Job Abstract

Want to help lead the way in redefining how customers shop online and work for “A People-Led, Tech-Powered Omnichannel Retailer”?

The Senior Director, Site Merchandising, is a critical leader in shaping the digital customer site experience, overseeing everything from holistic site strategy to visual merchandising and content strategy to functionality and campaign planning and execution. They’ll drive impact, improvement, and innovation to create a truly frictionless and engaging digital shopping experience.

You would be a great fit for this role if you enjoy balancing real-time execution with long-term solutioning, have a proven track record of breaking new ground by asking “What if?” and building new approaches, and driving results through a blend of creative thinking, problem solving and rolling up your sleeves. You will also have experience leading large, layered teams, driving synergy, and providing leadership, development, and support.

You’ll sweep us off our feet if:

• You understand how customers shop online and use strategic thinking and innovation to create a seamless and fresh site experience for our customers.

• You’re a visionary constantly looking for ways to set us apart from the competition, driving new and enhanced functionality to make the shopping experience easy and convenient.

• You use data and insights to make informed and impactful decisions and you have the acumen to translate complex data into actions and improvements.

• You have an incredible focus on operational excellence and getting the fundamentals right and can identify opportunities for efficiency and improvement.

• You’re a leader who can build trust quickly and can lead by influence, creating impact through partnership as well as ownership.

• You believe in and prioritize the collective success of the team and are quick to jump in, help, mentor, and coach your fellow team members.

You’ll make an impact by:

• Creating an exemplary site experience – You’ll drive the holistic site strategy for your business areas, using customer insights to tell a cohesive story and create a seamless customer experience, overseeing visual site merchandising and content strategy, site functionality including navigation, hierarchy, search and browse, etc., new product on-boarding, and more.

• Telling a story through our site – You’ll identify key trend forecasts, define the department’s story-telling roadmap, and use key functionalities like taxonomy and search to enhance the customer journey on our site, telling a cohesive story to win customers’ hearts and minds.

• Being a change champion – You’ll drive digital transformation through continuous improvement, adoptions of new technology and digital disruption. You’ll also demonstrate curiosity with a growth mindset, fostering an environment that supports learning, innovation, and intelligent risk-taking; and you’ll exhibit resilience in the face of setbacks.

• Monitoring site health and performance through analytics and key metrics – You’ll oversee the development of site metrics and dashboards to monitor site health, providing strategic insights to internal stakeholders to influence the overall direction for the site.

• Operating with excellence – You’ll land the fundamentals and help scale best-in-class efficient workflows, processes, and timelines, embedding operational excellence into everything you do and developing associates on the team to increase capabilities and enhance skills, knowledge and performance.

• Becoming an invaluable strategic partner to internal stakeholders – You’ll advise on and partner with various internal teams to improve processes, identify opportunities, and scale best practice and governance, driving continual assessment and improvement of the site’s strategic direction and execution.

• Building a high performing, best in industry team – You’ll develop and implement strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by recruiting, selecting, and developing talent. You’ll support mentorship, team development, and succession planning and will implement strategies and initiatives that attract and retain diverse and inclusive talent, embracing diversity in all its forms and actively supporting diversity goal programs.

• Living our values – You’ll act as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent. You’ll model the Walmart values to foster our culture, holding oneself and others accountable. You’ll maintain and promote the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance.

Minimum Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field or 4 years’ equivalent experience

Preferred Qualification:

• 10+ years related experience in Merchandising, Site Merchandising, or related field

• Masters Degree in Business or related field

• 6+ years demonstrated experience managing a team

• 6+ years of experience in consumer-focused e-commerce environment

• Strong customer obsession focused on building the right site experience for our customer

• Experience managing a P&L

• Knowledge of unpaid and paid digital channels, including SEO, CRM, and Affiliates

• Analytical and process-oriented, comfortable making data-driven decisions

• Ability to set clear team objectives and performance measures

• Ability to select and develop a team of future leaders

• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a cross-functional team and willingness to take on responsibilities outside primary job description when necessary

• Assertive, adaptable and demonstrates initiative in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Benefits & Perks: 

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more. 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people. 

Who We Are

Join Walmart and your work could help over 275 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you’ll quickly find we’re a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement. From day one, you’ll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life. careers.walmart.com