Associate Merchant - Patio Furniture
Walmart · Bentonville, AR · 1 mo ago
On-siteSales$70k–$130k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually we have "Position Summary... What you'll do...Role summary:" The content includes a role summary paragraph. Then "About the team:" paragraph. Then "What you'll do:" bullet list. Then "What you'll bring:" bullet list. Then benefits and pay info: At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits... then details. Then "The annual salary range for this position is $70,000.00 - $130,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : Stock". So we have Pay section: salary range and bonus. Benefits: list of benefits. Schedule? Not present. So we should not create Schedule section.
We need headings: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We need to map content to these headings appropriately.
We have role summary: could be "About the role". Then "About the team" maybe also part of About the role? But we could treat as separate? The instruction: use those headings when appropriate. We have "About the team" content; could be part of About the role or maybe we could make a separate section "About the team" but not in list. Better to incorporate into About the role? However they said use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should stick to those. So we can put role summary under About the role. The team description could also go under About the role as extra paragraph.
Responsibilities: corresponds to "What you'll do:" list.
Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: we have "What you'll bring:" list includes experience, analytical skills, proficiency, ability to collaborate, knowledge, communication skills, commitment. That's a mix of qualifications and skills. We could split into Requirements (maybe minimum qualifications) and Skills (preferred). But we have also "Minimum Qualifications..." and "Preferred Qualifications..." sections later. Those contain Bachelor's degree OR 2 years experience; and Microsoft Office, Negotiating..., etc. So we should use those.
Thus we need sections:
- About the role (h3) containing role summary paragraph and about the team paragraph.
- Responsibilities (h3) containing ul of duties from "What you'll do:".
- Requirements (h3) containing minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree OR 2 years’ experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area.
- Skills (h3) containing preferred qualifications: Microsoft Office, Negotiating with third-party suppliers, Pricing, site merchandising, planning or inventory, or related area; plus maybe also Bachelors: Business, Bachelors: Merchandising? Actually those are under Preferred Qualifications as well: "Bachelors: Business, Bachelors: Merchandising". So include those.
- Benefits (h3) containing list of benefits: health, financial, PTO, etc. Need to capture all benefits described.
- Pay (h3) containing salary range and bonus info.
We must not include boilerplate like drug-free workplace etc. Remove that.
We must preserve all substantive information. Ensure we don't omit any details.
Let's extract details.
Role summary paragraph: "The (USA) Associate Merchant supports category management by facilitating supplier negotiations, managing purchase orders, and resolving supplier issues to ensure accurate product setup across channels. This role collaborates with cross-functional teams to execute customer communication programs, optimize search results, and implement merchandising strategies. Utilizing data analysis and financial tracking, the Associate Merchant contributes to forecasting, budgeting, and promotional planning. By fostering strong vendor relationships and applying category expertise, this position drives operational excellence and supports business objectives while maintaining compliance with company policies and delivering a seamless customer experience."
About the team paragraph: "The Patio team is dedicated to enhancing customers’ outdoor living experiences by offering stylish and functional products for entertaining and relaxation. The team focuses on strengthening partnerships with established brands like Mainstays and BHG, as well as emerging brands such as My Texas House and Beautiful by Drew Barrymore. This team values creating customer-focused solutions and delivering exceptional value. As an Associate Merchant, you will contribute to vendor relationship management, category strategy, and supplier collaboration to support the team’s mission of providing quality outdoor products that meet evolving customer needs."
What you'll do list (duties):
- Support merchants in supplier negotiations and manage purchase orders for assigned categories.
- Assist in resolving supplier issues and facilitate new supplier setups for stores and online channels.
- Own execution of customer communication and education programs in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Ensure accuracy and quality of product page content, adhering to taxonomy and search guidelines.
- Analyze category performance data to support budgeting, forecasting, and sales reporting.
- Develop and implement feature proposals and modular assortment strategies across channels.
- Collaborate with planners and analysts to align financial plans and inventory purchases.
What you'll bring list (qualifications/skills):
- Proven experience in vendor relationship management and supplier negotiations within retail or related sectors.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to leverage data analysis tools to derive insights and support category strategy.
