(USA) Vice President, DMM, Kids at Walmart in Bentonville, AR

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Position Summary... What you'll do... This position is responsible for strategically leading the Kids portfolio, which accounts for a significant portion of the Merchandising business. This includes creating and implementing portfolio strategies to increase sales, decrease expenses, increase Return on Investment (ROI), and optimize inventory and SKU/Space for customer and shareholder value and satisfaction. Merchandising Portfolio Strategy: Provides direction for merchandising initiatives that are aligned with Omni SBU merchandising goals; ensures the aesthetic, quality, and trends for each product support customer needs; ensures merchant leadership alignment with creative brands and products; and monitors the annual budget deployment as business needs, trends, and customer behavior change. Customer Experience and Shopping Habits: Provides a world-class customer experience by offering a diverse range of high-quality, high-value products through all channels (e.g. in-store, Walmart.com, Walmart Marketplace, Walmart Fulfillment Service, etc.) Ensure that merchandise is presented consistently across all channels (e.g., Feature and Modular Presentation, Walmart App, Walmart.com Homepage, Department Pages, and Item Pages, etc.) to deliver an experience that drives sales, customer conversion, and customer satisfaction. P&L Accountability: Accountable for the portfolio's P&L within the context of the Omni SBU Merchandising strategy. Leads efforts to increase portfolio profitability by managing costs and delivering industry-leading pricing. Partnership with Leaders: Collaborates with other Senior Leaders to ensure that the Merchandising strategy is in sync with the other business unit strategies (e.g., Operations; Replenishment, Marketing). Collaborates with the Merchandising Operations and eCommerce Merchandising Operations teams to achieve Omni SBU Merchandising objectives in an efficient and effective manner. Marketing Differentiation and Competitive Advantage: Understands the competitive landscape and competitive advantage of the portfolio in order to create market differentiation and competitive advantage. Continuously inspects and adapts to the Omni retail environment's evolution. Continually provides new experiences to customers in order to increase market share, wallet share, and customer retention. Pricing Strategies: Ensures that pricing strategies support portfolio objectives to drive ROI and market share growth while maintaining the company's reputation for price leadership. Utilizes intelligence gleaned from pricing analytics to inform pricing strategy decisions. Supplier Relations: Ensures the quality of supplier relationships within portfolios by advising and leading Merchants, Senior Merchants, and Merchandising Directors. Engages with senior supplier leadership to build collaborative and mutually beneficial relationships across the portfolio. Merchandising Complexity: Manages a portfolio of related categories with a moderate volume and complexity (e.g. assortment complexity, supply chain complexity, managerial responsibility, sourcing requirements, industry standards, customer expectations, etc.) Respect the individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for others Builds high performing teams seeks and embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences creates a workplace where all associates feel seen supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform drives a positive associate and customer/member experience for all serves as a talent scout who identifies attracts and retains best talent. Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback coaching mentoring and developmental opportunities builds the talent pipeline creates an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer/member and company and regularly recognizes others contributions and accomplishment