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Walmart Canada · 5 hours ago

Senior Analyst, Merchandising Planning

Bentonville, AR

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$60K/yr - $110K/yr

2+ years exp

Walmart Canada is focused on helping people save money to live better, and they are seeking a Senior Analyst in Merchandising Planning. The role involves assessing business financial performance, forecasting, and influencing category strategy and financial plans while collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive optimal business outcomes.

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Responsibilities

Category/Item Forecasting: Performs all financial forecasting within categories using data-driven analytics, trend insights, and business intelligence to project future results. Partners with cross-functional team on inputs to forecast and shares output with team to drive alignment. Understands implications of trend to each metric, and is able to guide teammates on actions to improve results

Feature and Promotion Management: Influences feature and promotional plans using historical performance data and business insight. Supports decision on feature buy quantities and store level allocation. Uses appropriate tools to determine impact of price to unit velocity and communicates financial requirements. Communicates performance and influences any required change in strategy

Modular Strategy and Financials: Assesses item-level performance during line review process. Analyzes and challenges assumptions regarding performance expectations. Communicates the aggregate financial impact of planned assortment changes. Creates executive summary on expected financial results and present to leadership team. Conducts post-modular analysis to drive accountability to decisions and forecasts

Business Management Decision Support: Assess health of the business and seek root-cause of opportunities. Generate data-driven recommendations to improve customer and financial outcomes. Socialize findings and ideas to cross-functional team in order to steer decisions that impact the P&L. Collaborate cross-functionally with the replenishment team to ensure optimal business outcomes

Budgeting: Develops and makes recommendations on category and subcategory financial targets. Notate and convey business intelligence pertaining to future category performance. Builds budget information into the financial system for fiscal category budgets

Financial Updates and Reporting: Own monthly financial perspective for categories, highlighting business drivers, opportunities, key action plans, and timelines. Provides seasonal and event analysis and reporting for key timeframes

Qualification

Financial ForecastingData AnalysisMerchandising StrategyBudgetingSQLData VisualizationCustomer FocusCommunication SkillsCollaboration SkillsStrategic Perspective

Required

Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field; or 2 years' experience in retail, merchandising, forecasting or related area

Preferred

Experience with SQL and Google Big Query

Experience with data visualization (for example, Tableau or PowerBI)

Experience with data analytics

Experience with Excel

Merchandise Planning

Retail Software Programs

Benefits

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.

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.