Senior Analyst, Merchandising Planning

Immigration sponsorship is not available in this role

About the Team:

At Walmart we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make and drives us to create the future of retail. In this role you will be focused on assessing business financial performance forecasting and influencing category modular and feature strategy and financial plans. Youll be the expert for your omni-channel business and leverage the scale of Walmart to truly impact the business and the lives of millions of customers worldwide. Along the way youll be guided by our deep-rooted culture with the support and tools you need to do your best work.

What youll do:

• Category/Item Forecasting: Performs all financial forecasting within categories using data-driven analytics trend insights and business intelligence to project future results. Partners with cross-functional team on inputs to forecast and shares output with team to drive alignment. Understands implications of trend to each metric and is able to guide teammates on actions to improve results.

• Feature and Promotion Management: Influences feature and promotional plans using historical performance data and business insight. Supports decision on feature buy quantities and store level allocation. Uses appropriate tools to determine impact of price to unit velocity and communicates financial requirements. Communicates performance and influences any required change in strategy.

• Modular Strategy and Financials: Assesses item-level performance during line review process. Analyzes and challenges assumptions regarding performance expectations. Communicates the aggregate financial impact of planned assortment changes. Creates executive summary on expected financial results and present to leadership team. Conducts post-modular analysis to drive accountability to decisions and forecasts.

• Business Management Decision Support: Assess health of the business and seek root-cause of opportunities. Generate data-driven recommendations to improve customer and financial outcomes. Socialize findings and ideas to cross-functional team in order to steer decisions that impact the P&L.Collaborate cross-functionally with the replenishment team to ensure optimal business outcomes.

• Budgeting: Develops and makes recommendations on category and subcategory financial targets. Notate and convey business intelligence pertaining to future category performance. Builds budget information into the financial system for fiscal category budgets.

• Financial Updates and Reporting: Own monthly financial perspective for categories highlighting business drivers opportunities key action plans and timelines. Provides seasonal and event analysis and reporting for key timeframes.

What youll bring:

• Bachelors degree in Marketing or related field; or 2 years experience in retail merchandising forecasting or related area.

• Omni Channel Customer Focus: Consistently makes customer-centric recommendations and business decisions across scope of responsibility. Understands customer behavior across channels or within relevant channels (for example demand trends buying behaviors consumption patterns around SKUs). Anticipates customer trends and influences demand through deep understanding of customer needs and depth of category vision.

• Data and Digital Acumen: Leverages data analysis tools to explore multi-faceted financial data. Develops and tests hypotheses. Builds and presents insights using visualization tools to influence decisions and steer financial performance.

• Strategic Perspective: Leverages insights sourced from data business intelligence and customer trends to influence strategic direction of category. Establish connection between qualitative strategy and quantitative impact. Share findings and perspective to relevant stakeholders to ensure informed decisions within scope of ownership

• Nice to have: Experience with SQL and Google Big Query

• Nice to have: Experience withdata visualization (for example Tableau or PowerBI)

• Nice to have: Experience with data analytics

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

Benefits:

Beyond our great compensation package you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave PTO health benefits 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 unique styles experiences identities ideas and opinions while being inclusive of all people.