(USA) Senior Manager, Merchandising Planning - Paint, DIY Accessories and Moving
About The Position
Own the analytics and financial planning that powers smarter decisions across Paint, DIY Accessories, and Moving. In this role, you’ll turn complex data into clear, customer-led recommendations that improve sales, margin, inventory, and in-stock across stores and omni. You’ll lead key business rhythms—forecasting, Open to Buy, line reviews, and modular walkthroughs—while influencing merchants with compelling insights and driving process and technology improvements. About Paint, DIY Accessories and Moving This category supports customers through high-intent moments—refreshing a space, starting a DIY project, or preparing for a move—where availability, value, and ease of shop matter. The team operates through disciplined planning and performance routines, partnering closely with merchants, omni teams, and suppliers to deliver the right assortment at the right time. This role strengthens category execution by connecting customer behavior and trend signals to forecasts, budgets, and actionable strategies that improve performance across every touchpoint.
Requirements
- Experience owning forecasts, budgets, and P&L drivers for a complex category or comparable business
- Advanced analytics capability: hypothesis testing, automation-minded forecasting, and visualization storytelling
- Working knowledge of OTB, markdown management, line reviews, modular execution, and promo planning
- Ability to translate omni customer signals into assortment, pricing, and inventory recommendations
- Stakeholder influence skills with merchants; comfort presenting insights to senior leaders
- 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
- Own category/subcategory forecasts, unit plans, and ladder plans; align projections with cross-functional inputs
- Drive Open to Buy (30/60/90) discussions on drivers, opportunities, action plans, and get-well dates
- Build category budgets, financial targets, and bridge plans; support P&L recaps and QBRs with risk/upside ranges
- Deliver line review, modular, and feature/promo analytics (including post-mod performance) to guide decisions
- Support supplier negotiations and JBP with financial inputs, scenario analysis, and risk identification
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
- 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
Senior
