Position Summary...

What you'll do...

The Walmart Marketplace is a curated community of respected, professional sellers who offer only top-quality, authentic products and best-in-class customer services.

The Manager, Seller Planning , will be part of the Strategic Initiatives team and will be responsible for executing and communicating sales plans/budgets and forecasts for the Consumables MP category business, from a daily to a long-range planning level. You will create, maintain and improve sales plans and forecasts across the business with the main objective of ensuring ecommerce metrics such as traffic, conversion, and AOV are accurately planned and forecasted. You will work closely with category teams, data & analytics teams, as well as the Marketplace Finance teams.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Analytics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in sales planning, forecasting, or category management.
• 2+ years of experience in retail forecasting
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., Excel, Tableau).
• Strong understanding of ecommerce metrics, including traffic, conversion, and AOV.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

• Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) in a relevant field.
• Experience with marketplace platforms and seller management.

• You are customer/seller obsessed, and relationship driven.
• You are proactive, thrive in a constantly evolving, fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• You have strong analytical skills and can analyze trends in the business to identify risks and opportunities, partnering with the category team to understand key drivers
• You are an expert at manipulating data to quickly highlight trends, risks, and draw accurate conclusions from the data.
• You can create reporting and visuals to generate business insights.
• You are a forward-thinker who can use data-driven analytics, trend insights, and business intelligence to project future results
• You can develop and maintain effective working relationships with cross-functional team members.
• You have strong presentation skills and enjoy giving business updates to leadership.
• You are crafty and creative in looking for solutions and can utilize multiple tools and resources.
• You have a strong ecommerce background and understand how site metrics impact sales.

• Utilizing analytics to evaluate and review business performance, predicting outcomes and generating insights and recommendations to enhance decision making
• Conducting comprehensive category analysis to proactively identify potential risks and capitalize on untapped business opportunities across subcategories, brands, product types, and sellers
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop category and seller budgets and forecasts, leveraging data-driven analytics, trend insights and business intelligence for future projections
• Partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to align inputs and share output, fostering collaboration and driving alignment Performing planning and forecasting at the category and total MP level.
• Analyzing sales, category and seller to determine assortment opportunity and drive sales growth.
• Owning seller segmentation and identify opportunities for growth.
• Leading weekly/monthly business reviews, and assist in the execution and distribution of weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting for the team.
• Preparing teams for lapping upcoming sales peaks and events.