Associate National Account Manager - Bentonville, AR

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Walmart, Adult Nutrition

Associate National Account Manager

Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity
This position works out of our Bentonville AR location in the Nutrition Division. Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

As the Associate National Account Manager for Walmart, you’ll be managing eCommerce, item maintenance, and forecasting to support Sr. NAM day-to-day. As the subject matter expert for Adult Nutrition on Walmart.com, the Associate NAM oversees content and product display pages, ensures compliance, maintains in-stock levels, and collaborates on growth strategies. They work with the Business Development Manager to create reports, track performance, and support media campaigns. Responsibilities include new item setup, cost changes, catalog cleanup, promotions, and feature displays using Walmart’s tools and Abbott’s internal processes. The role also involves managing internal funding processes and deductions and collaborating with various teams to drive business results. The work includes collaboration with customers and internal teams across brand marketing, sales, supply chain, and shopper marketing. This position provides a glidepath to assuming sales ownership for one of Abbott’s Adult Nutrition brands at Walmart, with responsibility transitioning once the individual is trained and ready to lead strategic initiatives.

What You’ll Work On

eCommerce Management:

• Manage content and product display pages (PDP) on Walmart.com.

• Ensure content compliance and work with supply chain to maintain in-stock levels.

• Collaborate with Shopper Marketing Manager on online growth strategies and track performance and support media campaign reporting.

• Guide Sr. NAM on forecast accuracy related to Walmart.com trends.

• Create Walmart.com-specific reports with Business Development Manager.

Forecast Item File Updates:

• Responsible for the monthly update of the internal forecast file, ensuring that all relevant data is current and accurate.

• Involves actualizing the forecast and updating the baselines in the financial planning tool, Exceedra each month to reflect the latest data.

• Update the forecast file with new items, discontinuations, price changes, rollbacks, features with lifts, and POD updates to ensure accurate forecasting and inventory management.

Item Maintenance & Funding Processes:

• Utilize Walmart’s tools (Supplier One) and Abbott’s internal processes (SalesForce.com, Exceedra) to manage new item setup, cost changes, catalog cleanup, promotions, and feature displays, ensuring that all product information is correctly entered and maintained.

• Respons