Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Join Sam's Club as a Senior Manager, Merchandise Planning - Sam's Club and your work could help over 240 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you'll quickly find we're a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world's most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement. From day one, you'll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life.
The Senior Planner - Sam's Club leads team members in the planning and execution of the category team's financial plan by ensuring consistency in planning processes; applying best practices across category teams; preparing aggregate category team budgets; prioritizing projects and making tradeoffs in projects across subcategories to meet overall budget commitments; and providing guidance for making store specific distributions.
You'll make an impact by:
- Developing strong relationships with Merchandising and Allocation teams to build trust and influence decisions.
- Developing monthly forecasts of all financial metrics inclusive of item level planning, annual operating plans, and financial line reviews with full item life cycle forecasting.
- Running financial modeling to help merchandising partners make good decisions by providing input for business decisions by producing complex financial models that incorporate assumptions, expectations, and known risks
- Supporting business cases and projects in support of the Merchandising team
- Having a strong financial acumen and being able to translate complex information into user-friendly insights, and tactics
- Have strong executive presence with the ability to partner and challenge simultaneously
You will sweep us off our feet if... - You have demonstrated success with process improvement to identify and implement solutions while leveraging cross-functional teams
- You are creative and resilient - always looking for new ways to approach problems and drive business performance
- You have the expertise to drive automation while ensuring quality
- You possess natural curiosity to learn beyond the minimum requirements to perform role
Preferred Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Accounting
- 3+ years of experience executing financial plans
- 3+ years' experience in Analytics, Planning, Business Management, Omni-Channel Merchandising, or a related area
- 3+ years of experience working on large complex retail category | planning teams
- Strong organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines
- Strong influencing and interpersonal skills
- Detail and results-oriented with sense of urgency
At Sam's Club, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet!
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- Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage
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- Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance
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- Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .
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- Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
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Live Better U is a company 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.
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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .
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The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00-$180,000.00
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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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Minimum Qualifications... Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field and 4 years' experience in retail, merchandising, forecasting, or related area. OR 6 years' experience in retail, merchandising, forecasting, or related area.
Preferred Qualifications... Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Negotiating terms and costing, Profit and Loss (P&L) Responsibility, Retail Link, Supervisory
Masters: Marketing
Primary Location... 2101 Se Simple Savings Dr, Bentonville, AR 72712-4304, United States of America
