Director, Real Estate: PMO International Real Estate
Location
Bentonville, AR | United States
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DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE – PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO)
Introduction/About the Team
A regular day at Walmart International is centered around enabling our strong local businesses around the world through the power of Walmart. Our businesses operate in 17 countries, consolidated into 6 core operating Markets. Our Home Office International team fuels the power of Walmart for the segment and is focused on both our store and digital businesses. Within Walmart International, our International Real Estate team is enthusiastic about solving the most important customer needs through talent development, evolving our globally assets and developing and leveraging best in class solutions.
We are looking for a dynamic and detail-oriented individual to join our team as
Director, International Real Estate Project Management Office (PMO), who will be responsible for overseeing and streamlining our real estate processes, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and leveraging best practices across markets and US to deliver for our customers now, and most importantly, for our customers in the future.
We are looking for someone who will think big, prioritize to focus on the highest impact efforts, and mobilize cross-functional partners to standardize approach, scope, and capital allocation, with the ability to make a significant impact on performance and strategic business goals. In this role, you'll work with in-market stakeholders to understand their customer needs and generate key insights to drive growth in their real estate portfolio. If you are passionate about real estate and project management, we would love to hear from you.
What you will do - Provide overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs; driving the resolution of business issues; developing business cases, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices; analyzing costs and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans; determining and supporting resource requirements; evaluating operational processes; measuring outcomes to ensure desired results; identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; promoting a customer environment; and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning.
- Develop and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives; engaging key stakeholders in the development, execution, and evaluation of appropriate business plans and initiatives; and supporting associate efforts in these areas.
- Process & Policy Management: Review and update Policies & Procedures (P&P) to ensure they remain relevant and applied across all projects.
- Project Templates: Develop and improve project templates and dashboards for New Stores/DCs, Relocation, Expansion, Lease Renewals, and Closures to streamline our processes and ensure project consistency.
- Real Estate Models Review: Work closely with Real Estate Finance (REF) and Data Analytics teams to review Real Estate models. Align and define methodologies including Trade Area, Golden Principles, Cannibalization, Year 1 Sales forecast.
- Training & Documentation: Document all established methodologies and lead market training to ensure understanding and uniform application across the team. Manage and promote Passport.
- Best Practice Sharing: Leverage existing tools to enhance efficiency and identify areas for further development to meet evolving business needs.
- Reporting: Prepare comprehensive Quarterly Reports for International Capital Review Committee (ICRC) and International Asset Strategy Meeting (IASM), generate insights, engage with markets, and track actions to ensure visibility and control over all projects.
- Real Estate Academy: Manage the Real Estate Academy, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team.
- Budget Control: Directs financial sustainability for the department by preparing and presenting budgets and budget requests for the department; evaluating expenditures, operations, and overseeing budgetary control.
- Attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged cross functional team through influence, building strong relationships across international teams, adding value to the markets, diagnosing capability gaps; developing talent; supporting mentorship; and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent.
- Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices; developing consequences for violations or non-compliance; and supporting the Open Door Policy.
Leadership Expectations
An individual must be proficient in each of the competencies listed below to successfully perform the responsibilities of this position.
- Live our Values:
- Servant Leadership: Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.
- Culture Champion: Models the Walmart values to foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; and supports Walmart's commitment to communities, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability; maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance.
- Embrace Change:
- Digital Transformation & Change: Drives continuous improvements, supervises the adoption of innovative technology, and supports digital disruption in line with Walmart's business model.
- Curiosity & Courage: Demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.
- Deliver for the Customer:
- Strategic Thinking: Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and various parts of the business when making plans and implementing strategies.
- Customer Focus: Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans and initiatives.
- Focus on our Associates:
- Talent Management: Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, builds the talent pipeline, fosters an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work, empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company, and regularly recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.
- Collaboration & Influence: Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Supports strategies and drives initiatives that attract and retain diverse and inclusive talent; builds high-performing teams; embraces diversity in all its forms; and actively supports diversity goal programs.
You’ll sweep us off our feet if you…
- Possess strong organizational skills, a strategic mindset, and the ability to influence and collaborate with various stakeholders.
- Build and sustain trusting, collaborative relationship and alliances across functional, organizational, and geographical boundaries to achieve goals.
- Optimize execution and results, by using the advantage of company size, internal and external resources, and talent to achieve success.
- You inspire commitment by developing and communicating logical, convincing justifications, including lessons learned.
- Have effective communication/presentation skills by showing a consistent logical narrative and decision-making process.
- Are initiative-taking and passionate about problem solving.
- Focus on Talent Development and Diversity & Inclusion by promoting diversity of ideas and perspectives, develop diverse teams by encouraging objectivity, open communication, and respect. Support strategies and initiatives that attract/retain diverse and inclusive talent.
- You accelerate digital and innovative transformation by understanding how digital trends affect our business and staying up to date on digital trends while proactively identifying new ways to solve business problems using technology and other digital tools.
Minimum Qualifications...
- Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Finance, or related field
- 4 years' experience leading cross-functional projects as PMO or Project Manager or
- 7 years’ experience in developing and executing strategic initiatives, managing projects, reporting, consulting, or related field.
- Proficiency in English. Spanish is desirable.
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP Certification
- Master’s degree in Business Administration
Physical Activities
The following physical activities are necessary to perform one or more essential functions of this position.
- Reads information, often in small print.
- Visually verifies information, often in small print.
- Creates documents, reports, etc., using a writing instrument or computer.
- Communicates effectively in person or by using telecommunications equipment.
- Presents information to small or large groups and individuals.
- Enters and locates information on computer.
- Observes associate, customer, or supplier behavior.
Travel
- Traveling may be necessary to perform one or more essential functions of this position.
- Travels internationally to and from multiple facilities or worksites requiring extended overnight stays.
- Travels domestically to and from multiple facilities or worksites during the workday.
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 Architecture, Construction Management, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field and 5 years’ experience in architecture, construction management, engineering, or related area OR 7 years’ experience in architecture, construction management, engineering, or related area. 1 year’s supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Preparing and executing budgets, Profit and Loss (P&L) Responsibility, Project Management
Masters: Business Administration
Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification
Primary Location...
701 S. WALTON BLVD., BENTONVILLE, AR 72716-6209, United States of America
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