Senior Director, Specialty Compliance And Ethics, Food Product Compliance

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Job Description

The Senior Director of Food Product Compliance is responsible for mitigating risk and enabling regulatory compliance in Food space.  This is not a traditional Food Safety role, this role is focused on ensuring compliance and mitigating risk for Private Brands, National Brands, and third-party offers related to unsubstantiated claims, food packaging chemical regulations and other packaging requirements.  This role will lead a team responsible for working closing with the Walmart and Sam’s private brands teams to align our products with federal, state, and local requirements.  This leader will support the risk-based identification of areas of concern, development and execution of mitigation plans, and ongoing monitoring and improvement of compliance programs for these areas and subject matter areas that may be identified in the future. The role also liaises with subject matter experts in other geographies to share best practices and seek out common areas of focus and synergies. Reporting into the VP Product Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance, this role will partner with Food Safety, Product Development, Merchandising, Product Safety, Consumer Protection, WIC/SNAP Compliance, EHS Compliance, E-Commerce Compliance, Operations Compliance, Compliance Training, Corporate Affairs, Global Investigations, Legal, Operations, and Technology to programmatically mitigate risks and enable the business. The Senior Director will develop and implement strategies to ensure adherence to company standards of integrity and ethics while developing and leveraging internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals.

What you’ll do:

• Working with our Compliance, Legal, Tech Teams, Operations and other stakeholders to develop and implement risk mitigation strategies and maintain business continuity to enable business strategy

• Cross functionally collaborates amongst stakeholders to support shared goals and solutioning

• Developing, standardizing, and optimizing processes to create operational efficiencies across all covered subject matters

• Working with our technology partners to build scalable products and tools to support automation and deployment of AI tools

• Developing and implementing an overarching compliance monitoring program for product safety and consumer protection

• Developing, mentoring, and providing opportunities for the Food Product Compliance team

What you’ll bring:

• You are highly motivated, customer focused, and curious

• You have experience implementing effective compliance programs

• You have proven success collaborating across a matrix organization to get things done

• You have demonstrated your ability to be a cross-functional team player and team leader who can make decisions firmly and objectively

• You have a hands-on entrepreneurial style while managing functional responsibility and key relationships

• You have strong communication skills and experience with senior leadership and stakeholders

• You have a track record of building and leading high-performing teams

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Benefits & Perks: 

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more. 

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 diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people. 

Who We Are

Join Walmart and your work could help over 275 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you’ll quickly find we’re a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement.  From day one, you’ll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life. careers.walmart.com

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 $130,000.00-$260,000.00

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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 Business, Human Resources, or related field and 5 years’ experience in compliance, ethics, legal, project management, or related area OR 7 years’ experience in compliance, ethics, legal, project management, or related area. 4 years’ supervisory experience. 5 years’ experience using intermediate functionality of Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Communications

Doctorate: Law, Masters: Business Administration

Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification

Primary Location...

9440 TBA, BENTONVILLE, AR 72716-0001, United States of America