Senior Merchant - Assortment Expansion & Last Mile Delivery

About the Role

As Sr Merchant, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships for Furniture (D71), you will build and own the external relationship ecosystem that enables Walmart to win in one of its biggest, most underleveraged industries. You will create and lead partnerships with major furniture retailers and sellers, own Walmart's last-mile and delivery strategy for Furniture, and develop new business models and revenue streams for this exciting growth opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Building Walmart's furniture partner ecosystem: Developing, managing, and growing a strategic portfolio of partnerships with major furniture brands, sellers, retailers, regional independents, and emerging digital-first brands.
• Owning last-mile strategy: Designing and executing Walmart's last-mile delivery approach for furniture.
• Creating new business models: Identifying and structuring marketplace, drop-ship, and service-based partnerships to expand Walmart's share of the furniture market without traditional buying risk.
• Collaborating across Walmart: Partnering with site, marketplace, supply chain, marketing, and finance teams to bring partnership strategies to life end-to-end.
• Delivering executional excellence and agility: Managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced retail environment, driving alignment, accountability, and flawless execution across channels and teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, or related field and 4 years’ experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area.
• OR 6 years’ experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area.
• 1 year’s supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Office.
• Experience negotiating with third-party suppliers.
• Additional supervisory experience.
• Master’s degree in Business or Merchandising.

Skills

• Track record of building complex, high-value partnerships.
• Creative thinking about business models.
• Understanding of the economics and operational complexity of large-parcel, last-mile delivery.
• Confident and credible negotiation skills with executive-level external partners.
• Ability to build and make progress on new initiatives within a large organization.
• Understanding of both brick-and-mortar and digital retail, with the ability to bridge the gap between the two.
• Tenacity, dedication, and ability to thrive with ownership, autonomy, and competition.

Pay

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.

Benefits

• Health benefits: medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits: 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off: PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Other benefits: short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
• Education benefits: Live Better U, a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates, offering programs from high school completion to bachelor's degrees.

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 more information, see One.Walmart.

Primary Location: 1700 Se 5th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America