(USA) Associate Merchant-School Project Supplies

Position Summary... What you'll do... Role summary: The Associate Merchant helps shape and execute the category strategy for School Supplies, supporting a business that serves customers’ learning, work, and creative needs throughout the year. This role manages critical parts of the day-to-day business, including assortment, pricing, inventory, item execution, performance analysis, and supplier partnership. The Associate Merchant uses customer and business insights to identify opportunities, solve problems, and deliver a compelling, affordable assortment across stores and digital channels. Working with Merchants and cross-functional partners, this role brings key seasonal moments, modular resets, supplier initiatives, and customer experiences to life. About the team: Join a team that is redefining how customers learn, work, and create. Our School Supplies team leads strategy and execution across a broad portfolio that includes school supplies, office essentials, and creative activities. We operate at the intersection of customer insights, merchandising, digital, analytics, supplier collaboration, and innovation to deliver compelling, affordable solutions for families, students, teachers, and creators. The team owns one of Walmart’s most important seasonal moments, Back-to-School, while building relevant customer experiences throughout the year. This is a fast-paced, collaborative team where curiosity, strong execution, and customer focus matter. What you'll do: Manage the day-to-day performance of assigned categories, analyzing sales, customer, and market insights to monitor performance and identify opportunities and risks. Support assortment, pricing, inventory, and modular decisions that improve customer value and business results. Collaborate in supplier negotiations to create customer value. Partner with suppliers and internal teams to execute item launches, transitions, and programs. Collaborate with replenishment, eCommerce, operations, and category advisors to bring strategies to life. Prepare clear business updates and recommendations for Merchant leaders and cross-functional partners. Help resolve execution issues quickly and ensure operational health across stores and digital channels. Contribute to category planning, forecasting, and key business reviews. What you'll bring: Strong data and sales analysis skills to inform category strategy, assortment, pricing, and business decisions. Business analysis capabilities to identify growth opportunities, diagnose performance gaps, and support continuous improvement. Financial acumen to support budgeting, forecasting, inventory management, and performance tracking against business goals. Effective communication and project management skills to partner with Merchants, suppliers, and cross-functional teams on key business priorities. Ability to manage assortment and item execution processes with accuracy and alignment to customer, financial, and operational needs. Experience working across stores and digital channels to execute category strategies and deliver a seamless customer experience. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. 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. 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. For information about PTO, see https://one.…

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