Walmart
(USA) 2026 FT MBA Merchandising Leadership Rotation Development Program
Walmart, Bentonville, Arkansas, United States, 72712
Position Summary
The Walmart US Merchandising Development Leadership program is a rotational program for recent MBA graduates, focused on developing future Merchandising leaders. You will work to solve some of the largest and most complex retail challenges as we move from the largest brick & mortar retailer into a true omnichannel experience provider. This unique rotational program gives you exposure to leaders and cross functional partners across Walmart. Through an individual rotational plan executed over the course of 3.5 to 5 years you will develop a robust understanding of Merchandising resulting in cross-functional leadership experiences and growth opportunities. What you'll do
Rotations: Business Analytics/Planning – Master your understanding of retail math, Walmart data systems, and Merchandising P&L to develop recommendations that accelerate market share, improve price gap, and achieve Walmart financial goals for a specific category/department teams. In this role you will build your strategic mindset, data analytics, and operational decision-making abilities in a fast-paced environment. Replenishment - Learn how to flow product through Walmart’s supply chain: leveraging processes, developing strong supplier relationships, and gaining understanding of inventory impacts to the department P&L. In this role you will build your data analytics, supplier negotiation, and operational decision-making abilities in fast-paced environment. Modular Development - Utilize customer data, industry trends, and Walmart financials to optimize assortment layout across stores and dotcom. In this role you will build your data analytics, customer insights, and project management skills for a portfolio of categories or total department. Central Merchandising Operations Team - Establish merchandising strategy, processes, and tools to ensure customer needs are met while providing internal financial insights. In this role your customers are the business-facing Merchandising and Merch Ops teams who leverage the processes and tools you create. In this role you will build your data analytics, customer insights, product development, and project management skills. Merchant Roles - Drive a customer-focused business with P&L ownership, strategic category thinking, and omni-channel optimization. You are responsible for picking the assortment for a group of categories and negotiating the best cost with your suppliers. In this role you will build your data analytics, supplier negotiation, customer insights, and project management skills in a fast-paced environment. Basic Qualifications: Currently enrolled in an MBA program with a graduation date of Spring 2026 3-5+ years of industry or military work experience Permanent US work authorization at the time of application Live our Values
Culture Champion:
Models the Walmart values to foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; and supports Walmart’s commitment to communities, social justice, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability; maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance. Servant Leadership:
Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent. Respect the Individual:
Demonstrates and encourages respect for all builds a high-performing team; seeks and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; creates a workplace where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer/member experience for all; identifies, attracts and retains the best team members. Act with Integrity:
Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging; eliminating waste; participating in local giving). Serve our Customers and Members:
Delivers expected business results while putting the customer/member first and consistently applying an omnimerchant mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers/members. Strive for Excellence:
Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback; asks thoughtful questions; fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and learning from mistakes; exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks. Preferred Qualifications:
Project Management Certification, Six Sigma certification, Supervisory experience. Primary Location
702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other benefits. The annual salary range for this position is $70,000.00-$130,000.00. Benefits include health coverage, 401(k), stock purchase, paid time off, and more. For information about PTO and benefits, see One.Walmart. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for Walmart and Sam’s Club associates. Programs include high school completion to bachelor's degrees with tuition, books, and fees paid by Walmart. Limitations and eligibility apply. See One.Walmart for information about benefits and eligibility.
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The Walmart US Merchandising Development Leadership program is a rotational program for recent MBA graduates, focused on developing future Merchandising leaders. You will work to solve some of the largest and most complex retail challenges as we move from the largest brick & mortar retailer into a true omnichannel experience provider. This unique rotational program gives you exposure to leaders and cross functional partners across Walmart. Through an individual rotational plan executed over the course of 3.5 to 5 years you will develop a robust understanding of Merchandising resulting in cross-functional leadership experiences and growth opportunities. What you'll do
Rotations: Business Analytics/Planning – Master your understanding of retail math, Walmart data systems, and Merchandising P&L to develop recommendations that accelerate market share, improve price gap, and achieve Walmart financial goals for a specific category/department teams. In this role you will build your strategic mindset, data analytics, and operational decision-making abilities in a fast-paced environment. Replenishment - Learn how to flow product through Walmart’s supply chain: leveraging processes, developing strong supplier relationships, and gaining understanding of inventory impacts to the department P&L. In this role you will build your data analytics, supplier negotiation, and operational decision-making abilities in fast-paced environment. Modular Development - Utilize customer data, industry trends, and Walmart financials to optimize assortment layout across stores and dotcom. In this role you will build your data analytics, customer insights, and project management skills for a portfolio of categories or total department. Central Merchandising Operations Team - Establish merchandising strategy, processes, and tools to ensure customer needs are met while providing internal financial insights. In this role your customers are the business-facing Merchandising and Merch Ops teams who leverage the processes and tools you create. In this role you will build your data analytics, customer insights, product development, and project management skills. Merchant Roles - Drive a customer-focused business with P&L ownership, strategic category thinking, and omni-channel optimization. You are responsible for picking the assortment for a group of categories and negotiating the best cost with your suppliers. In this role you will build your data analytics, supplier negotiation, customer insights, and project management skills in a fast-paced environment. Basic Qualifications: Currently enrolled in an MBA program with a graduation date of Spring 2026 3-5+ years of industry or military work experience Permanent US work authorization at the time of application Live our Values
Culture Champion:
Models the Walmart values to foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; and supports Walmart’s commitment to communities, social justice, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability; maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance. Servant Leadership:
Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent. Respect the Individual:
Demonstrates and encourages respect for all builds a high-performing team; seeks and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; creates a workplace where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer/member experience for all; identifies, attracts and retains the best team members. Act with Integrity:
Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging; eliminating waste; participating in local giving). Serve our Customers and Members:
Delivers expected business results while putting the customer/member first and consistently applying an omnimerchant mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers/members. Strive for Excellence:
Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback; asks thoughtful questions; fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and learning from mistakes; exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks. Preferred Qualifications:
Project Management Certification, Six Sigma certification, Supervisory experience. Primary Location
702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other benefits. The annual salary range for this position is $70,000.00-$130,000.00. Benefits include health coverage, 401(k), stock purchase, paid time off, and more. For information about PTO and benefits, see One.Walmart. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for Walmart and Sam’s Club associates. Programs include high school completion to bachelor's degrees with tuition, books, and fees paid by Walmart. Limitations and eligibility apply. See One.Walmart for information about benefits and eligibility.
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