Senior Manager, Product Development - Dry Grocery & Snacks
About The Position
Join the Member's Mark Product Development team and lead innovation across Baking, Spices, and Condiments, where you'll shape products enjoyed by millions of members. This role offers the opportunity to drive category growth through innovation, strategic supplier partnerships, and quality-focused product development while influencing the future of the brand. The Member's Mark Product Development team creates and improves products that deliver exceptional quality, value, and innovation for our members. We work cross-functionally with merchants, quality, sourcing, regulatory, and supplier partners to develop category strategies, launch new products, and continuously enhance our portfolio. This role plays a critical part in driving growth, strengthening supplier partnerships, and bringing member-focused innovation to market.
Requirements
- Experience developing shelf-stable food products, preferably within baking ingredients, spices, seasonings, condiments, or related categories.
- Strong knowledge of food formulation, manufacturing processes, ingredient functionality, and commercialization.
- Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional projects and manage external supplier relationships.
- Experience using consumer insights, market trends, and data to drive product innovation and business results.
- Demonstrated leadership experience developing talent and influencing stakeholders across multiple functions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Design, or related field and 4 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area OR 6 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area.
Nice To Haves
- Application development experience with emphasis on VBA and SQL programming languages
- Creative design software
- Financial modeling
- Leading and completing cross-functional projects
- Manufacturing, product development, or packaging
- Microsoft Office
- Supervisory
- Masters: Business Administration
- Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification
- Six Sigma - Certification
Responsibilities
- Lead product development and innovation for Baking, Spices, and Condiments within the Member's Mark portfolio.
- Partner with suppliers and cross-functional teams to develop, reformulate, and commercialize products that meet quality, cost, and member expectations.
- Identify category trends, consumer insights, and whitespace opportunities to drive growth and differentiation.
- Manage product specifications, quality improvements, and issue resolution throughout the product lifecycle.
- Mentor and develop team members while influencing strategic business decisions and category direction.
Benefits
- Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage
- Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance
- Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Live Better U is a company 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
