(USA) Senior Partner, Advertising Sales, Walmart Connect

Position Summary Consults with cross‑functional partners to create custom advertising solutions that address both short‑term and long‑term customer needs. Communicates effectively with colleagues across different departments or specialties within an organization. Leverages the strengths and skills of each team to achieve common goals. Articulates ideas, plans, and priorities to team members across different functions and actively listens to input from other teams to incorporate feedback into sales strategies and objectives. Responsibilities Manages financial results in an assigned area of responsibility. Understands the financial aspects of the role including revenue generation, budgeting, and cost efficiency. Makes decisions that positively impact the financial health of the organization. Implements effective sales strategies that maximize profitability to meet or exceed sales targets. Leverages data and metrics to analyze problems and evaluate potential solutions. Demonstrates creative thinking, analytical reasoning, and the application of sales knowledge and experience. Differentiates between symptoms and root causes to ensure effective problem‑solving for sales‑related problems. Establishes, maintains, and improves relationships with clients and colleagues. Creates a strong client base and fosters a positive work environment. Addresses conflicts proactively, seeking win‑win solutions by maintaining professionalism and composure during difficult conversations or disputes. Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs, developing and communicating business plans and priorities, removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance, providing resources, identifying performance standards, measuring progress, and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning. Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training, mentoring, assigning duties, building a team‑based work environment, establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations, providing recognition and rewards, coaching for success and improvement, and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace. Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy. Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, coworkers or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events. Respect the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for all, builds a high‑performing team, seeks and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences, creates a workplace where all associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer‑member experience for all, identifies, attracts and retains the best team members. Respect the Individual: Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners, works collaboratively and cross‑functionally to achieve objectives, and communicates and listens attentively with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action. Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture, supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving). Act with Integrity: Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies and sets expectations for others to do the same; promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns and reinforces our culture of non‑retaliation, listens to concerns raised by associates, takes action and encourages others to do the same, holds self and others accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values. Act with Integrity: Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self‑aware, honest and transparent. Serve our Customers and Members: Delivers expected business results while putting the customer‑member first and consistently applying an omnichannel merchant mindset and acts with an Every‑Day Low‑Cost mindset to drive value and Every‑Day Low Prices for customers and members. Serve our Customers and Members: Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data analytics, customer‑member insights and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team’s strategy. Strive for Excellence: Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve, demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset, seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk‑taking and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks. Strive for Excellence: Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working. Benefits 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. Additional Compensation Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: Stock Minimum Qualifications Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in psychology or related area. Option 2: Master’s degree in advertising, marketing, business, or related area. Option 3: 5 years’ experience in brand advertising (for example, television, video, sponsorship), media sales, customer acquisition and growth, search, mobile, or online sales. 5 years’ experience in shopper marketing sales, eCommerce sales, or retail advertising sales. 5 years’ experience managing client accounts. 5 years’ experience as a strategic advisor working with C‑suite clients. Preferred Qualifications Master’s degree in Psychology, Advertising, Marketing, or Business. Salary Chicago, Illinois – The annual salary range for this position is $99,000.00 - $198,000.00. Hoboken, New Jersey – The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00 - $216,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: Stock. Primary Location 167 N GREEN ST, Chicago, IL 60607‑2377, United States of America. Policies Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug‑free workplace and have 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Walmart Connect