(USA) Senior Manager, Assortment Insights

Walmart, Inc.

$90K — $180K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Design, Marketing, Mathematics, or related field or equivalent experience
  • 3 years' experience in retail, replenishment, supplier sales, finance, or related area, or 5 years in related roles
  • Proven expertise in assortment strategy and category management
  • Strong analytical skills with experience in data and statistical analysis
  • Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

  • Identify strategic opportunities by analyzing market trends and competitor insights
  • Develop category modular assortments and merchandising designs
  • Analyze sales patterns to customize modular assortments for different store clusters
  • Drive execution of business plans by prioritizing and measuring performance
  • Mine insights to create culturally relevant product assortments

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) and stock purchase options
  • Paid time off including sick leave and parental leave
  • Company-paid life insurance
  • Tuition reimbursement for education programs including degrees and certificates
Full Job Description
Position Summary...

What you'll do...
Role summary:

Walmart is seeking a Senior Manager, Assortment Insights to lead the mining and development of category assortments and design strategies. This role involves analyzing data to optimize item assortments, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and overseeing modular execution accuracy. The position requires identifying strategic opportunities to enhance category performance. The Senior Manager will ensure alignment with overall category strategy while maintaining high standards of integrity and operational excellence to support Walmart's commitment to delivering value and an exceptional customer experience.
About the team:
The Assortment Insights team develops data-driven assortment strategies to enhance modular and planogram analytics. By analyzing purchasing behavior, clustering models, and localization insights, the team optimizes product flow and space allocation. Collaborating closely with Food Merchandising stakeholders, they ensure assortments evolve strategically to meet business goals. The team emphasizes accountability and data-informed decision-making, supporting category and assortment strategies that enable effective execution and continuous improvement across store clusters. Their work fosters informed decisions aligned with customer needs and operational objectives, driving measurable business impact.
What you'll do:
  • Identify strategic opportunities by analyzing internal and external data, market trends, and competitor insights
  • Develop and inform category modular assortments and merchandising design layouts aligned with overall category strategy.
  • Analyze sales patterns to determine store clusters and customize modular assortments accordingly.
  • Drive execution of business plans by setting priorities, removing obstacles, and measuring performance.
  • Mine insights that deliver a culturally relevant assortment for our shoppers.

What you'll bring:
  • Proven expertise in assortment strategy, category management, and merchandising to develop effective modular assortments and layouts.
  • Strong analytical skills with experience in data analysis, statistical analysis, and business analytics to identify trends and optimize category performance.
  • Leading and influencing the cross-functional team to deliver strategic initiatives and category strategies.
  • Excellent communication skills to collaborate with buyers, partners, and stakeholders while maintaining alignment with business strategies and KPIs.
  • Commitment to integrity, ethical standards, and continuous improvement in a dynamic retail environment.


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.

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








Minimum Qualifications...

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

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Business, Design, Marketing, Mathematics, or related field and 3 years' experience in retail, replenishment, supplier sales, finance, or related area OR 5 years' experience in retail, replenishment, supplier sales, finance, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Category Management, Microsoft Office, Project Management, Retail Industry, Supervising Associates

Primary Location...

701 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

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