Senior Manager, Merchandise Designer - Furniture & Lighting

Senior Manager of Design – Furniture & Lighting

Department:
Walmart Brands Design

Location:

Bentonville, AR (Travel Required)

Portfolio Required

About the Walmart Brands Design Team

At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make as we shape the future of retail — from responsible sourcing and sustainability to democratized design and everything in between. We are a multifaceted team of brand ambassadors, collection builders, assortment curators, color enthusiasts, trend experts, and illustrators at the forefront of an organizational shift toward a design- and style-led Walmart Brands portfolio.

Small but mighty, we seek creative partners who bring fresh perspectives, new thinking, collaboration, and design excellence to our team. Passionate about democratized design and shaping culture through product? Join us.

The Senior Manager, Indoor/Outdoor Furniture Design leads the creative vision, design execution, and development of indoor, outdoor, and kids furniture categories as extensions of larger Walmart Brands. This role blends hands‑on creative design with strategic leadership, trend development, and operational excellence. Experience with lighting is a plus. This position supports all Walmart Brands while partnering closely with Product Development, Merchandising, and Quality teams to deliver cohesive, trend‑right, and commercially viable collections.

Assortment refinement and extension strategies — identifying areas of opportunity and over saturation — are key capabilities of this role.

• Drive cohesive, trend-relevant collections for outdoor living across furniture and accessory categories.
• Translate aspirational aesthetics into forward-thinking, mass-market product solutions.
• Demonstrate a keen understanding of aesthetics ranging from traditional and updated farmhouse to transitional and contemporary.
• Develop and evolve multiple collections across seasons simultaneously.
• Establish and maintain strong partnerships with Merchant and Product Development teams.
• Collaborate with PD to develop product, identify white space, and build collections that balance classic essentials with new and exclusive designs unique to Walmart.
• Align merchant strategies with overarching trend vision and brand direction.
• Ability to hand draw, sketch or render to clearly communicate design direction to key partners and vendors.
• Respond to business requests in a timely and agile manner.
• Lead project tracking and milestone management across multiple work streams.
• Spearhead regular alignment meetings with Merchandising and Design partners.
• Review assortments at the CAD level and recommend streamlining opportunities to strengthen clarity and productivity.

• Monitor global and domestic market trends in indoor and outdoor furniture.
• Analyze competitive assortments and identify opportunities for innovation and differentiation.
• Develop seasonal trend decks, concept direction, and material/finish strategies.
• Balance trend relevance with durability, functionality, and price‑point accessibility.

• Utilize Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, and CAD/Rhino or comparable furniture rendering programs to communicate concepts and specifications.
• Demonstrate understanding of construction methods, materiality, fabrication techniques, and finish applications across furniture categories.
• Ensure design intent translates effectively through sampling, costing, and production phases.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to maintain quality, cost integrity, and timeline execution.

• Lead end-to-end design from concept through retail launch.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships across Merchandising, PD, Sourcing, and Quality teams.
• Communicate design strategies clearly to internal stakeholders and vendor partners.
• Travel as needed to support development, factory partnerships, and global sourcing initiatives.
• Foster a collaborative and proactive team environment.

• Degree in Product Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, or…