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Summer 2025 MBA Intern: Merchandising Leadership Rotation Program, MBA Intern

AT Walmart
Walmart

Summer 2025 MBA Intern: Merchandising Leadership Rotation Program, MBA Intern

Rogers, AR

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Did you know the world's largest brick-and-mortar retailer is also one of the fastest growing and most dynamic e-commerce organizations? We're creating an experience that lets customers shop anytime, anywhere - delivering exactly what they want, when they want it.

Every Day Low Price (EDLP) is the cornerstone of our strategy, and our price focus has never been stronger. We're uniting the best entrepreneurs, business minds, data scientists, merchants, marketers' analysts, and technologists to create seamless experiences for customers to shop anytime, anywhere - whether they're shopping online at Walmart.com, through one of our mobile apps or shopping in a store.

An internship at Walmart means an opportunity to explore a career as part of the world's largest retailer. We are looking for tenacious MBA's who are strong problem solvers who can deliver solutions to complex, challenging problems. We are transforming the future of retail.

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We hire MBA interns within Merchandising into a number of areas. Some of these functions include:

  • Merch Enablement: Leverage advanced analytics to solve broad-based problems and transform business processes to fundamentally change how Merchandising is done.
  • Business Solutions & Analytics: We leverage analytics and functional expertise to partner with Buyers to shape optimal Merchandising decisions. Our teams inject data-driven insights to shape strategy and boost sales. We employ a holistic approach to maximize leverage in negotiations and proactively manage risk to drive financial performance. Our insight moves the business forward. Walmart processes over 40 petabytes of consumer data everyday. We translate that date into solutions.
  • Pricing Strategy & Competitor Analysis: At Walmart, the difference of a single cent can result in millions of dollars saved. Price is the foundation of our business. Delivering on our promise of EDLP and ensuring price leadership across our business is critical. Our pricing team is focused on optimizing our strategy to determine how to continue to win in every market across channels.
  • Supply Chain Optimization: We manage the supply chains of millions of products and solve for limited shelf life, global distribution, and even respond in times of natural disaster. Our teams optimize inventory and availability while improving efficiency across the value chain. We work to ensure that product is available for customers to purchase.

MBA Interns in the Merchandising organization who receive a return full-time employment offer at the end of the summer internship are placed in the Merchandising Leadership Development Rotation Program upon graduation from business school.

The Walmart US Merchandising Leadership Development Rotation Program is a rotational program for recent MBA graduates, focused on developing future Merchandising leaders. Through an individual rotational plan executed over the course of 3.5 to 5 years you will develop a robust understanding of Merchandising, resulting in cross-functional leadership experiences and career growth opportunities.

MBA Summer Internship Basic Qualifications:

  • Currently enrolled in an MBA program with a graduation date of December 2025 or Spring 2026
  • 3-5+ years of industry or military work experience
  • Permanent US work authorization at the time of internship application

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.walmart.com/notices .

Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from 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.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .

The hourly wage range for this position is $26.00-$51.00

The actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location.

Additional compensation in the form of premiums may be paid in amounts ranging from $0.35 per hour to $3.00 per hour in specific circumstances. Premiums may be based on schedule, facility, season, or specific work performed. Multiple premiums may apply if applicable criteria are met.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Primary Location...

702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

Client-provided location(s): Bentonville, AR, USA
Job ID: Walmart-8261_R-1975539
Employment Type: Intern