(USA) Director, Event Solutions And Operations
Walmart

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What you'll do...

ABOUT WALMART CONNECT

Walmart Connect is Walmart's advertising platform for brands, uniquely designed to reach hundreds of millions of U.S. shoppers across their entire shopping journey. We connect billions of shopping behaviors to real transactions (both online and in-store) and help suppliers truly understand how their marketing drives results.

The Walmart Connect Brand and Enterprise Sales Marketing team is looking for a B2B event expert to lead our event marketing practice.

WHAT WE ARE SEEKING

The ideal candidate will have experience working on the sell-side of the media industry, managing a team of event planners, building, documenting, and presenting event strategy to executives, managing large and complex budgets, executing activations at industry conferences, and producing multi-day conferences for sales teams.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop annual events strategy with an eye towards optimizing the number and scale of our events with the optimal budgets delivering set forth business goals
  

• Oversee the execution of ~15-20 annual event traveling to attend the most high-profile activations to provide real-time guidance to the team.
  

• Guide your team in designing event activations that drive desired business objectives
  

• Building a learning and innovation agenda, staying the course on events that work and drive results but continually seeking to optimize and innovate
  

• Lead team in our mission to delivery best-in-class events that are designed to:
  

• Position the Walmart Connect brandas a top tier player in the media Industry and a must buy for advertisers
  

• Support the sales team with opportunities to deepen relationships through social engagements and drive revenue through facilitation of top-to-top meetings
  

• Support the corporate communications team in logistical execution of their speaking engagements built to drive our perception as a thought leader.
  

• Empower and motivate our associates through annual gatherings
  

• Manage 5+ direct reports -- leading a healthy and positive team culture and implementing plans to coach, motivate and develop individuals on the team-with clarity on personal goals and growth plans.
  

• Create and document and lead a process / way of working that maximize efficiencies and ensures no details are missed and events are delivered with operational excellence.
  

• Manage all event costs and budgets, meet regularly with leadership and finance to approve plans. Oversee on-time contracting and payment of all related invoices
  

• Build clear metrics to measure the impact of events and work with internal teams and our agencies to track the performance of key event metrics
  

• Present end of quarter results to leadership and drive consensus on sunsetting or renewing each event.
  

• Cultivate key relationships for crucial collaboration-- aligning multiple different internal working team members, WMC leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver on Walmart Connect event strategy
  

REQUIREMENTS

• 10-15 years' experience in event management (strategic and tactical)
  

• Experience leading a team
  

• Strategic problem solver to build a strong vision and strategy for our events
  

• Excellent executional oversight to think ahead and anticipate all moving parts to deliver excellence on the day of events
  

• Strong written and oral communication skills
  

• Ability to partner cross-functionally, building healthy relationships across an organization
  

• A proven problem-solver who can identify the root cause of challenge and proactively work to solve
  

• Experience in media industry
  

• Must be able to travel
  

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.
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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.
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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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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.
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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.
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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $132,000.00-$264,000.00
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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
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- Stock
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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 Communications, Hospitality, Business, or related field and 5 years' experience in communications, project management, event management, or relevant area OR 7 years' experience in communications, project management, event management, or relevant 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.

Event Planning, Preparing and executing budgets, Profit and Loss (P&L) Accountability, Sam's Club

Primary Location...

221 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States of America

About Walmart

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?

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.

All the benefits you need for you and your family

• Multiple health plan options, including vision & dental plans for you & dependents
• Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase plans, life insurance and more
• Associate discounts in-store and online
• Education assistance for Associate and dependents
• Parental Leave
• Pay during military service
• Paid Time off - to include vacation, sick, parental
• Short-term and long-term disability for when you can't work because of injury, illness, or childbirth

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 specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.com/Benefits.

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