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 tacticts
• 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

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, SupervisoryMasters: Marketing

Primary Location...

2101 SE SIMPLE SAVINGS DR, BENTONVILLE, AR 72712-4304, United States of America