Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Essential Functions

An individual must be able to successfully perform the essential functions of this position with or without a reasonable accommodation.

• Analysis and Reporting: Generates reports and summarizes trends to aid managers in their activities with retail partners for a sub-category. Monitors key performance indicators against goals.
• Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices; supporting and aligning efforts to meet customer and business needs; and building commitment for perspectives and rationales.
• Account Strategy Development: Provides input into development of account strategy for a sub-category by analyzing pricing, rules and sales data. Recognizes data trends and makes recommendations for further analysis to gain insights into potential opportunities or changes.
• Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities.
• Relationship and Account Management: Answers moderately complex questions from retail partners related to purchase order reconciliations, product recalls and first-party sales operations processes. Works with distributors, brands and retail partners to address escalated issues, identify root cause and determine the most appropriate issues resolution. Identifies opportunities to expand/deepen retail partner and brand relationships. Reviews and posts a variety of self-service tools and features on the support site (e.g., FAQs, Tips & Tricks, Instructional Videos, Webinars).
• Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by incorporating these into the development and implementation of business plans; using the Open Door Policy; and demonstrating and assisting others with how to apply these in executing business processes and practices.
• Partner Orientation and Integration: Demonstrates understanding of Walmart's value proposition. Researches and documents integration requirements for moderately complex partnerships. Supports Partnership Managers with source and close for moderately complex partnerships.
• Performance Optimization Action Planning: Reviews, understands and provides input into the development of action plans to improve partnership performance for a sub-category.
• Collaboration: Collaborates with Category Specialists, Site Merchandising, Planning, Marketing, etc. to solve retail partner questions and issues within a sub-category.
• People Development: Coaches less experienced team members and provides feedback to enhance skills, knowledge and work performance. Mentors less experienced Partnership Specialists.

• Focus on our Associates: Talent Management: Contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work, demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team, and recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.
• Focus on our Associates: Collaboration & Influence: Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively to achieve objectives; communicates with impact to a range of audiences; and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work.
• Focus on our Associates: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Embraces diversity in all its forms and actively supports diversity of ideas and perspectives, as well as diversity goal programs.
• Deliver for the Customer & Strategic Thinking: Adopts a broad perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans.
• Deliver for the Customer & Customer Focus: Delivers results while putting the customer first and applying an omni merchant mindset and the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans.
• Embrace Change: Digital Transformation & Change: Implements and supports continuous improvements and willingly embraces new digital tools and ways of working.
• Embrace Change: Curiosity & Courage: Demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; supports innovation and intelligent risk-taking

• Culture Champion: Models the Walmart values to foster our culture
• Holds oneself accountable and supports Walmart's commitment to communities, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability
• Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance