(USA) Senior Manager, Marketing Planning And Strategy

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Role summary:
The Senior Manager, Marketing Planning and Strategy leads the development of integrated marketing plans aligned with Walmart’s business objectives. This role involves analyzing customer insights, competitive data, and market trends to drive innovative marketing initiatives that enhance brand positioning and customer engagement. The position requires collaboration across multiple teams to ensure consistent messaging and effective implementation. Additionally, the role oversees stakeholder communications, performance analysis, and cross functional team coordination to maximize marketing impact and support Walmart’s growth and operational goals.  This role is focused on the Beauty and Wellness categories.
About the team:
Our team serves as the central connection point between customer needs and commercial goals. We partner across Merchandising, Site, and Marketing channel teams to build and execute an integrated customer strategy. Our mission is to leverage customer behavior, trends, and insights to develop compelling narratives and programs that address key business opportunities. Our focus is to ensure a seamless and intuitive shopping experience from discovery to checkout, driving growth and enhancing customer engagement through strategic marketing planning and execution.
What you'll do:

• Develop and align marketing strategies with Walmart’s overall business objectives and brand positioning.
• Analyze customer insights, competitor data, and market trends to inform strategic recommendations.
• Translate insights and business objectives into compelling strategic briefs that guide the development and execution of marketing initiatives.
• Assess campaign performance to optimize marketing strategy and ROI.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams and external partners to drive integrated marketing plans.
• Coach and mentor team members to enhance skills and support professional growth.
• Monitor and adjust plans based on performance metrics and evolving business needs.

What you'll bring:

• Expertise in strategic marketing and business planning aligned with commercial goals.
• Ability to develop, execute, and optimize marketing strategies and initiatives based on customer insights and competitive analysis.
• Experience assessing marketing, financial, and performance KPIs to maximize marketing investments and ROI.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistent strategy and execution. 
• Strong executive presence and communication skills in presenting to senior leadership.
• Adaptability to evolving market conditions and commitment and curiosity for continuous improvement and innovation.
• Preference for Beauty and/or Wellness category 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.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.
Bentonville, Arkansas US-30008: The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00
Hoboken, New Jersey US-10649: The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00 - $216,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...

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

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field and 3 years' experience in marketing or related field OR 7 years'
experience in marketing or related field.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Leading cross-functional projects, Marketing or related field, Supervisory experience

Masters: Business Administration

Primary Location...

1601 SE 10th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.