Senior Manager, Product Development – Fresh and Frozen Foods - Sam’s Club

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

At Sam’s Club, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make to create the future of retail, from responsible sourcing to sustainability – and everything in between. 

As a Senior Product Development Manager, you will lead Member’s Mark development, provide innovation and focus on quality to drive profitable growth, develop robust partnerships with suppliers, and use vision and creativity to impact the customer experience. You know your supplier and customer needs better than anyone else and are constantly thinking about what is next for your business. Success in this role requires tenacity, a member mindset, influence, and a competitive spirit. You’ll use your executive presence to work with suppliers and cross functional team members at all levels and navigate interesting, complex challenges.

Our Private Brand / Member’s Mark at Sam’s Club is a critical factor of why our members both join and renew their memberships. You’ll be responsible and be the point of contact for all product development decisions across Member’s Mark. You’ll be responsible for growing Member’s Mark sales with emphasis on quality and customer experience for the Member’s Mark business online and in-store to increase loyalty and conversion with the customer. You’ll be responsible to work with cross functional team member’s including Merchants, Sourcing, Quality, Packaging and our Creative brand team.

You’ll sweep us off our feet if…

• You have Product Development experience in the following fresh and frozen food categories, Fresh or Frozen Seafood, Deli and Cooler
• You’re customer-centric in spirit and in execution 
• You have a competitive spirit of being in front of trend and innovation
• You like digging into data and doing some analysis
• You’re excited about solving complex challenges
• You’re comfortable influencing others, leading teams, managing stakeholders, getting buy-in from leadership, and communicating clearly
• You have a test and learn mentality and an agile way of working to improve your team’s products

You’ll make an impact by:

• Collaborating with suppliers and Quality, Food Safety, Packaging team to maintain accurate product specification, work through member complaint investigations and resolutions.
• Managing the development of Member’s Mark products by collaborating and communicating with business partners (including; Brand Management, Quality, Suppliers, Sourcing) to develop new products and renovate current products
• Establishing and influencing high-visibility supplier relationships
• Building and achieving strategic objectives and initiatives to build the Member’s Mark Brand through the development of food items within the category
• Always looking for creative ideas to drive business improvements, innovation, and customer experience

Benefits & Perks:

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, FTO, multiple health plans, and much more. 

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people. 

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