Manager, Merchandising Planning-1

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for financial forecasting, feature and promotion management, business decision support, budgeting, financial updates and reporting, and maintaining an omni-channel customer focus. The Manager, Merchandising Planning will leverage data analysis tools, business intelligence, and customer trends to influence strategic direction and assess item-level performance. They will also be responsible for building and developing a high-performing team, fostering a culture of respect and integrity, and driving business results while prioritizing the customer. Key responsibilities include performing financial forecasting using data-driven analytics, partnering with cross-functional teams on forecast inputs and outputs, and influencing feature and promotional plans. The role involves assessing business health, identifying root causes of opportunities, and generating data-driven recommendations. Budgeting and financial system updates are also key, as is providing monthly financial perspectives and seasonal analysis. The position requires an understanding of customer behavior across channels and anticipating customer trends. Strategic thinking, leveraging insights to influence category direction, and assessing item-level performance during line reviews are crucial. The role also emphasizes building strong relationships, acting with integrity, serving customers, and striving for excellence through continuous improvement and a growth mindset.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field and 2 years’ experience in retail, merchandising, forecasting, or related area.
OR 4 years’ experience in retail, merchandising, forecasting, or related area.

Nice To Haves

Negotiating terms and costing
Retail Link
Supervisory
Masters: Marketing

Responsibilities

Demonstrates uptodate expertise and applies this to the development execution and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices supporting and aligning efforts to meet customer and business needs and building commitment for perspectives and rationales
Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission values and standards of ethics and integrity by incorporating these into the development and implementation of business plans using the Open Door Policy and demonstrating and assisting others with how to apply these in executing business processes and practices
Performs all financial forecasting within categories using datadriven analytics trend insights and business intelligence to project future results
Partners with crossfunctional team on inputs to forecast and shares output with team to drive alignment
Understands implications of trend to each metric and is able to guide teammates on actions to improve results
Influences feature and promotional plans using historical performance data and business insight
Supports decision on feature buy quantities and store level allocation
Uses appropriate tools to determine impact of price to unit velocity and communicates financial requirements
Communicates performance and influences any required change in strategy
Assesses health of the business and seek rootcause of opportunities
Generate datadriven recommendations to improve customer and financial outcomes
Socialize findings and ideas to crossfunctional team in order to steer decisions that impact the PL
Develops and makes recommendations on category and subcategory financial targets
Notate and convey business intelligence pertaining to future category performance
Builds budget information into the financial system for fiscal category budgets
Own monthly financial perspective for categories highlighting business drivers opportunities key action plans and timelines
Provides seasonal and event analysis and reporting for key timeframes
Consistently makes customercentric recommendations and business decisions across scope of responsibility
Understands customer behavior across channels or within relevant channels for example demand trends buying behaviors consumption patterns around SKUs
Anticipates customer trends and influences demand through deep understanding of customer needs and depth of category vision
Leverages data analysis tools to explore multifaceted financial data
Develops and tests hypotheses
Builds and presents insights using visualization tools to influence decisions and steer financial performance
Leverages insights sourced from data business intelligence and customer trends to influence strategic direction of category
Establish connection between qualitative strategy and quantitative impact
Share findings and perspective to relevant stakeholders to ensure informed decisions within scope of ownership
Assesses itemlevel performance during line review process
Analyzes and challenges assumptions regarding performance expectations
Communicates the aggregate financial impact of planned assortment changes
Creates executive summary on expected financial results and present to leadership team
Conducts postmodular analysis to drive accountability to decisions and forecasts
Demonstrates and encourages respect for all builds a highperforming team seeks and embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences creates a workplace where all associates feel seen supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform drives a positive associate and customermember experience for all identifies attracts and retains the best team members
Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback coaching mentoring and developmental opportunities promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customermember and company and regularly recognizes others contributions and accomplishments
Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners works collaboratively and crossfunctionally to achieve objectives and communicates and listens attentively with energy and positivity to motivate influence and inspire commitment and action
Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity ethics and compliance models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates customers and the world around us eg creating a sense of belonging eliminating waste participating in local giving
Follows the law our code of conduct and company policies and sets expectations for others to do the same promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns and reinforces our culture of nonretaliation listens to concerns raised by associates takes action and encourages others to do the same holds self and others accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values
Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble selfaware honest and transparent
Delivers expected business results while putting the customermember first and consistently applying an omnimerchant mindset and acts with an Every Day LowCost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customersmembers
Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data analytics customermember insights and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the teams strategy
Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset seeks feedback asks thoughtful questions fosters an environment that supports learning innovation and learning from mistakes and intelligent risktaking and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks
Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working

Benefits

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
Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart (Live Better U program)