Senior Manager, Product Development - Entertainment

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborating to assist in setting the category strategy for Private Brands through deep customer understanding, market trends, and industry knowledge.
• Building relationships and using influencing and leadership skills to partner with suppliers, merchants, business partners, and Private Brand team members.
• Influencing decisions with merchants about product aspects including replenishment, supply chain, manufacturers, store operations, planning, assortment, layouts, budgets, modular, and pricing.
• Delivering on key business metrics by working with Sourcing to ensure quality products and achievement of business goals.
• Knowing your category by understanding your private brand customers and suppliers and thinking proactively about future business opportunities.
• Focusing on quality through continuous improvement and maintaining business systems and protocols.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Design, or related field and 4 years' experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area, OR 6 years' experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area.
• Strong influencing and leadership skills.
• Ability to analyze performance, understand trends, and translate results into product and brand execution.
• Passion for product development and attention to detail regarding the core Walmart customer.
• Data savvy with the ability to interpret performance data and market trends.
• Tenacious, dedicated, and able to work with ownership, autonomy, and a competitive mindset.

Nice to Have

• Application development experience with VBA and SQL programming languages.
• Experience with creative design software.
• Financial modeling skills.
• Experience leading and completing cross-functional projects.
• Manufacturing, product development, or packaging experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Supervisory experience.
• Master's degrees in Arts, Business, or Science.
• Project Management Professional certification.
• Six Sigma certification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Design, or related field.
• 4 years' experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area, OR 6 years' experience in the same fields.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive pay with performance-based bonus awards.
• 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, and multiple health plans.
• Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Paid time off including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Disability insurance, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U education benefit program covering tuition, books, and fees.