Senior Manager, Product Development - Produce Foods

Bentonville, AR

701 Excellence Dr, Bentonville, AR

R-2674301

$110,000 - $220,000/yr

Regular/ Permanent

At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. As Senior Manager, Food Product Development, you will help shape and grow Walmart’s Private Brand food businesses. Combining food science, culinary expertise, customer insights, and commercial judgment, you will develop differentiated, high-quality retail products customers love and can afford. From identifying innovation opportunities to leading product development and commercialization, you will influence what millions of customers experience on Walmart’s shelves and online.

Walmart Brands Product Development brings together food scientists, culinary-minded innovators, and product experts to build brand customer trust. We partner closely with Merchandising, Sourcing, Quality, Packaging, Brand, and suppliers to translate customer needs into winning products. Our team blends technical expertise, commercial thinking, and a passion for food to deliver exceptional taste, quality, innovation, and value at Walmart scale. We challenge conventional thinking, embrace emerging technologies, and continuously improve how we develop products and grow our businesses.

• Build customer‑led product strategies, innovation pipelines, and actionable product briefs.
• Lead formulation, sensory evaluation, specifications, supplier development, testing, and commercialization.
• Integrate food safety, regulatory, labeling, quality, and shelf‑life requirements from concept through launch.
• Drive cost optimization, value engineering, and informed technical and commercial trade‑offs.
• Partner with Merchandising, Sourcing, and suppliers to deliver differentiated products and business results.
• Leverage customer insights, sales performance, quality data, analytics, and AI to improve products and accelerate development.
• Manage priorities, milestones, risks, and cross‑functional decisions while strengthening team capabilities.

• Strong food product development expertise across ingredients, formulation, manufacturing, sensory, packaging, and commercialization.
• Culinary curiosity and a passion for flavor, texture, food trends, and consumer eating experiences.
• Customer‑first thinking with the ability to translate insights and competitive intelligence into compelling product strategies.
• Commercial acumen to balance product quality, cost, margin, manufacturability, and customer value.
• Confidence using data, analytics, and emerging AI tools to improve decisions and simplify work.
• Proven ability to influence cross‑functional partners, navigate ambiguity, and deliver results.
• A passion for building innovative products and successful food businesses.

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• Access mental health resources and assistance programs for life’s challenges
• Training, leadership programs, and clear paths to advance.
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