Associate Business Development Manager Walmart
About The Position
The Associate Business Development Manager (ABDM) supports the Walmart Customer Team and key stakeholders within Unilever. The role helps drive growth opportunities, inform sound financial decisions, resolve business issues, and support the strategic and financial health of the Sector. The ABDM reports directly to the Business Development Manager and works closely with Customer Business Managers, Sales Analysts, and Demand Planners. The position focuses on analyzing investment returns and business performance, supporting integrated customer and internal planning, developing capabilities to assess business models, and maintaining forecast integrity. It also supports Sector initiatives related to go-to-market activities, business planning, and business systems excellence and governance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or Marketing.
- 3–5 years of related customer business experience, including demonstrated success in an analytical role that added value to an organization.
- Deep understanding of P&L, retail math, analytics, financial and strategic modeling, and forecasting.
- Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritize.
- Problem-solving ability, sound judgment, and decision-making skills, including the ability to deal with ambiguity.
- In-depth knowledge of Excel, Retail Link, Tableau, SAP, SASS, and Nielsen.
Nice To Haves
- MBA preferred.
Responsibilities
- Maximize the return on investment of activities through detailed analysis of sales, trade spend, product mix, and efficiency.
- Support the customer team’s integrated business planning process, including Joint Business Plans and internal planning requirements.
- Develop capabilities to assess different business models and maximize customer and retailer profitability and value creation.
- Work with Customer Business Managers to develop and execute programs aligned with brand strategy and customer Joint Business Planning.
- Drive forecast integrity and accuracy by understanding business drivers and macroeconomic and microeconomic trends and insights.
- Support Sector recommendations and efforts related to go-to-market activities, business planning, and business systems excellence and governance.
Benefits
- Bonus eligibility.
- Health insurance, including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage.
- Retirement savings benefits.
- Life insurance and disability benefits.
- Parental leave and sick leave.
- Paid vacation and holidays.
- Access to voluntary benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
