(USA) Manager, Assortment Activation

Position Summary

Role summary: As a Manager in Assortment Activation, you’ll drive how our merchandise comes to life on the shelves. You won’t just coordinate modular initiatives—you’ll own their flawless execution. Leading daily operations, you will leverage data to make smart decisions, steer project timelines, and proactively solve complex problems.

We are looking for a collaborative leader to champion team growth through mentorship while keeping cross‑functional partners aligned. If you are passionate about operational excellence, customer‑focused outcomes, and directly impacting Walmart’s strategic success, we want you to lead this team.

About the team: Walmart’s merchandising strategy to life for Women’s Apparel – our largest and most fashion‑forward business. Our team owns the planning, resource allocation, and execution of high‑impact modulars. We are problem‑solvers who thrive on continuous improvement, collaborating across the business to align our layouts with customer needs.

We operate with a strong culture of mentorship and operational excellence. You’ll join a high‑visibility team dedicated to solving unique retail challenges and growing your career together.

What you’ll do

• Influence & Align Merchants: Partner with cross‑functional merchant teams to guide decisions, aligning strategic merchandising visions with realistic, executable modular plans.
• Lead Execution: Manage daily operations, optimize workload planning, and clear roadblocks to ensure all project milestones are met on time.
• Drive Quality & Process: Serve as the modular execution expert, using performance data and store feedback to continuously streamline operational processes.
• Develop Talent: Mentor and coach your team, fostering a culture of growth and operational excellence.

What you’ll bring

• Modular & Project Leadership: Proven experience coordinating workloads, managing resources, and steering complex project timelines for flawless execution.
• Influence & Communication: Strong skills in translating complex requirements into structured plans, keeping cross‑functional teams aligned and driving merchant decisions.
• Analytical Problem‑Solving: A data‑driven approach to identifying risks, clearing blockers, and continuously improving operational processes.
• People Development: A natural ability to mentor and develop team members, fostering a high‑performing culture of operational excellence.

Benefits

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance‑based bonus awards and other great 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, offering 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.

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. The annual salary range for this position is $70,000.00 – $130,000.00. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include stock.

Minimum Qualifications

Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in business, merchandising, operations, or related area and 2 years’ experience in retail operations, merchandising, or modular execution.

Option 2: 4 years’ experience in retail operations, merchandising, or modular execution, with demonstrated coordination ownership.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with enterprise modular planning and retail execution platforms. Proven ability to lead through change in a fast‑paced environment.

Primary Location

600 Integrity Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

Equal Employment Opportunity

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug‑free workplace and have a no‑tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

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