Associate Merchant, Women's Shoes
About The Position
As an Associate Merchant, you’ll be a key driver in shaping the future of the Women’s Shoes- Modern & Trend Brands business, serving as both a customer advocate and strategic business leader. You’ll identify emerging trends, build compelling assortments, and bring innovative products and experiences to life across stores and eCommerce channels. Combining creativity with data-driven decision making, you’ll leverage the scale, partnerships, and reach of the Walmart ecosystem to transform the category, drive growth, and make an impact for millions of customers and families every day. Manage a big business and be a true subject matter expert in your category. Strategize and choose the assortment in stores and online.
Requirements
- You can demonstrate professional judgement throughout your recommendations, decisions, priority-setting, and analysis of improvement opportunities
- You are focused on execution and results as showcased by your pursuit of achieving performance objectives
- You are always planning for and improving performance
- You are adaptable professionally, demonstrating creativity and strength in the face of challenges
- You are skilled in building relationships that are trusting, collaborative and cross-functional
- You work well with others and are a strong verbal and written communicator to business partners and leadership
- You display resilience while adopting change and maintain a positive attitude when facing challenges
- You are a self-starter who takes initiative to meet deadlines and drive the business with speed
- You are detail oriented and can execute tactical tasks
- You are proficient in Microsoft Excel and can analyze data to make business decisions
- You have an understanding of AI and willingness to adopt into your workflow
- Bachelor’s degree OR 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: you’ll establish strategy, manage budgets to drive profitable growth, and use vision and creativity to impact the customer experience
- Building relationships: you’ll use your influencing and leadership skills to build partnerships with suppliers, vendors, business partners and other Associate Merchants
- Making decisions: you’ll make decisions about nearly every aspect of your products including replenishment, supply chain, manufacturers, store operations, planning, assortment, layouts, budgets, modular, and pricing
- Designing, developing, and launching products: you’ll work with our Designers, Product Development and Sourcing teams to create new products for Private Brands. You will work with National Brand suppliers to launch new brands and develop assortments.
- Manage a big business and be a true subject matter expert in your category.
- Strategize and choose the assortment in stores and online
- Knowing your category: you’ll know your customers and supplier better than anyone and are always thinking about what is next for your business
Benefits
- Incentive awards for performance
- 401(k) match
- Stock purchase plan
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- PTO
- Multiple health plans
- Competitive pay
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement
- Jury duty
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- 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
Mid Level
