2025 Intern Conversion: 2026 FT MBA Merchandising Leadership Rotation Development Program

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

The Walmart US Merchandising Development Leadership program is a rotational program for recent MBA graduates, focused on developing future Merchandising leaders.

You will work to solve some of the largest and most complex retail challenges as we move from the largest brick & mortar retailer into a true omnichannel experience provider. This unique rotational program gives you exposure to leaders and cross functional partners across Walmart.

Through an individual rotational plan executed over the course of 3.5 to 5 years you will develop a robust understanding of Merchandising resulting in cross-functional leadership experiences and growth opportunities.

Rotations:

·       Business Analytics/Planning – Master your understanding of retail math, Walmart data systems, and Merchandising P&L to develop recommendations that accelerate market share, improves price gap, and achieve Walmart financial goals for a specific category/dept teams.  In this role you will build your strategic mindset, data analytics, and operational decision-making abilities in a fast-paced environment.

·       Replenishment - Learn how to flow product through Walmart’s supply chain:  leveraging processes, developing strong supplier relationships, and gaining understanding of inventory impacts to the dept P&L.  In this role you will build your data analytics, supplier negotiation, and operational decision-making abilities in fast-paced environment.

·       Modular Development - Utilize customer data, industry trends, and Walmart financials to optimize assortment layout across stores and dotcom.  In this role you will build your data analytics, customer insights, and project management skills for a portfolio of categories or total department.

·       Central Merchandising Operations Team - Establish merchandising strategy, processes, and tools to ensure customer needs are met while providing internal financial insights.  In this role your customer are the business-facing Merchandising and Merch Ops teams who leverage the processes and tools you create.  In this role you will build your data analytics, customer insights, product development, and project management skills.

·       Merchant Roles- Drive a customer-focused business with P&L ownership, strategic category thinking, and omni-channel optimization.  You are responsible for picking the assortment for a group of categories and negotiating the best cost with your suppliers.  In this role you will build your data analytics, supplier negotiation, customer insights, and project management skills in a fast-paced environment. 

Basic Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in an MBA program with a graduation date of Spring 2026
• 3-5+ years of industry or military work experience
• Authorization to work in US without restrictions at the time of application
• Must have successfully completed Walmart Summer 2025 Merchandising Leadership Rotation Development Program Internship to apply

Coordinates completes and oversees job related activities and assignments by developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders supporting plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs identifying and communicating goals and objectives building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results identifying and addressing improvement opportunities and demonstrating adaptability and promoting continuous learning
Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by hiring and training mentoring assigning duties providing recognition and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace
Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission values and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy and providing direction and guidance on applying these in executing business processes and practices
Manages projects by building project plans assigning projects and tasks to associates scheduling projects documenting project scope developing scorecards and metrics developing short and long term plans overseeing projects from start to completion and completing projects in accordance with agreed upon timelines
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