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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.

Minimum Qualifications...

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Seafood Science, Meat Science** or related field and or **10 years of experience in product development of food items

Preferred Qualifications...

_Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications._

Master’s degree in Food Science or related field with10+ years of experience in product development of food items

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 (https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J) .

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The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00

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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._

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Design, or related field and 4 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or

related area OR 6 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

_Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications._

Application development experience with emphasis on VBA and SQL programming languages, Creative design software, Financial modeling, Leading and completing cross-functional projects, Manufacturing, product development, or packaging, Microsoft Office, Supervisory

Masters: Arts, Masters: Business, Masters: Science

Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification, Six Sigma - Certification

Primary Location...

2101 Se Simple Savings Dr, Bentonville, AR 72712-4304, United States of America

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, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.