Manager, Marketing Planning And Strategy

**Position Summary...** **What you'll do...** Are you excited by digital marketing and understanding the of drivers of strong outcomes? Are you energized by digging into data to build insights and recommendations? Are you curious and have a drive for continuous improvement? This just might be the right next challenge for you **About Walmart Marketing** Named Ad Age's Marketer of the Year in 2022, you'd join an internationally recognized team of thinkers, creators, and problem solvers passionate about helping people save money and live better. Walmart Marketing team is a dynamic, multidimensional organization dedicated to redefining how the world shops through impactful creative and fast-paced innovation - all grounded in customer insights and brand strategy. We live out our company values each day while striving to exceed customer expectations and drive growth for the company. We orchestrate marketing campaigns and experiences that reach millions of daily shoppers. Our work spans the digital and physical spaces and combines the work of numerous internal teams and external advertising and media agencies. Our teams work together to show our customers how they can save money and live better. If you are motivated by complex challenges and want to build the future of commerce and consumer services, a Marketing role at Walmart could be what you've been looking for. For this role, you will need to live within driving distance to our hub in Bentonville, AR or Hoboken, NJ. We can offer relocation to candidates who don't reside near a hub, but **only** to relocate to Bentonville. We currently spend 3 days in the office per week, with flexibility. **About Retail Marketing Strategy & Performance** RMSP sits at the center of one of the best Marketing Teams in the world We are an experienced team of Marketers who act as the connector between Marketing and cross-functional partners in + Thoughtful, integrated strategic planning: short term and long term, + Defining & articulating unified goals for Marketing strategies that evolve with the changing landscape, and align to company and business objectives, and + Clearly demonstrating how we deliver for our Customer, Brand and Business - and the levers that drive. **What You'll Do:** As a Manager, Strategy and Planning on Retail Marketing Strategy & Performance, you'll identify drivers of performance, leveraging data to and help solve complex problems to drive the greatest outcomes for our business, brand and customer. + Developing insights from channel / performance data; diagnose and pin-point actions, and metrics to continue to grow, influence and enhance effectiveness of channel performance + Reporting and monitoring dashboards across multiple channels and categories; recommend improvements to optimization methodologies based on performance reports. + Collaborating with digital marketing teams, Marketing leaders and cross-functional teams across the organization to understand digital marketing plans/ programs and performance. + Supporting annual and monthly forecasting processes including data collection, analysis and model improvement + Advising on and partnering with various internal teams to improve processes, identify opportunities, and scale best practice and governance and driving continual assessment + Creating and helping to scale best-in-class efficient workflows, routines, processes and timelines, embedding operational excellence into everything you do + Demonstrating the 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 **You'll make an impact by:** + Analytical and process-oriented, comfortable making data-driven decisions + You use data and insights to make informed and impactful decisions and you have the acumen to translate complex data into actions and improvements + Understanding activation across key digital marketing programs driving incremental sales, traffic, and customer acquisition and retention programs. + Relentlessly contributing to a high-performance culture driving operational excellence for a set of strategic objectives and key results across multiple marketing priorities + 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 + Building strong relationships of trust and collaboration, ensuring the needs of the Marketing team and Marketing's cross-functional partners are met + Ensuring resolution of critical issues impeding progress and/or limiting the team's ability to streamline, simplify, or work smarter + Identifying and solving complex problems across varying and multiple workstreams with inter-connected parts + Focusing on daily progress towards a simpler, more streamlined way of working together **You'll sweep us off our feet if:** + You have knowledge of the digital media landscape and underlying technologies. + You have excellent analytical skills. You run towards new technology solutions and are expert at Microsoft Office tools, and familiar with Tableau and Workfront + You are strategic, with a curious mindset, applying critical thinking to uncover and solve business problems + You have effective project management skills and ability to multitask under tight deadlines + You are a strong verbal and written communicator + You're an innovator, a planner at heart + You're a master at solving complex challenges + You're comfortable influencing others, managing stakeholders, getting buy-in from leadership, and holding contributors accountable + You integrate test-and-learn, agile, and continuous improvement practices into the day-to-day work + You're energized by removing barriers, finding win-win solutions to challenges and are ready to help build the future of retail **Minimum Qualifications:** + Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field and 1 year's experience in marketing or related field OR 5 years' experience in marketing or related field. **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 **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 1 year's experience in marketing or related field OR 5 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. Marketing or related field Masters: Business Administration **Primary Location...** 702 SW 8TH ST, BENTONVILLE, AR 72716, United States of America 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, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.