Walmart

Senior Manager, Business Development

Walmart$117K — $234K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 3 years of experience in business development or related areas, or 5 years without degree.
  • Strong negotiation skills for high-value contracts.
  • Experience successfully launching new accounts and managing sales pipelines.
  • Proven ability to develop creative solutions for business growth.
  • Effective communication with executive leadership and cross-functional teams.
  • Demonstrated record of driving results and leading high-impact projects.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a strategic sales pipeline and prospect for key accounts.
  • Launch new sellers with tailored value propositions and growth plans.
  • Build and maintain relationships with decision-makers at prospective accounts.
  • Oversee the onboarding process for new sellers, ensuring success from the start.
  • Champion Walmart's platform to increase seller awareness and service adoption.
  • Gather and act on seller feedback to enhance the platform and user experience.
  • Innovate new partnerships and services that create value for sellers and customers.

Benefits

  • Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • Financial benefits with 401(k), stock purchase options, and paid life insurance.
  • Comprehensive paid time off including vacation, sick leave, and parental leave.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage, plus company discounts.
  • Education benefits covering tuition and fees for associates in various programs.
Full Job Description
Position Summary...

What you'll do...
The Walmart Marketplace is a curated community of respected, professional sellers who offer only top-quality, authentic products and best-in-class customer service. You will be responsible for recruiting and launching our next generation of Marketplace sellers. You will work closely with the category seller growth teams to assess market opportunities + competitive trends and develop acquisition strategies to attract new accounts, expand assortment and increase inventory. You will manage the E2E business development lifecycle from sourcing to transactability - ensuring our new sellers are fully equipped for immediate success. If you are "seller obsessed" and eager create new business opportunities and inventory acquisition strategies that drive sustainable revenue growth, this role's for you!

You'll sweep us off our feet if:
  • You're seller obsessed and relationship driven.
  • You have a track record of developing and closing high impact deals
  • You're a visionary always looking for ways to distinguish from the competition.
  • You thrive in constantly evolving, fast-paced, dynamic environments.
  • You're results oriented with a proven track record of leadership and taking ownership that produces exceptional results.
  • You build trust quickly and can lead by influence with the ability to translate between commercial and operational audiences.
  • You're an effective communicator who can confidently engage and present to executive leadership.
  • You have experience negotiating complex, high-value contracts with strategic partners.
  • You believe in and prioritize the collective success of the team and are quick to jump in, help, mentor, and coach your fellow team members.


You'll make an impact by:
  • Managing a sales pipeline: Prospect and manage a pipeline of high-value, strategic accounts across key categories. Develop creative solutions to identify new prospects and build a strong pipeline.
  • Launching new sellers: Create a clear value proposition for selling on Walmart.com and successfully launch news sellers to achieve quarterly targets. Set proper expectations and manage towards a growth plan
  • Building relationships with key decision makers: Develop relationships with key influencers and decision-makers within senior management of prospective accounts, along with internal stakeholders and working teams to develop business plans that exceed expectations. Understand Sellers' goals, decision-making processes, and success metrics.
  • Driving new partner success: Oversee the onboarding process for new strategic sellers and develop initial targets and actions plans that accelerate item setup and improve offer quality and discoverability.
  • Advocating for the platform: Champion and evangelize our platform, and its evolving capabilities, to prospective sellers. Drive awareness and adoption of new seller services including Walmart Fulfilment Services (WFS), Walmart Connect and more. Attend trade shows and external events to generate new partner opportunities.
  • Being seller obsessed: Listen to seller feedback, challenges and needs and partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., product, site operations, partner support, etc.) to continuously improve the platform and experience.
  • Thinking creatively: Explore and innovate! Develop and test new partnerships or services that create shared value for sellers, customers and Walmart.


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.

Bentonville, Arkansas US-30008: The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00

Bellevue, Washington US-11663: The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00 - $216,000.00

San Bruno, California US-08848: The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00 - $234,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

- Stock








Minimum Qualifications...

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

Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, or related field and 3 years' experience in business development, market development, product development, or relevant area OR 5 years' experience in business development, market development, product development, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Experience in sales., Master's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Engineering, or related field, Supervisory experience, Working with cross-functional teams

Primary Location...

1601 SE 10th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

About Walmart

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Size
2,300 employees
Market Cap
$387 billion
Industry
Net Income
$13.5 billion
Founded
1962
5 Year Trend
+3.3%
Revenue
$559.1 billion
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