Résumé des fonctions...

This role designs, develops, and executes strategies for product categories, ensuring alignment with sales, qualitative, and quantitative criteria.

Ce que vous ferez...

This role involves managing merchandise profit and loss, including short-term and long-term planning, proactive/reactive management, and achieving targets for forecasts, sales, markdowns, market share growth, gross profit, and inventory. The role may develop category strategies by reviewing data sources, conducting item level assortment analysis, and making assortment decisions, including vendor and SKU optimization, price ladders, and private label/brand development. Regular store visits and proactive communication of strategies to cross-functional teams may be essential for appropriate planning and execution.

Vendor management is a key responsibility, which may include negotiating and managing agreements, costs, allowances, quality, and delivery terms to drive supplier performance. The role requires developing and maintaining vendor relationships, potentially both domestic and international. The role may also be accountable for all marketing aspects of the category, including tab space planning, item level planning, selection, forecasting, and execution for various media. Ensuring the accuracy of final media and developing exit strategies for inventory residue may also be part of the role.

The role oversees new item and promotional forecasts, identifies item deletions, manages markdowns/markups/price adjustments, and develops exit strategies. Leading line reviews, delivering store-ready modulars and seasonal sets on time, and completing promotional planning activities are crucial tasks. Additionally, the role involves attending trade shows and buying trips to identify new vendors and enhance product categories. The role provides coaching and direction to team members and may mentor others as needed. Additional responsibilities may include providing administrative support for supplier negotiations, managing purchase orders, and resolving supplier issues.

The role supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships with key stakeholders, determining necessary processes and practices, and adapting to organizational changes. Ensuring the execution of customer communication and education programs, collaborating with modular and site merchandising teams, and ensuring product page content accuracy are also key tasks. The role involves understanding customer behavior across channels, guiding suppliers and vendors in developing customer-focused processes and products, and supporting category finances by tracking performance against financial targets. Creating sales reports, supporting forecasting, and providing input on budgeting are essential functions. The role may also support the implementation of modular layout principles, advise on item sharing and replenishment, and support pricing decisions.

Qualifications:

• College Diploma or Certificate
• 3 to 5 years of experience in a similar role
• Retail experience
• Ecommerce/Omni-channel experience
• Strong commodity knowledge and negotiation skills

Leadership Expectations:

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 and experiences where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; identifies, attracts, and retains the best team members.

Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work; empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company; and regularly recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.

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.

Acts 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).

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.

Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.

Serve our Customers:

Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.

Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer 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.

Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.

‎

Compétences minimales...

Indiquez ci-dessous les compétences minimales requises pour ce poste. Si aucune n’est indiquée, il n’y a pas de compétences minimales.

Age – 16 or older

Compétences recherchées...

Indiquez ci-dessous les compétences recherchées facultatives pour ce poste. Si aucune n’est indiquée, il n’y a pas de compétences recherchées.

Comme requis par la loi, Walmart offrira des accommodements pour les besoins des associés avec des incapacités.

Emplacement Principal...

1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada