Merchant (Women's Apparel)

Position Summary...What you'll do...As a Merchant, you'll serve as an advocate for our customers and see the products you buy come to life in Clubs and online. The Merchant is responsible for developing and fostering productive relationships with our suppliers. Imparting the Sam's Club way of working, driving efficiencies, and ensuring accountability within our supplier community is essential.Merchants act as the driving force behind this effort. Part visionary and part strategist, you'll be the expert for your category and leverage the scale and access of the Walmart and Sam's Club system to truly impact the business and the lives of millions of customers worldwide. Along the way, you'll be guided by our deep-rooted culture with the support and tools you need to do your best work.As the women's apparel merchant, you will work closely in a cross-functional team to help select and develop items, establish strategy, and manage budgets to drive profitable growth. You'll have the ability to develop robust long-term partnerships with suppliers and use data and creativity to benefit the member experience online and in clubs. Success in this role requires tenacity, attention to detail, influence, and a passion for apparel.You'll make an impact by:• Executing the division strategy: you'll help establish strategy, manage budgets to drive profitable growth, and use vision and creativity to impact the customer experience• Building relationships: you'll use your influencing and leadership skills to build partnerships with suppliers, vendors, business partners and other Merchants• Making decisions: you'll make decisions about nearly every aspect of your products including replenishment, supply chain, manufacturers, store operations, planning, assortment, budgets, and pricing• Knowing your category: you'll know your customers and suppliers better than anyone and will always be thinking about what is next for your business• Becoming a product expert: you'll have hands on experience in product creation reviewing market trends, product quality, and packaging design• Having an omni approach: you'll not only buy product for clubs, but for online as well, building an omni-level strategy based on how our members shopYou'll sweep us off our feet if:• You're customer-centric in spirit and in execution• You are comfortable managing a multimillion-dollar business with profit and loss responsibility• You enjoy owning and developing plans for highly complex category strategy, supporting long term business plans and executing prioritized strategic initiatives.• You are data savvy: you can analyze performance, understand trends, and translate results into strategies• You are tenacious, dedicated and thrive working with ownership, autonomy, and a healthy dose of competition• You have a passion for product and want to be involved in the full product life cycle, from product creation to executionAt Sam's Club, 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, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. 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 .‎- Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.‎Live Better U is a company 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-$180,000.00‎Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.‎‎‎‎‎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, Merchandising , or related field and 3 years' experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area OR 5 years' experience in merchandising, buying, financial planning, operations, or related area.Preferred Qualifications...Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.Microsoft Office, Negotiating with third-party suppliers, Supervisory experienceMasters: Business, Masters: MerchandisingPrimary Location...2101 Se Simple Savings Dr, Bentonville, AR 72712-4304, United States of America