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Position Summary... What you'll do...Role summary:
The Manager, Product Development leads the end-to-end management of product lifecycles, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs. This role collaborates cross-functionally to drive product strategies, resolve issues through root cause analysis, and maintain quality standards. The position involves overseeing sourcing activities, conducting market research, and providing insights to senior leadership to enhance product offerings. By fostering strong partnerships and streamlining processes, the manager ensures timely delivery and continuous improvement while supporting team development and upholding company values and ethical standards.
About the team:
The Product Development team drives the creation and execution of Walmart’s Private Brand Crafts portfolio within Department 19. This team collaborates across merchandising, sourcing, quality, design, and supplier partners to deliver products that meet high standards for quality, value, and performance. Focused on customer needs and category strategies, the team manages the entire product lifecycle, ensuring alignment and timely delivery. Members demonstrate strong communication, project management, and problem-solving skills while fostering continuous improvement and innovation to support Walmart’s mission of helping customers save money and live better.
What you'll do:

• Manage product specifications throughout the lifecycle to ensure quality and alignment with customer needs.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to drive product development initiatives and resolve issues.
• Conduct industry benchmarking and analyze data to inform product strategies and identify trends.
• Oversee sourcing activities and validate documentation to support business unit objectives.
• Perform root cause analysis on product issues and recommend effective solutions.
• Communicate updates and findings to cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Supervise and develop associates, fostering accountability and continuous improvement.

What you'll bring:

• Proven experience managing product lifecycle processes to ensure quality and alignment with customer needs.
• Strong skills in cross-functional project management and collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Ability to conduct root cause analysis and recommend effective solutions to resolve product issues.
• Expertise in developing and executing product strategies based on market research and business intelligence.
• Excellent communication skills to drive alignment and provide clear updates across teams.
• Demonstrated capability to lead teams, mentor associates, and promote continuous learning and development.
• Commitment to maintaining compliance with company policies and ethical standards.

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. 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. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. 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.
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.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...

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Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Design, or related field and 2 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area OR 4 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area. Preferred Qualifications...

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

Customer Service, Data Analysis and Insights, Microsoft Office, Product Development, Programming Language - VBA, Project Management, Statistical Programming Language - Structured Query Language (SQL), Supervising Associates Primary Location... 1700 Se 5th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.