Senior Manager, Supplier Development (Fashion)

About the Job

Position Summary: As the Senior Manager, Supplier Development (Fashion), you are a strategic architect of Walmart's global supply network. You will be responsible for building a robust supplier pipeline and strengthening supply resilience by discovering, qualifying, and developing world-class manufacturing partners across key Fashion categories. This role acts as a critical bridge between market opportunities and long-term business needs, ensuring our supplier base is scalable, compliant, and capable of delivering exceptional value to our customers.

Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

About The Team

At Walmart, our Fashion business thrives on a resilient and innovative supply chain that delivers quality at Every Day Low Prices (EDLP). The Supplier Development team is at the forefront of this mission, dedicated to identifying and nurturing the next generation of manufacturing partners. We foster a collaborative, fast-paced environment where data-driven insights and operational excellence drive our ability to diversify our global footprint and safeguard continuity of supply.

About The Role

This is a high-impact leadership role for a strategic professional who excels at pipeline management and technical supplier assessment. You will move beyond traditional sourcing to lead the end-to-end qualification and readiness enablement of new partners. Navigating a complex, matrixed global environment, you will have the autonomy to identify supply risks, close capability gaps, and present data-backed proposals to senior leadership that shape the future of Walmart's Fashion supplier matrix.

What You'll Do

• Build Strategic Supplier Pipelines: Proactively research and source high-potential supplier prospects using industry networks, advanced databases, and global events to align with enterprise category strategies.
• Execute Rigorous Qualification Frameworks: Define comprehensive supplier profiles and qualification criteria to evaluate capacity, quality systems, compliance readiness, and scalability.
• Deliver Data-Backed Recommendations: Analyze supplier strengths, performance gaps, and macro-environmental risks to present strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Enable Supplier Readiness: Partner directly with new suppliers to close capability gaps through structured onboarding support, readiness plans, and clear performance expectations.
• Drive Supply Resilience & Diversification: Expand and sustain a diverse global supplier base to reduce concentration risk and improve redundancy across key Fashion geographies.
• Lead Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with category, sourcing, quality, and legal partners to ensure a seamless transition from prospect identification to approved supplier status.
• Optimize Program Tracking: Maintain structured, digital documentation of the supplier pipeline health, qualification milestones, and development outcomes to ensure absolute transparency.
• Accelerate Growth Through Partnership: Coordinate internal resources and subject matter expertise to accelerate supplier time-to-market and improve long-term partner viability.

What You'll Bring

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Fashion Merchandising, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related technical field.
• Professional Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in supplier development, sourcing, or supplier qualification within the retail or manufacturing sectors, specifically within Fashion.
• Technical Authority: Deep expertise in assessing manufacturing capabilities, including quality management systems, compliance standards, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Analytical Fluency: Strong ability to synthesize complex supplier data and market intelligence into clear, actionable business narratives and strategic proposals.
• Strategic Stakeholder Management: Proven success in managing multiple workstreams and influencing cross-functional partners in a global, matrixed organization.
• Operational Excellence: A meticulous approach to maintaining structured pipeline documentation and tracking KPIs related to supplier readiness and onboarding outcomes.

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the responsibilities and qualifications for this position. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties and is subject to change based on business needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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 unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions while being welcoming of all people.

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