Manager, Business Development - Competitive Intell...
Walmart

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Manager: Competitive Intelligence and Strategy Generalist - Walmart Connect

About Walmart Connect...
Walmart Connect is key to Walmart's growth strategy. Walmart has built a ~$3 billion dollar closed-loop media business division of America's largest omnichannel retailer. Walmart Connect offers unparalleled opportunities for brands to reach their desired customers, no matter where, how and when they shop. This is a unique opportunity to join a high-visibility team within the largest company in the world.

Walmart Connect is dedicated to driving measurable outcomes for our suppliers, sellers, merchants, stores, GMs, brand advertisers, and agencies using our full funnel ad solutions that leverage Walmart's in-store and online data. With a range of flexible pricing and buying models, including self-service; these solutions help businesses build brand awareness, engage with Walmart consumers, and convert Walmart consumers to shoppers.

What You'll Do...
The Manager, Competitive Intelligence and Strategy Generalist will join Walmart Connect's (WMC) in-house Strategy team to help define WMC's long-term business unit strategy and conduct industry analysis to drive actionable intelligence. The WMC Strategy team is envisioning the future of WMC and its important role within Walmart.

In this role, you will help formulate the future of retail advertising by evaluating identifying market insights and new strategies to grow WMC, including the execution of company analysis and competitive benchmarking or in some cases, new to WMC opportunity evaluations. You will stand out if you have 2-3+ years of consulting, research, and/or corporate strategy experience within the technology, retail, media or advertising industries and have a deep capacity for managing multiple high-profile projects. We will need your industry curiosity and understanding, strategic mindset, and analytical skills to support the definition and evaluation of opportunities to grow WMC. This role entails sizing market potential and evaluating competitors and other industry participants, while creating actionable insights for WMC leadership and Walmart executives. Critical thinking, resourcefulness and strong attention to detail are required skill sets. Experience supporting the creation of leadership materials is a must.

Come join the team if you are...

• Passionate about technology, retail, media or advertising including trends and competition
• A critical thinker with the ability to distill complicated concepts into actionable insights
• Understand how to evaluate & extract insights using research, data collection, and analysis
• Experienced in creating or contributing to executive level communications and presentations
• Constantly thinking about the customer experience first
• Able to clearly articulate insights through writing across formats, including newsletters and whitepapers
• A cross functional pro: adept at project management & coordination while working with various team members to evaluate opportunities in the context of current/future roadmaps

Key Duties & Responsibilities...

• Independently conduct industry and competitive analysis, including evaluation of earnings reports, company filings, industry reports, and more
• Support creation of internal Weekly Industry Newsletters and Quarterly and Annual Industry Reports
• Conduct ad hoc analysis, including Landscape Analysis, Marketing Sizing, Comparable Company Analysis, and more
• In some instances, evaluate new strategies and opportunities for WMC, including market opportunity sizing, competitive evaluation, and business case building while supporting in strategy definition and execution enablers that reinforce WMC strategies
• Work collaboratively across the organization to solicit and synthesize cross functional feedback while helping to build consensus
  

Preferred Qualifications...

• 2-3+ years of consulting, research, and/or corporate strategy experience within the technology, retail, media or advertising industries, with an "always on" attitude towards gaining more knowledge
• Resourcefulness in research, data collection and analysis to support strategies
• Comfort with ambiguity and experience distilling research into actionable insights
• Strong writing skills
• Strong presentation and communication skills and comfort in interacting with executive level business and partners, along with other cross-functional partners
• Intellectually curious, high energy, and strong work ethic and ability to manage multiple high-visibility projects at one time

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.
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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.
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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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

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The annual salary range for this position is $96,000.00-$186,000.00
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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
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- Stock
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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, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, or related field and 2 years' experience in business development, market development, product development, or related area OR 4 years' experience in business development, market development, product development, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Sales, Supervisory experience

Primary Location...

221 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States of America

About Walmart

At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability-and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries-all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?

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.

All the benefits you need for you and your family

• Multiple health plan options, including vision & dental plans for you & dependents
• Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase plans, life insurance and more
• Associate discounts in-store and online
• Education assistance for Associate and dependents
• Parental Leave
• Pay during military service
• Paid Time off - to include vacation, sick, parental
• Short-term and long-term disability for when you can't work because of injury, illness, or childbirth

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 specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.com/Benefits.

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