Rick Melick http://rickmelick.org/blog rickmelick.org weblog Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:13:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 I love my company. http://rickmelick.org/blog/2010/02/20/i-love-my-company/ http://rickmelick.org/blog/2010/02/20/i-love-my-company/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:13:27 +0000 Administrator http://rickmelick.org/blog/?p=12 Walmart is best known for its big-box stores, but my company has positioned itself for a future where e-commerce plays a larger role by instituting management and structural changes. My company last month created a business unit called Global .com, responsible for driving online growth in the US and internationally. The unit will focus both on regions where e-commerce will operate alongside brick-and-mortar stores and areas where there are none.

The reorganization was carried out to streamline operations and build the e-commerce side of the business. In addition to establishing Global .com, Walmart created, “Walmart West,” one of the three geographic management regions it established in the US, and moving the company a step toward full integration of online and offline channels.

My team became part of the Information Systems Division (ISD) out of the home office in Bentonville, Ark.  That’s been on my career development path for a number of years, so it has all worked out rather nicely.  I am excited about all of the growth opportunities and proud to be associated with such a successful company.

]]> http://rickmelick.org/blog/2010/02/20/i-love-my-company/feed/ 2 Home Office http://rickmelick.org/blog/2009/11/09/home-office/ http://rickmelick.org/blog/2009/11/09/home-office/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:56:07 +0000 Administrator http://rickmelick.org/blog/?p=3 I’m heading to Bentonville, Ark. tomorrow afternoon.  I’m riding the corporate jet with seven other passengers.  We’re leaving out of Oakland International Airport (Kaiser Air).  Flying time is about 4 hours.  I’m excited.  It should be a good, memorable experience for me to visit the home office.   This is my first visit.  I’ll be meeting some associates on the Walmart stores side of the house about software convergence.  I’ll also be visiting some .com associates permanently posted in Bentonville.  I’ll return home Wednesday evening.  I want to explore as much as I can while I am there!  My grandparents used to live in Hot Springs, so it will be nice to return to the state again after all these years.

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