Senior Director, Merchandising

Position: (USA) Senior Director, Merchandising
Reference: R-2679869

Posted:

Location:

BENTONVILLE, AR, United States Salary: $130000 - $260000/year

Type:
Full time / Regular/Permanent Company:
Walmart Business Segment:
Home Office Role summary:

As Senior Director, Merchandising for Home Décor and Strategic Initiatives, you will lead a critical growth portfolio within Walmart Home and help shape how the organization wins in the market.

You will own the P&L for high growth Hard Décor categories, including decorative accessories, lighting, mirrors, and businesses. You will set commercial strategy, curate distinctive assortments, build supplier partnerships, and lead merchants to deliver customer growth, sales, profit, and market share. You will also advance style and brand priorities translating bold vision into actionable plans and aligning cross functional partners. Your work will elevate Walmart Home as a destination.

About the team:
The Home Décor team plays a vital role in advancing Walmart Home’s vision to lead in style. This team manages prominent categories such as décor, lighting, rugs, wall art, and seasonal Home Pad, shaping customer experiences. Operating in a dynamic trend environment with significant seasonal demand, the team acts swiftly to build category credibility and momentum. By integrating trend analysis, assortment planning, and cross-functional collaboration, the team delivers style and value that resonate with customers, supporting business objectives and driving sustained growth within the Home merchandising portfolio.

What you'll do:

Lead Home Décor’s multi year growth strategy across decorative accessories, lighting, mirrors, and assigned categories.

Own sales, profit, inventory, customer, and market share outcomes while anticipating risks and unlocking opportunities.

Lead Home Pad strategy and execution, creating integrated seasonal assortments, presentations, and activations across channels.

Build distinctive assortments and customer experiences that strengthen style sentiment, attract customers, and deepen engagement.

Lead key Home style initiatives to elevate the assortment and strengthen customer consideration.

Lead cross functional partnerships and supplier relationships to speed trend adoption, sharpen quality and value, and deliver differentiated solutions.

What you'll bring:

Exceptional merchant with ability to identify customer opportunities, create differentiated assortments, and deliver sustainable P&L growth.

Strategic thinker who connects customer insights, market dynamics, style trends, and financial performance into a growth agenda.

Holistic leader who understands how assortment, brands, storytelling, marketing, digital, store execution, and seasonal activations shape perception.

Visionary operator who balances bold ambition with disciplined execution, building capabilities and processes that remove obstacles.

Enterprise leader who aligns senior executives, merchant teams, creative partners, operators, and cross functional stakeholders around shared outcomes.

Talent developer who sets clear expectations, builds accountability, empowers ownership, and inspires teams to transform businesses.