Senior Analyst, Strategic Account Management - Automotive

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Bentonville, AR

This role is for a Senior Analyst, Strategic Account Management in the Automotive sector for Walmart's Marketplace. The primary focus is on growing existing accounts by partnering with senior executives to build their business on the platform through strategic planning, performance analysis, inventory insights, and exclusive deals. The role involves managing a portfolio of sellers, onboarding, activating, and growing their businesses, and optimizing their listings and marketing plans. It requires a strategic mindset, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and experience in account management or e-commerce.

What you'd actually do

  1. Managing seller accounts: Serve as a strategic consultant/account manager accountable for driving business growth across a portfolio of Growth sellers. Develop strategies with sellers to expand selection, improve offer quality and drive operational improvements across their business.
  2. Being a trusted advisor: Develop strong and trusting relationships with partners. Serve as the account quarterback working across the organization to solve issues, address pain points and implement growth initiatives. Employ a one team approach to accomplish the goals of the business and drive negotiations from a win-win perspective that establishes credibility and trust with our partners and delivers consistently improved performance.
  3. Optimizing offer quality: Work directly with sellers to optimize their listings including PDP content, ratings and reviews, ship speed and price competitiveness to maximize search optimization and discoverability across the platform.
  4. Driving adoption of seller services: Teach sellers how to be more successful across the Walmart platform and maximize awareness and adoption of seller growth initiatives including Walmart Fulfilment Services (WFS), Walmart Connect, and more.
  5. Developing marketing plans: Develop seller marketing plans - including events, site placements and promotions - that drive incremental traffic and GMV.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelors degree in Marketing, Information Technology, Business Management or a related field
  • 2-3 Years experience in Account Management, E-commerce, or Merchandising
  • 2-3 Years of experience working with sellers/suppliers/vendors, etc.
  • Strong Excel experience
  • Strategic mindset and ability to prioritize tasks
  • Detail-oriented with a bias for action and a collaborative team player
  • Results-driven with a proactive approach to problem-solving and goal achievement
  • Proficient in MS Excel and have a basic understanding of formulas.
  • Strong organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines.
  • Detail and results-oriented with sense of urgency.
  • Seller obsessed and relationship driven.
  • Thrive in constantly evolving, fast-paced, dynamic environments.
  • Results-oriented with a proven track record of leadership and taking ownership to produce exceptional results.
  • Build trust quickly and lead by influence with the ability to translate to varied audiences.
  • Enjoy the learning journey and like working with your manager and partners to continue to add to your toolbox.

Nice to have

  • E-commerce experience preferred.

What the JD emphasized

  • direct fit replacement parts and accessories
  • onboard, activate, and grow new and existing accounts
  • strategic account planning
  • performance analysis
  • inventory insights
  • exclusive deals
  • new product launches
  • high-volume portfolio
  • Parts and Accessories subcategory
  • D10 Automotive
  • direct fit replacement parts and accessories
  • onboard, activate, and grow new and existing accounts
  • graduating them into strategic account management
  • driving a business
  • strategic consultant/account manager
  • driving business growth
  • expand selection
  • improve offer quality
  • drive operational improvements
  • trusted advisor
  • strong and trusting relationships
  • account quarterback
  • solve issues
  • address pain points
  • implement growth initiatives
  • one team approach
  • drive negotiations
  • win-win perspective
  • establishes credibility and trust
  • consistently improved performance
  • optimize their listings
  • PDP content
  • ratings and reviews
  • ship speed
  • price competitiveness
  • maximize search optimization
  • discoverability
  • seller services
  • seller growth initiatives
  • Walmart Fulfilment Services (WFS)
  • Walmart Connect
  • marketing plans
  • site placements
  • promotions
  • drive incremental traffic
  • GMV
  • Product Management
  • Strategy
  • Operations
  • Site Merchandising
  • Marketing
  • best-in-class customer and seller experiences
  • Autonomous Work
  • limited manager oversight