This role is placed within the Walmart Brands Quality team and must be both strategic and tactical in order to set the quality expectations for Walmart Brands products, translating the customer expectations into explicit product standards, supplier requirements, and scalable testing programs that protect brand trust and accelerate speed to shelf.
What you’ll do
Develop and execute end-to-end quality strategies for assigned product categories, translating customer expectations and enterprise objectives into clear quality standards for the business. Champion continuous improvement and innovation by leveraging industry-leading practices and driving initiatives that enhance quality performance, efficiency, and speed to market. Set the quality standards for new and existing items by selecting ensuring test methods and specifications are risk‑based and aligned to customer expectations. Establish and lead quality performance governance, leveraging customer feedback, supplier performance metrics,
and quality indicators to drive business reviews and inform decision‑making to lead category‑level improvement roadmaps. Lead the resolution of complex quality challenges by driving root‑cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and sustainable solutions that address issues across products, suppliers, and processes. Serve as a trusted quality advisor to Product, Brand, and Sourcing partners—clarifying expectations, providing data‑driven recommendations, embedding customer expectations and quality into key milestones from concept to launch. Drive supplier quality excellence programs with stakeholders by establishing clear expectations, capability building initiatives, performance standards, and risk‑based accountability models that improve long‑term outcomes. Lead quality readiness and risk management for product launches by ensuring appropriate validation strategies are completed at the right milestones, results are interp