Associate Merchant - Computer Accessories
About The Position
The Associate Merchant supports category strategy and execution by facilitating supplier negotiations, and resolving supplier issues to ensure accurate product setup across channels. This role collaborates with cross-functional teams to execute customer communication programs, optimize product assortments, and support promotional activities. Utilizing data analysis and market insights, the Associate Merchant contributes to budgeting, forecasting, and category performance evaluation. The position requires strong relationship management and administrative skills to drive operational excellence while aligning with organizational goals and maintaining compliance with company policies and ethical standards. The Computer Accessories team focuses on delivering personalized workspace and PC gaming solutions by curating and expanding assortments in desktop and gaming accessories, as well as power products. The team collaborates closely with merchandising, eCommerce, product development, and suppliers to provide innovative, trend-aligned products that enhance productivity and everyday experiences. By leveraging strong vendor relationships, data analysis, and category strategy, the team ensures customer-centric solutions are available both in stores and online, supporting Walmart’s commitment to quality and value.
Requirements
- Demonstrate professional judgement and ownership throughout recommendations, decisions, priority-setting, and analysis of opportunities
- Focused on execution and results as showcased by pursuit of achieving objectives
- Always improving performance
- Adaptable professionally, demonstrating creativity and strength in the face of challenges
- Skilled in building relationships that are trusting, collaborative and cross-functional
- Manage competing priorities, high volumes of information and tasks with ease
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Highly organized, strong in project management and support to coordinate category activities and supplier communications.
- Ability to leverage digital tools for analysis and reporting to support forecasting and budgeting
- 2 years’ experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area.
Nice To Haves
- Microsoft Office
- Negotiating with third-party suppliers
- Pricing, site merchandising, planning or inventory, or related area
- Bachelors: Business
- Bachelors: Merchandising
Responsibilities
- Setting the category strategy, managing budgets to drive profitable growth, use vision and creativity to impact the customer experience
- Use influencing and leadership skills to build partnerships with suppliers and team members
- Make decisions about nearly every aspect of your products: replenishment, supply chain, suppliers, store operations, planning, assortment, layouts, modular, and pricing
- Understand customers and anticipate future needs
- Collaborating with suppliers and partners to keep business on track.
- Utilizing tools to generate insights that inform business decisions.
- Communicating clearly, back decisions with data, and take ownership of outcomes.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement
- Jury duty
- Voting
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
