Senior Manager, Assortment Activation - Jewelry & Accessories and Baby Departments

Overview

Position Summary:

Strategic leadership for modular execution initiatives, including end-to-end planning, governance, risk mitigation, and alignment with enterprise goals. Responsible for escalation to protect delivery and maintain execution integrity across formats.

• Strategic Execution Leadership:
  Owns end-to-end planning, governance, and oversight of high-impact modular and relay initiatives. Sets timelines, stage gates, risk mitigation plans, and success measures. Escalates decisively to protect delivery and maintain execution integrity across formats.
• Portfolio & Resource Management:
  Balances capacity and capability across modular execution teams to meet dynamic business needs. Sequences work to align with business rhythms, seasonal effects, and store readiness. Absorbs operational complexity to enable senior leaders to focus on strategic priorities.
• Operational Excellence & Standards:
  Serves as a subject-matter expert on modular execution standards and best practices. Institutionalizes single-best-way methods and quality checks across store formats. Leads post-implementation reviews to codify learnings and scale improvements.
• Cross-Functional Liaison & Analyst Enablement:
  Acts as a strategic connector between Insights, Space, Merchant teams, and leadership. Aligns decisions to execution realities, clarifies roles, data needs, and decision rights. Coordinates tasks to protect analytical capacity and allow analysts to focus on insights.
• Talent Development & Leadership:
  Mentors managers and high-potential associates to build a bench of future leaders. Fosters a culture of continuous learning and execution excellence. Demonstrates leadership through decision-making, team development, and cross-functional outcomes.

• Modular execution and relay planning (P3–P4 proficiency)
• Strategic planning and resource management
• Cross-functional influence and change leadership
• KPI design, data analysis, and process optimization

Minimum Qualifications:

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

• Option 1:
  Bachelor’s degree in business, merchandising, operations, or related area and 5 years’ experience in retail operations, merchandising, or modular execution, including 2 years’ experience leading teams or cross-functional programs.
• Option 2: 7 years’ progressive experience in retail operations, merchandising, or modular execution, with demonstrated leadership of large-scale relay/mod initiatives.

• Experience influencing senior stakeholders across formats.
• Experience with enterprise modular planning and retail execution platforms.
• Master’s degree in business, merchandising, operations, or related area.

600 Integrity Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace with a no-tolerance policy regarding illegal drugs and alcohol. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

Health benefits include medical, vision, and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off includes 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/PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.

Benefit eligibility varies by job classification and length of employment. For information about PTO, see One.

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for associates. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor’s degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are paid by Walmart.

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 terms.

For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.

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The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include stock.

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