- Proficiency in managing purchase orders, item setup, and category administration to ensure operational accuracy.
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally to resolve supplier issues and support merchandising and promotional activities.
- Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance tracking to support category objectives.
- Effective communication skills to guide suppliers and coordinate with internal teams.
- Commitment to upholding company policies, ethics, and customer-focused business practices.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree OR 2 years’ experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area
Preferred Qualifications:
- Microsoft Office
- Negotiating with third-party suppliers
- Pricing
- site merchandising
- planning or inventory
- related area
- Bachelors: Business
- Bachelors: Merchandising
Benefits paragraph: "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 https://one.walmart.com/notices. 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."
We need to list benefits as ul items. Should we break into categories? Could just list each benefit as separate li. But we must preserve all substantive information. Could group but still include all.
Let's extract distinct benefit items:
- competitive pay (but that's pay, not benefit)
- performance-based bonus awards (pay)
- other great benefits (generic)
- Health benefits: medical, vision, dental coverage.
- Financial benefits: 401(k), stock purchase, company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off benefits: PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, voting.
- Other benefits: short-term disability, long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
- PTO and/or PPTO for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes (already covered)
- Live Better U education benefit program (Walmart-paid education benefit): high school completion to bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, short-form certificates; tuition, books, fees paid.
- Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits (maybe not needed as separate item)
- Benefits subject to change (maybe not needed)
- For Information About Benefits And Eligibility, See One.Walmart (maybe a link but we can drop as boilerplate? It's not exactly boilerplate but it's a reference; could keep as a note but maybe it's okay to keep as a sentence? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This is not exactly those; it's a reference for benefits info. Might be okay to keep as a sentence but it's not a benefit. Could include as a paragraph.
Pay section: "The annual salary range for this position is $70,000.00 - $130,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : Stock". So we need to include salary range and bonus and stock.
We should not include "Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : Stock" with weird spaces; just note stock.
Now construct HTML.
We'll have:
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We need to map content to these headings appropriately.
We have role summary: could be "About the role". Then "About the team" maybe also part of About the role? But we could treat as separate? The instruction: use those headings when appropriate. We have "About the team" content; could be part of About the role or maybe we could make a separate section "About the team" but not in list. Better to incorporate into About the role? However they said use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should stick to those. So we can put role summary under About the role. The team description could also go under About the role as extra paragraph.
Responsibilities: corresponds to "What you'll do:" list.
Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: we have "What you'll bring:" list includes experience, analytical skills, proficiency, ability to collaborate, knowledge, communication skills, commitment. That's a mix of qualifications and skills. We could split into Requirements (maybe minimum qualifications) and Skills (preferred). But we have also "Minimum Qualifications..." and "Preferred Qualifications..." sections later. Those contain Bachelor's degree OR 2 years experience; and Microsoft Office, Negotiating..., etc. So we should use those.
Thus we need sections:
- About the role (h3) containing role summary paragraph and about the team paragraph.
- Responsibilities (h3) containing ul of duties from "What you'll do:".
- Requirements (h3) containing minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree OR 2 years’ experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area.
- Skills (h3) containing preferred qualifications: Microsoft Office, Negotiating with third-party suppliers, Pricing, site merchandising, planning or inventory, or related area; plus maybe also Bachelors: Business, Bachelors: Merchandising? Actually those are under Preferred Qualifications as well: "Bachelors: Business, Bachelors: Merchandising". So include those.
- Benefits (h3) containing list of benefits: health, financial, PTO, etc. Need to capture all benefits described.
- Pay (h3) containing salary range and bonus info.
We must not include boilerplate like drug-free workplace etc. Remove that.
We must preserve all substantive information. Ensure we don't omit any details.
Let's extract details.
Role summary paragraph: "The (USA) Associate Merchant supports category management by facilitating supplier negotiations, managing purchase orders, and resolving supplier issues to ensure accurate product setup across channels. This role collaborates with cross-functional teams to execute customer communication programs, optimize search results, and implement merchandising strategies. Utilizing data analysis and financial tracking, the Associate Merchant contributes to forecasting, budgeting, and promotional planning. By fostering strong vendor relationships and applying category expertise, this position drives operational excellence and supports business objectives while maintaining compliance with company policies and delivering a seamless customer experience."
About the team paragraph: "The Patio team is dedicated to enhancing customers’ outdoor living experiences by offering stylish and functional products for entertaining and relaxation. The team focuses on strengthening partnerships with established brands like Mainstays and BHG, as well as emerging brands such as My Texas House and Beautiful by Drew Barrymore. This team values creating customer-focused solutions and delivering exceptional value. As an Associate Merchant, you will contribute to vendor relationship management, category strategy, and supplier collaboration to support the team’s mission of providing quality outdoor products that meet evolving customer needs."
What you'll do list (duties):
- Support merchants in supplier negotiations and manage purchase orders for assigned categories.
- Assist in resolving supplier issues and facilitate new supplier setups for stores and online channels.
- Own execution of customer communication and education programs in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Ensure accuracy and quality of product page content, adhering to taxonomy and search guidelines.
- Analyze category performance data to support budgeting, forecasting, and sales reporting.
- Develop and implement feature proposals and modular assortment strategies across channels.
- Collaborate with planners and analysts to align financial plans and inventory purchases.
What you'll bring list (qualifications/skills):
- Proven experience in vendor relationship management and supplier negotiations within retail or related sectors.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to leverage data analysis tools to derive insights and support category strategy.
- Proficiency in managing purchase orders, item setup, and category administration to ensure operational accuracy.
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally to resolve supplier issues and support merchandising and promotional activities.
- Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance tracking to support category objectives.
- Effective communication skills to guide suppliers and coordinate with internal teams.
- Commitment to upholding company policies, ethics, and customer-focused business practices.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree OR 2 years’ experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area
Preferred Qualifications:
- Microsoft Office
- Negotiating with third-party suppliers
- Pricing
- site merchandising
- planning or inventory
- related area
- Bachelors: Business
- Bachelors: Merchandising
Benefits paragraph: "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 https://one.walmart.com/notices. 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."
We need to list benefits as ul items. Should we break into categories? Could just list each benefit as separate li. But we must preserve all substantive information. Could group but still include all.
Let's extract distinct benefit items:
- competitive pay (but that's pay, not benefit)
- performance-based bonus awards (pay)
- other great benefits (generic)
- Health benefits: medical, vision, dental coverage.
- Financial benefits: 401(k), stock purchase, company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off benefits: PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, voting.
- Other benefits: short-term disability, long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
- PTO and/or PPTO for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes (already covered)
- Live Better U education benefit program (Walmart-paid education benefit): high school completion to bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, short-form certificates; tuition, books, fees paid.
- Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits (maybe not needed as separate item)
- Benefits subject to change (maybe not needed)
- For Information About Benefits And Eligibility, See One.Walmart (maybe a link but we can drop as boilerplate? It's not exactly boilerplate but it's a reference; could keep as a note but maybe it's okay to keep as a sentence? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This is not exactly those; it's a reference for benefits info. Might be okay to keep as a sentence but it's not a benefit. Could include as a paragraph.
Pay section: "The annual salary range for this position is $70,000.00 - $130,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : Stock". So we need to include salary range and bonus and stock.
We should not include "Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : Stock" with weird spaces; just note stock.
Now construct HTML.
We'll have:
About the role
role summary paragraph
about the team paragraph
Responsibilities
- ... each duty
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree OR 2 years’ experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Negotiating with third-party suppliers
- Pricing
- site merchandising
- planning or inventory
- related area
- Bachelors: Business
- Bachelors: Merchandising
Benefits
- Medical, vision and dental coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- Paid time off (PTO) including sick leave
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PTO and/or PPTO for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes (amount based on classification and tenure)
- Live Better U education benefit program (Walmart-paid): high school completion to bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, short-form certificates; tuition, books, and fees paid
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
Pay:Pay
The annual salary range for this position is $70,000.00 - $130,000.00.