Position Summary...

The Manager, Merchant Analytics thought partners with the category managers to help them manage cost, strategic decision making, and offers vendor support, utilizing analytical models and tools to optimize merchandise costs and profitability. This role involves leading annual negotiation processes, providing support for category diagnostics, and developing strategies based on supplier performance gaps. The position also includes preparing and managing negotiation trackers, addressing issues with business unit leadership, and providing updates to executive leadership.

What you'll do...

The Manager, Merchant Analytics manages cost and vendor management processes, utilizing analytical models and tools to optimize merchandise costs and profitability. This role involves leading annual negotiation processes, providing support for category diagnostics, and developing strategies based on supplier performance gaps. The position also includes preparing and managing negotiation trackers, addressing issues with business unit leadership, and providing updates to executive leadership.

Additionally, the Manager, Merchant Analytics supports category managers in completing annual negotiations by advising on supplier communications, assessing proposals, and developing counteroffers. The role involves leveraging insights on pricing, promotions, assortment, category space, and market-share to inform vendor negotiation strategies. Coordinating top-tier vendor meetings, ensuring the execution of vendor investment programs, and developing ad hoc analytics for decision-making are also key responsibilities.

The position requires managing the cost-increase in-take and tracking process, analyzing commodity data from various sources, and using pricing trends to validate vendor cost-change requests. Identifying cost reduction opportunities and advocating for the use of commodity analytics in vendor conversations are essential functions. The Manager, Merchant Analytics acts as a thought partner on commodity pricing issues and maintains best practices in analyses.

The role includes leading the development and maintenance of analytical models and tools for sales and profit optimization. This involves aligning with stakeholders to build scalable, automated tools using big data, addressing roadblocks, and delivering technology-enabled solutions within timelines. Training business users on the models and tools is also part of the responsibilities.

Leadership Expectations:

Respect the Individual:

Demonstrates and encourages respect for others; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; supports workplaces where associated feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging, so all associates thrive and perform; contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work.

Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team, developing others through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; and recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.

Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively to achieve objectives; communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences; and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work.

Acts with Integrity:

Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving).

Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and encourages others to do the same; supports an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns; reinforces our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action; acts with accountability for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.

Is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.

Serve our Customers:

Delivers results while putting the customer first and applying an omni-merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.

Adopts a broad perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans.

Strive for Excellence:

Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions; supports innovation and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.

Implements and supports continuous improvements and willingly embraces new digital tools and ways of working.

Qualifications

*Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

*Experience with analytical tools (e.g. Excel, Access, SQL).

Must be strong in MS Excel

*High problem-solving skills, and general business acumen

*Solid relationship and influence skills

Minimum Education Required Bachelor's Degree

Minimum Years of Experience Required 1 - 2 years

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Minimum Qualifications...

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

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

Primary Location…

1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada

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