and maintain data structures and associated components and apply specific computing languages and tools in machine learning (R, Python, etc.) **You'll sweep us off our feet if...** + You're passionate about solving complex problems. + You're customer-centric in spirit and in execution. + You have an undergraduate degree, preferred Engineering in any discipline. + You have a graduate degree (preferred, but not required) + At least 7 years of Engineering, construction, and / or automation implementation. Experience in Supply Chain fulfillment or distribution ASRS systems is a bonus! + Project Management Professional (PMP) certification desirable. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see . Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart ( . The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00 - $260,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ‎ **Minimum Qualifications...** _Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications._ Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field and 5 years' experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area. Option 2: 7 years' experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area. 3 years' supervisory experience. **Preferred Qualifications...** _Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications._ Doctorate: Computer Engineering, Masters: Computer Engineering **Primary Location...** 601 N Walton Blvd, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment. Walmart, Inc. 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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