Merchant - Family Needs & Hand Cleansing

Position Summary... What you'll do... The Merchant – Family Needs & Hand Cleansing supports the growth of a dynamic Body Care business by identifying trends, launching innovative brands and products, and partnering cross functionally to deliver the right assortment, price, and customer experience. This role plays an important part in evolving Body Care through customer insights, digital acceleration, and merchandising strategies that make everyday routines more engaging, discoverable, and relevant. About the Team: Body Care Team Our ambition is to evolve Body Care from an everyday essential category into a more experiential business. We are focused on delivering the right balance of value, innovation, and digital excellence while building routines with style. We lead with vision, embrace being bold and transformation, stay grounded in strong merchandising fundamentals, obsess over solving real customer needs, and build a culture rooted in collaboration, transparency, and our core values. Develop and execute category strategies aligned with long-term business objectives, incorporating market trends and customer insights. Manage profit and loss responsibilities, analyzing daily business performance to meet financial targets. Lead supplier negotiations, establishing terms, pricing, and performance metrics to drive profitability. Oversee channel strategy decisions, collaborating with supply chain and merchandising teams for optimal alignment. Direct assortment planning, modular layouts, and promotional strategies across store and online channels. Manage and develop team members, providing coaching, performance evaluations, and career guidance. Utilize data analytics to inform decisions and drive continuous improvement in category performance. What you'll bring: Proven experience in category strategy development and execution for moderately complex categories. Strong financial management skills, including profit and loss ownership and budget forecasting. Expertise in supplier management, negotiation, and performance tracking. Ability to analyze market trends, customer behavior, and competitive landscape to inform decisions. Demonstrated leadership in managing and developing teams to achieve business objectives. Proficiency in leveraging data analytics and digital tools to drive category performance. Effective decision-making skills with a focus on customer-centric and omni-channel strategies. Commitment to upholding company policies, ethics, and operational excellence. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. 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. For information about PTO, see Live Better U is a Walmart-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. 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. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart. The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ‎ 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... 601 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment. About Walmart: Fifty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world's biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we're reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. You'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and create a career you're proud of.