Job Description

What you'll do at

Position Summary...

At Sam's Club, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make to create the future of retail, from responsible sourcing to sustainability - and everything in between.

Yes, we are a division of the Fortune #1 company, Walmart, Inc. But you'll quickly find that we're a company that wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Sam's Club is where the world's most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our clubs. Join us and you'll discover why our company is a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement. From day one, you'll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life.

This role will be based out of our home office location in Bentonville, Arkansas.

As a Senior Manager, Product Development you will help develop, monitor and manage product specifications through the product life-cycle to ensure quality and customer needs are met by collaborating with and updating internal and external partners to determine product needs, maintain product information and testing documentation, and ensure alignment. You are driven to understand your supplier and customer needs better than anyone else and are constantly thinking about what is next for your projects. Success in this role requires tenacity, a customer mindset, influence, and a competitive spirit. You’ll use your presence to work with suppliers and cross functional team members at all levels and navigate interesting, complex challenges.

What you'll do...

• You have Product Development experience in Food and or Beverage
• You have knowledge in manufacturing and formulating packaged food
• You have leadership experience
• You’re customer-centric in spirit and in execution 
• You have a competitive spirit of being in front of trend and innovation
• You like digging into data and doing some analysis
• You’re excited about solving complex challenges
• You’re comfortable influencing others, leading teams, managing stakeholders, getting buy-in from leadership, and communicating clearly
• You have a test and learn mentality and an agile way of working to improve your team’s products

What you'll bring:

• Benchmark industry trends to grow profit and sales.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to address issues, collect data, minimize disruptions, ensure timely delivery, and drive product development.
• Seek creative ideas for business improvements, innovation, and customer experience.
• Manage Member’s Mark product development by collaborating with business partners to develop new products and renovate existing ones.
• Identify technical and consumer drivers of category success.
• Prioritize projects to meet company goals.
• Oversee product development and sourcing for various snack categories.
• Maintain accurate product specifications with suppliers.
• Investigate and resolve member complaints with the Quality team.
• Achieve strategic objectives to optimize lower prices.
• Support multiple business plans and projects.
• Develop business opportunities for the Private Brands portfolio.
• Promote company policies, mission, values, and ethics.
• Recommend and monitor suppliers for Members Mark programs.

At 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!

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- Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage

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- Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance

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- 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.

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For information about PTO, see .

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- Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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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.

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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.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .

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The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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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.

Minimum Qualifications
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.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Application development experience with emphasis on VBA and SQL programming languages, Creative design software, Financial modeling, Leading and completing cross-functional projects, Manufacturing, product development, or packaging, Microsoft Office, Supervisory

Masters: Arts, Masters: Business, Masters: Science

Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification, Six Sigma - Certification

Primary Location...

2101 Se Simple Savings Dr, Bentonville, AR 72712-4304, United States of America

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time, Temporary work, Work at office, Home office, Holiday work,

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