This role designs, develops, and executes strategies for product categories, ensuring alignment with sales, qualitative, and quantitative criteria. This role involves managing merchandise profit and loss, including short-term and long-term planning, proactive/reactive management, and achieving targets for forecasts, sales, markdowns, market share growth, gross profit, and inventory. The role may develop category strategies by reviewing data sources, conducting item level assortment analysis, and making assortment decisions, including vendor and SKU optimization, price ladders, and private label/brand development.

Regular store visits and proactive communication of strategies to cross-functional teams may be essential for appropriate planning and execution. Vendor management is a key responsibility, which may include negotiating and managing agreements, costs, allowances, quality, and delivery terms to drive supplier performance. The role requires developing and maintaining vendor relationships, potentially both domestic and international.

The role may also be accountable for all marketing aspects of the category, including tab space planning, item level planning, selection, forecasting, and execution for various media. Ensuring the accuracy of final media and developing exit strategies for inventory residue may also be part of the role. Leading line reviews, delivering store‑ready modulars and seasonal sets on time, and completing promotional planning activities are crucial tasks.

The role provides coaching and direction to team members and may mentor others as needed.



Additional responsibilities may include providing administrative support for supplier negotiations, managing purchase orders, and resolving supplier issues. The role supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships with key stakeholders, determining necessary processes and practices, and adapting to organizational changes.

Ensuring the execution of customer communication and education programs, collaborating with modular and site merchandising teams, and ensuring product page content accuracy are also key tasks. The role involves understanding customer behavior across channels, guiding suppliers and vendors in developing customer‑focused processes and products, and supporting category finances by tracking performance against financial targets. Creating sales reports, supporting forecasting, and providing input on budgeting are essential functions.

The role may also support the implementation of modular layout principles, advise on item sharing and replenishment, and support pricing decisions. Bachelor's degree required in Business or relevant field ~Grocery retail experience required; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, through feedback, coaching, mentoring,



and developmental opportunities; empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company; 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 sets expectations for others to do the same; Serve Our Customers Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently 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 holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team’s strategy. seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk‑taking; Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage recent digital tools and ways of working. Walmart will accommodate the disability‑related needs of applicants and associates as required by law. Please login to your Workday account and use the Find Jobs report to apply for this job. ~ To support resume screening, interviews and other candidate evaluations, we may use artificial intelligence‑powered tools, including internal or third‑party developed automated decision‑making tools.

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📌 Merchant, Seasonal (Mississauga)
🏢 Walmart Canada
📍 Mississauga