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Position Summary...

Sam’s Club is Member centric and growing fast. At our company, we are dedicated to creating exceptional experiences for our members and driving innovation in every aspect of our business. As a Merchant of Furniture, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our furniture offerings and ensuring our members receive the best value and experience. This position will work in Bentonville, Arkansas and report to the Senior Director of Merchandising.

What you'll do...

What You'll Do:

+ **Category Strategy:** Develop and support plans for a moderately complex category, oversee pricing and promotion strategies, and execute strategic initiatives.

+ **Channel Strategy:** Own decisions around channel strategy, make recommendations, drive channel alignment, and collaborate with the supply chain.

+ **Financial Management:** Manage profit and loss for the category, analyze daily business, identify execution levers, and make inventory-related decisions.

+ **Supplier Negotiations:** Support negotiation levers, drive price leadership, define negotiation cadence, and conduct supplier negotiations.

+ **Shopper/Customer Experience:** Own decisions on filtration rules for search results, develop attribution strategy, and recommend taxonomy.

+ **Omni Channel Customer Focus:** Make customer-centric recommendations, understand customer behavior across channels, and guide suppliers and vendors.

+ **Team Management:** Manage selection, performance, development, and terminations for the team, provide career guidance, and ensure compliance with company guidelines.

+ **Budgeting & Forecasting:** Support budget creation, develop financial forecasts, and determine inventory purchase amounts.

+ **Category Administration:** Resolve strategic supplier issues, support activity planning, and manage funds from trade funds.

+ **Features and Promos:** Support and execute strategy decisions for monthly features across store and online channels.

+ **Item Setup & Maintenance:** Support item cross-referencing, decide on pack type and shipping channels, and manage content and imagery processes.

+ **Modular & Assortment:** Decide modular layout principles, guide space allocation, and implement assortment strategy.

+ **Data and Digital Acumen:** Leverage data analysis tools, develop and test hypotheses, and use visualization tools to influence decisions.

+ **Pricing:** Own pricing decisions, manage COOPs agreements, and support markdowns.

+ **Private Brands & Product Development:** Support private brand strategy, identify gaps and opportunities, and advise the packaging team.

+ **Replenishment:** Support decision-making based on performance, advise on fines and penalties, and guide on channel ratio and pack size decisions.

What You'll Bring:

+ Strong analytical skills and the ability to leverage data analysis tools.

+ Experience in category strategy, financial management, and supplier negotiations.

+ Customer-centric mindset with the ability to understand and influence customer behavior.

+ Proven track record in team management and development.

+ Ability to develop and execute strategic initiatives and manage multiple business plans.

+ Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

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

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 $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 Business, Merchandising , or related field and 3 years’ experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area OR 5 years’ experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Microsoft Office, Negotiating with third-party suppliers, Supervisory experience

Masters: Business, Masters: Merchandising

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.