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Position summary
Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Join Walmart | Sam's Club as a Senior Manager I, Merchandise Planning - Sam's Club and your work could help over 295 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.
The Senior Planner - Sam's Club leads team members in the planning and execution of the category team's financial plan by ensuring consistency in planning processes; applying best practices across category teams; preparing aggregate category team budgets; prioritizing projects and making tradeoffs in projects across subcategories to meet overall budget commitments; and providing guidance for making store-specific distributions.
You'll make an impact by:
Being the CFO of your category by preparing financial analyses and reports to understand and explain business trends and performance.
Developing strong relationships with Merchandising and Allocation teams to build trust and influence decisions.
Developing monthly forecasts of all financial metrics inclusive of item level planning, annual operating plans, and financial line reviews with full item life cycle forecasting.
Running financial modeling to help merchandising partners make good decisions by providing input for business decisions by producing complex financial models that incorporate assumptions, expectations, and known risks
Supporting business cases and projects in support of the Merchandising team
Have strong executive presence with the ability to partner and challenge simultaneously
You will sweep us off our feet if...
You have demonstrated success with process improvement to identify and implement solutions while leveraging cross-functional teams
You have proven ability to manage work portfolio autonomously
You have the expertise to drive automation while ensuring quality
You possess natural curiosity to learn beyond the minimum requirements to perform role
Preferred Qualifications
5+ years of experience supporting large category teams, including leading planning
3+ years of experience executing financial plans
3+ years' experience in Analytics, Planning, Business Management, Omni-Channel Merchandising, or a related area
3+ years of experience working on large complex retail category | planning teams
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Accounting
Strong organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines
Strong influencing and interpersonal skills
Detail and results-oriented with sense of urgency
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.
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 Marketing, or related field and 3 years' experience in retail, merchandising, forecasting, or related area OR 5 years'
experience in retail, merchandising, forecasting, or related area.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Merchandise Planning Tools - Retail Link, Negotiating terms and costing, Profit and Loss (P&L) Responsibility, Supervisory experience
Masters: Marketing
Primary Location...
2101 SE SIMPLE SAVINGS DR, BENTONVILLE, AR 72712-4304, United States of America
About the company
In 1962, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world’s largest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we’re reinventing the shopping experience - and our associates are at the heart of it (all 2.2 million of them). When you join our Walmart family of ...
Why you should apply for a job with Walmart:
- 52%
Reviewers say women are treated fairly and equally to men
All eligible associates have affordable options that include no lifetime maximum and eligible preventive care covered at 100%.
The enhanced maternity benefit supports birth moms with up to 10 weeks of protected paid time away from work.
Associates can take advantage of Resources for Living, a free confidential counseling and health information service.