Director, Business Analysis and Insights - Negotiations Strategy (gm & Fashion)

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Bentonville, AR

Director of Negotiations Strategy for GM & Fashion at Walmart, focusing on supporting merchant and sourcing efforts to negotiate with suppliers. The role involves developing strategies, driving negotiation capabilities and innovation, and enabling merchants with tools and support. A key aspect is the ability to use AI and/or Agentic AI to drive innovation and work with technical support to develop those capabilities.

What you'd actually do

  1. Enabling GM merchants to know their cost opportunities and achieving them with tools, training and support.
  2. Helping merchants negotiate with suppliers to lower costs, which in turn fuel the fly wheel for growth.
  3. Driving innovation in analytic tools and support to help merchandising build stronger capabilities and create a culture of world class negotiators.

Skills

Required

  • Experience leading teams in merchandising, sales, sales strategy or trade consistently delivering business results.
  • Expert level understanding of the fundamentals of doing business with Walmart.
  • Strong presence and ability to effectively consult and influence business leaders.
  • High EQ, soft skills to enable clear concise communication and ultimately the ability to influence stakeholders to drive thought leadership.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Statistics, or related field and 5 years’ experience in data analytics, project management, business, or related area OR 7 years’ experience in data analytics, project management, business, or related area.
  • 3 years’ experience using intermediate functionality of Microsoft Office.
  • 4 years’ supervisory experience.

Nice to have

  • Experience in GM business is a plus.
  • Consulting
  • Working on cross-functional teams or projects
  • Masters: Business
  • Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification
  • Six Sigma - Certification

What the JD emphasized

  • Ability to use AI and/or Agentic AI to drive innovation and work with technical support develop those capabilities