Job Description

Senior Merchant Halloween & Harvest

This role is onsite in our Bentonville, Arkansas location. At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make to create the future of retail, from responsible sourcing to sustainability and everything in between. As a Senior Merchant, your expertise, vision and strategy will allow you to see the products you buy come to life in stores and online. You will work across all facets of the business, including but not limited to category strategy, team management, budgeting, and forecasting, modulars and assortments, replenishment, and supplier negotiations. Leveraging your advocacy and negotiation skills with the access and scale of the Walmart system, you'll make a direct impact on the business and help families all over the world save money and live better. Along the way, you'll be guided by our deep-rooted culture and have the support you need to do your job, learn, grow and succeed.

What you'll do...

• You are comfortable managing a multimillion-dollar business with profit and loss responsibility
• You are an entrepreneur and enjoy being the CEO of your business
• You are customer-focused, understand customer behavior across stores and eComm channels, and make customer-centric recommendations and decisions across all touchpoints.
• You have proven digital acumen and understand how to leverage it to drive your omni channel business.
• You are data savvy: you can analyze performance, understand trends, and translate results into strategies
• You have strong communication skills that enable you to convey complex topics in a concise manner to various audiences.
• You guide suppliers, vendors, and your cross functional team in the development of customer focused processes and products.
• You are tenacious, dedicated and thrive working with ownership, autonomy, and a healthy dose of competition

You'll make an impact by...

• Developing strategy and growth of multiple formats and departments for large, complex, or high-risk categories and subcategories by identifying relevant trends to meet customer needs.
• Growing your categories for both stores & eComm channels: Planning, budgeting, forecasting, and driving growth for the category and establishing a comprehensive understanding of the competitive landscape into your business plans.
• Establishing and influencing high-visibility supplier relationships.
• Developing and managing new and existing product lines
• Leading your team through mentorship and development to achieve high performance standards.
• Always looking for creative ideas to drive business improvements, innovation, and customer experience

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, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.

Minimum Qualifications...

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Merchandising or related field and 4 years' experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area.OR 6 years' experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area. 1 years' supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

• Microsoft Office, Negotiating with third-party suppliers, Supervisory experience Masters: Business, Masters: Merchandising

Primary Location...

1700 Se 5th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

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.

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