2026 Intern Conversion - 2027 FT: Senior Analyst, Merchandising Development Program

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

5d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time role for 2027, with a conversion from a Summer 2026 Walmart or Sam's Club internship. The role focuses on merchandising development, requiring strategic acumen, digital literacy, analytics, supply chain and operations knowledge, financial management, strategic negotiations, assortment strategy, and item merchandising. The position is based in Bentonville, AR, and requires the candidate to have completed a Summer 2026 Walmart or Sam's Club internship to be eligible. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.

Requirements

• MUST HAVE COMPLETED A SUMMER 2026 WALMART OR SAMS CLUB INTERNSHIP TO BE ELIGIBLE.
• IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS ROLE.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or related area.
• 1 years’ experience in merchandising or related area.

Responsibilities

• Understands member behavior for example demand trends buying behaviors across channels and within specific channels
• Monitors member feedback item reviews and alternate information channels for example social media
• Applies an understanding to ways of working and plans for improvement
• Interprets member data for example purchase frequency NPS customer satisfaction shares findings and develops plans for improvement with crossfunctional partners peers and leaders
• Identifies opportunities to pursue new items and categories and improve member experiences
• Researches industry macroeconomic trends for example commodity prices unemployment rates purchasing power and changes in competitor strategies and offerings
• Communicates findings and insights to crossfunctional partners peers and leaders
• Weigh the pros and cons of channel strategies for items within an assigned assortment
• Reviews the financial implications for example shipping and packaging costs of item channel availability
• Maintains open lines of communication with peers and crossfunctional partners to understand opportunities coordinate strategic decisions and simplify ways of working
• Reviews merchandise and sales data and metrics for example itemcategorydepartment sales turns instock by leveraging appropriate tools dashboards and data sources in order to extract relevant information
• Interprets and summarizes pertinent information
• Provides recommendations on the item decision process
• Collects and reviews industry and competitor data for example competitor sales results trade surveys data firm reports and shares findings and insights with crossfunctional partners peers and leaders
• Explores alternative and emerging data sources for example search engine results external research publications
• Provides recommendations to crossfunctional partners peers and leaders on applicability of emerging data sources
• Leverages data analysis tools to basic data sets performs basic analysis derives insights and creates or interprets basic reports
• Coordinates with partners to identify inefficiencies related to Supply Chain and Operations for example supplier service delivery schedules inventory levels flow packaging merchandise display standards item placement other merchandise related factors
• Maintains open lines of communication with supplier and vendor partners to understand Supply Chain processes and review performance
• Collaborates with Supply Chain partners to understand network capacity transportation considerations and other logistics complications
• Maintains open lines of communication with Operations and Supply Chain functional partners to understand process changes and opportunities for improvement
• Follows up with partners to understand shrink and waste resulting from merchandise and supplier issues
• Monitors item quality feedback and identifies quality issue trends
• Follows up with Operational partners on the impact of item placement and planograms on the associate and member experience
• Monitors the impacts of actions taken to improve Supply Chain and Operations efficiencies on the profit and loss statement
• Understands the elements of profit and loss statements
• Derives insights and researches opportunities to take corrective actions
• Supports the development of business cases and recommendations to deliver projected return on investment or cost savings
• Conducts hindsight analysis as applicable
• Reviews inseason reporting and financial results for key seasonal events
• Coordinates with crossfunctional partners to determine financial plans and inventory purchase amounts
• Understands and employs company policies and practices and applicable laws and regulations for negotiating
• Utilizes techniques for establishing rapport and building trust
• Negotiations favorable results with suppliers in basic negotiations
• Understands the impacts of terms of the negotiation for example cost of goods volume payment on the overall value derived for the company
• Understands the value that needs to be achieved for the company in negotiations
• Protects company positions while demonstrating a willingness to create value for other party
• Researches the capabilities of suppliers in order to understand the limits of what is possible within the boundaries of negotiations
• Maintains open lines of communication with peers with a shared supplier base to ensure information is shared and prior experiences with suppliers are disseminated
• Shares knowledge and insights with peers
• Analyzes the effectiveness of assortment decisions evaluates the viability of products and categories and develops actionable plans to optimize item and assortment performance while considering financial and customer loyalty impacts
• Analyzes and develops insights on assortment performance by channel while assessing benefits and tradeoffs
• Shares assortment information and insights with crossfunctional partners to drive synergies and enable cohesive member experiences
• Creates hypotheses of changes to assortment to predict transferability of sales
• Leverages online channels to test additions to assortment to drive incremental sales and member excitement
• Analyzes the role of private brands and national brands across items in the category department assortment and provides recommendations for partners and leaders
• Decides role of items for example repeat purchases seasonal buys special buys loss leaders within the assortment
• Identifies ways to drive value for members while creating value for the organization
• Provides recommendations to crossfunctional partners and leaders
• Shares knowledge with peers
• Reviews and provides input on product quality guidelines researches and identifies postlaunch quality issues solicits member feedback and provides feedback on packaging guidelines
• Reviews item placement and planograms in order to provide feedback on potential issues or opportunities to improve space utilization
• Solicits feedback from Operations partners on item placement
• 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
• Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders identifying business needs determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices monitoring progress and results recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities and adapting to competing demands organizational changes and new responsibilities
• 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
• Demonstrates and encourages respect for others drives a positive associate and customermember experience for all embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences supports workplaces where associated feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging so all associates thrive and perform contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work
• Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team developing others through feedback coaching mentoring and developmental opportunities and recognizes others contributions and accomplishments
• Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners works collaboratively to achieve objectives communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work
• 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 encourages others to do the same supports an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns reinforces our culture of nonretaliation listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action acts with accountability for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values
• Is consistently humble selfaware honest and transparent
• Delivers results while putting the customermember first and applying an omnimerchant mindset and acts with an Every Day LowCost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customersmembers
• Adopts a broad perspective that considers data analytics customermember insights and different parts of the business when making plans
• Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset seeks feedback asks thoughtful questions supports innovation and intelligent risktaking and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks
• Implements and supports continuous improvements and willingly embraces 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
• Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level