Senior Manager, Merchandising Planning - Young Adult Apparel

Position Summary...

Senior Manager, Merchandising Planning Young Adult Apparel
Relocation Required to Bentonville, AR



Want to use your critical thinking & problem-solving abilities to drive operational excellence in a dynamic and evolving omni-channel retail environment? At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better, which serves as the foundation for every decision we make and drives us to create the future of retail. How does Walmart deliver the best assortment and help the customer get what they need, when they need it, and where they need it? Thats where you come in.



As a Senior Manager in Merchandise Planning, you are essentially the CFO of a multi-million-dollar category. You will play an integral role in a cross functional team by leading the financial strategy development for one of our merchandise categories. Leveraging data analytics, you'll drive sales growth while maintaining profitability in season. In the pre-season process, you will use historical trends to develop category levels budgets and foster a team culture of adherence and accountability to those plans.

What you'll do...

• Youre a forward-thinker able to quickly develop a holistic understanding of problems to develop innovative solutions

• Youre influential evaluating complex decisions and process improvement isnt easy, but you educate and motivate others to gain alignment through effective storytelling

• Youre a self-starterwho can adapt to an ever-changing retail environment

• You have a strong understanding of financialsand, most importantly, how to translate complex information into user-friendly insights, and tactics

What you'll bring:

• Providing data-driven insights to influence the deployment of key initiatives, strategies, that directly impact business results.

• Evaluating and reviewing business performance through analytics to understand whats working and not working, predict outcomes and generate insights.

• Becoming a valuable strategic partner by working across various internal teams to identify opportunities for improvement and collaborate on solutions.

• Communicating effectively to achieve leadership alignment and influence cross-functional stakeholders.

• Successfully navigating in ambiguous environments with multiple cross functional stakeholders and competing KPIs in pursuit of improve business outcomes.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.<