Senior Merchant, Operational Transformation - Consumables

Wal-Mart.com USA•Bentonville, AR

11d•Onsite

About The Position

This role sits at the intersection of merchandising, finance, operations, and transformation, identifying opportunities others may not see and translating them into strategies that drive incremental sales, profit, and operational performance across Consumables. The team identifies where the business needs to go next, unlock new sources of growth, and translate strategy into scalable transformation across Consumables.

Requirements

A business athlete comfortable digging into a P&L, building strategy, and presenting recommendations to senior leadership.
A self starter who thrives in ambiguity and can define both the problem and the path forward.
Financially curious and analytically strong, with the ability to move from data to insight to action.
A high energy relationship builder who naturally connects with people and can influence across functions and levels.
An operator at heart who understands that the best strategy has to work in the real world.
A possibility thinker who sees hidden opportunities and has the persistence to turn them into measurable results.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising or related field and 4 years’ experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area.
OR 6 years’ experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area.
1 years’ supervisory experience.

Nice To Haves

Microsoft Office
Negotiating with third-party suppliers
Supervisory experience
Masters: Business
Masters: Merchandising

Responsibilities

Uncover the opportunity: Use financial, customer, operational, and business insights to identify hidden barriers to growth and develop strategies to unlock incremental sales and profit.
Scale the Shrink Framework: Lead the continued evolution of the Shrink Framework and help influence adoption of successful solutions across Total Merchandising.
Transform how we operate: Challenge existing processes and identify new ways of working across stores, merchandising, operations, Asset Protection, Finance, and other cross functional teams.
Connect the dots: Look beyond the immediate business to recognize patterns, anticipate emerging challenges, and identify where learnings can unlock broader opportunities across Consumables.

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.