Position Summary...
What you'll do...
About Walmart Energy Transformation
The Walmart Energy Transformation strategy aims to decarbonize our operations while capturing emerging new value streams that help catalyze societal decarbonization.
The team now reports directly to the COO of Walmart US and the Chief Sustainability Officer.
This organization is responsible for:
Ensuring energy security, reliability, and affordability through purchasing energy and optimizing for the lowest cost in regulated and wholesale markets. Leveraging our unique assets and positioning to build value-creating businesses. And maintaining our zero emissions leadership. Walmart has recently committed to bringing 10 GW of clean energy online by 2030, in addition to our publicly stated goals of 50% clean powered by 2025, 100% clean powered by 2035, and zero emissions in our operations by 2040. In addition to new build clean energy assets, we aim to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions across our facilities, and transition our fleet to zero emissions vehicles. We also aim to build a public EV charging network to provide energy choice and affordability for our customers and local communities.
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We are a team of seasoned energy veterans dedicated to realizing Walmart's regenerative commitments and leveraging Walmart's platform to support the decarbonization of our customers, associates, communities and suppliers. Because energy touches everything, we work across Walmart, particularly real estate, facilities, supply chain, network design, transportation and customer experience. We have come from across Walmart, utilities, developers, banking, clean energy consulting and environmental NGOs. We are innovators and change agents determined to make an impact. We are analytical and entrepreneurial; thoughtful and practical.
This position is responsible for:
The Senior Manager, Renewable Energy Solutions will own portfolio and performance management across a diverse range of projects and initiatives, including a rapidly growing power purchase agreement portfolio and innovative tax-equity investments that target opportunities that deliver economic value, enable emissions reductions, and enable low-cost, reliable clean energy for our communities. This role presents the opportunity to design and operate processes to oversee, maintain, and optimize Walmart's offsite renewable energy portfolio and tax equity investments portfolio to ensure they are meeting performance, contract, generation, and economic expectations, as well as leading strategic planning and reporting with cross-functional stakeholders across the business. Our focus is on sustainable and programmatic approaches to building Walmart's renewable energy businesses and this role will lead the charge. In addition, the Senior Manager, Renewable Energy Solutions will support the management of day to day and long-term strategic partnerships with renewable energy developers to secure programmatic access to renewable energy globally across Walmart's geographic footprint, facilitating and accelerating the decarbonization ambitions of Walmart.
Strategic Renewable Procurement: Assist in defining and executing a long-term global strategy to accelerate Walmart's progress toward its 100% renewable energy and zero emissions goals in a manner that delivers value to shareholders, customers, and/or associates.
Project Performance Management: Leverage experience in renewable energy to monitor and evaluate the performance of a multi-GW portfolio of offsite renewable energy projects. Guide risk management and optimization strategies internally and with third-party support. Analyze project data and contractual languages to improve and problem-solve performance.
Investment Portfolio Management: Lead management of and strategic planning for Walmart's tax equity and other equity investment portfolio, ensuring strong financial and operational outcomes. Conduct financial and operational analysis on project and portfolio level, and lead partnerships with our cross-function teams for strategic portfolio planning and reporting. Strengthen portfolio management and reporting processes to support Walmart's multi-billion-dollar capital deployment goals.
Portfolio Reporting: Conduct analysis and reporting on the success of renewable energy programs, including tracking progress towards renewable energy goals. Provide regular updates to key stakeholders and senior management on the performance of renewable energy initiatives and tax-equity investments, at the project and portfolio level.
Forecasting and Strategic Planning: Create and manage forecasts for renewable energy generation and project/investment financial performance to be used for budget management and procurement decisions. Analyze trends and make recommendations to ensure portfolio meets objectives. Interface cross-functionally with key stakeholder to inform decision-making and communicate performance.
Execution of Power Purchase Agreements and Capital Investments: Support on negotiation of long-term power purchase agreements and capital investments that align with Walmart's sustainability goals. Ensure that contracts are designed to manage project and portfolio operational risk and that the agreements contribute to the decarbonization and business goals efforts of the company.
Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning.
Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and ensuring diversity awareness.
Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy.
Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events.
Live our Values: 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.
Live our Values: Servant Leadership - Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.
Embrace Change: 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.
Embrace Change: Digital Transformation & Change - Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.
Deliver for the Customer: 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.
Deliver for the Customer: Strategic Thinking - Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team's strategy.
Focus on our Associates: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Identifies, attracts, and retains diverse and inclusive team members; builds a high-performing team; embraces diversity in all its forms; and actively supports diversity goal programs.
Focus on our Associates: 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.
Focus on our Associates: Talent Management - Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, promotes 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.
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.
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.
For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .
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.
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.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .
The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00-$180,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
- Stock
Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business or related field
2+ years of experience in the renewable energy industry
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
3+ years of experience in the renewable energy industry focused on origination, development, and/or financing of large-scale projects., Excellent written and verbal communication skills., Experience operating in a large, global organization., Understanding of both competitive and regulated energy markets., Understanding of the renewable energy project development process and key drivers of project value.
Primary Location...
601 N WALTON BLVD., BENTONVILLE, AR 72716-0000, United States of America