Development Associate Jobs in Hamilton, ON (NOW HIRING)

Position Summary...This role focuses on developing and implementing private brand growth strategies across various categories. The position requires a deep understanding of market environments and data to identify opportunities for increasing market share, sales, and profitability.What you'll do...

This role emphasizes thought leadership by identifying and developing private brand business in new growth opportunities and line extensions. The ability to draw logical conclusions from multiple data sets helps understand the market and implement strategic levers to drive sustainable growth.
The role involves strategically identifying and developing private brand growth opportunities that align with enterprise and merchandising category strategies. This includes providing decision support to merchants and delivering clear product strategies that drive customer conversion and overall category growth.
A bias for action is crucial, with the ability to provide clear recommendations on product activation plans, commercial plans, and growth initiatives. This supports market uptake of new products, facilitating trial, conversion, and loyalty.
Exceptional financial acumen is required to build annual operating plans, balancing different levers to grow the private brand business. The role also involves managing product lifecycle to maximize performance and recommending end-of-life exit if necessary, ensuring SKU productivity in-store and online.

The role serves as a liaison between supplier technical teams and Walmart Private Brands stakeholders, managing and adapting product specifications to align with evolving business, regulatory, and customer needs.

The role involvessupplier site visits to validate product performance, support commercialization, troubleshoot technical issues, and guarantee products meet established quality standards.

Furthermore, the role involves representing Walmart Private Brands at industry events to identify emerging trends, evaluate new technologies, source innovative partners, and build strong supplier relationships to foster collaboration and accelerate innovation aligned with long-term growth strategies.

Leadership Expectations:
Respect the Individual:
Demonstrates and encourages respect for others; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; supports workplaces where associated feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging, so all associates thrive and perform; contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work.
Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team, developing others through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; and recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.
Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively to achieve objectives; communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences; and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work.
Acts 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).
Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and encourages others to do the same; supports an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns; reinforces our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action; acts with accountability for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values. Is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.
Serve our Customers:
Delivers results while putting the customer first and applying an omni-merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.
Adopts a broad perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans.
Strive for Excellence:
Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions; supports innovation and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.
Implements and supports continuous improvements and willingly embraces new digital tools and ways of working.

Food Science Education/ Degree

3- 5 years experience in Product Development & Management

Preferredexperiencein the retail and CPG Industry

Preferred financial acumen

The pay range for this position is $91,900.00 - $126,390.00. Pay will be determined based on relevant experience.L'echelle salariale pour ce poste est de 91,900.00 a 126,390.00. La remuneration sera determinee en fonction de l'experience pertinente.Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Age - 16 or olderPreferred Qualifications...

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

Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

Primary Location...

1940 ARGENTIA RD, MISSISSAUGA, ON L5N 1P9, CanadaAre you currently a Walmart associate?Please login to your Workday account and use the Find Jobs report to apply for this job.

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