(USA) Senior Manager, Merchandising Planning - Boys Sportswear
About The Position
Want to use your critical thinking & problem-solving abilities to drive operational excellence in a dynamic and evolving omni-channel retail environment? At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better, which serves as the foundation for every decision we make and drives us to create the future of retail. How does Walmart deliver the best assortment and help the customer get what they need, when they need it, and where they need it? That’s where you come in. As a Senior Manager in Merchandise Planning, you are essentially the CFO of a multi-million-dollar category. You will play an integral role in a cross functional team by leading the financial strategy development for one of our merchandise categories. Leveraging data analytics, you’ll drive sales growth while maintaining profitability in season. In the pre-season process, you will use historical trends to develop category levels budgets and foster a team culture of adherence and accountability to those plans. You’re a forward-thinker… able to quickly develop a holistic understanding of problems to develop innovative solutions You’re influential… evaluating complex decisions and process improvement isn’t easy, but you educate and motivate others to gain alignment through effective storytelling You’re a self-starter…who can adapt to an ever-changing retail environment You have a strong understanding of financials…and, most importantly, how to translate complex information into user-friendly insights, and tactics
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field and 4 years’ experience in retail, merchandising, forecasting, or related area.
- OR 6 years’ experience in retail, merchandising, forecasting, or related area.
Nice To Haves
- Negotiating terms and costing
- Profit and Loss (P&L) Responsibility
- Retail Link
- Supervisory
- Masters: Marketing
Responsibilities
- Providing data-driven insights to influence the deployment of key initiatives, strategies, that directly impact business results.
- Evaluating and reviewing business performance through analytics to understand what’s working and not working, predict outcomes and generate insights.
- Becoming a valuable strategic partner by working across various internal teams to identify opportunities for improvement and collaborate on solutions.
- Communicating effectively to achieve leadership alignment and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Successfully navigating in ambiguous environments with multiple cross functional stakeholders and competing KPIs in pursuit of improve business outcomes.
Benefits
- 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 is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
