(USA) Senior Manager, Product Development -Seasonal & Decor

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

13d • $110,000 - $220,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Sam’s Club is looking for a hands-on, design-driven product development leader to elevate our Seasonal Home Décor assortment across seasonal and core categories. This is not a maintenance role. It’s a high-visibility opportunity to bring product strategy, design clarity, and executional excellence to a complex, high-SKU business. Your product expertise, customer/member-first mindset, and industry vision will enable you to create innovative, high-quality products that members trust and love. In this role, you will translate deep member insights and technical expertise into best-in-class product strategies and specifications. You will partner closely with merchants and cross-functional teams to bring new products to life, influence category direction, and help shape the future of Seasonal Home Décor at Sam’s Club. This is an individual contributor role with significant influence and visibility, located in Bentonville, Arkansas (relocation assistance offered). What you'll do... You’ll thrive in this role if: You are passionate about building successful businesses and grounded in the fundamentals of product development, including member insights, trends, brand development, technical design, and manufacturing. You build trusted relationships at all levels, both internally and externally, and know how to collaborate effectively across diverse teams. You are data and AI-savvy, using analytics, member behavior, and emerging AI tools to anticipate market shifts and accelerate learning and strategic planning. You confidently work across business leaders (merchants, executives) and technical experts (design, sourcing, quality, manufacturing) to drive priorities forward with clarity and influence. You are tenacious, self-directed, and energized by ownership, autonomy, and healthy competition in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment at Fortune 1 scale. You’ll make an impact by: Being self-motivated: Proactively identifying opportunities, solving problems, and developing member propositions without waiting for direction. Staying member-centered: Championing innovation, quality, and value—always fighting for the member to deliver the right product at the right price. Remaining adaptable: Leading effectively through ambiguity and change, demonstrating resilience, creativity, and resourcefulness. Influencing others: Communicating clearly and confidently with audiences of all sizes, from cross-functional partners to senior leadership. Operating with excellence: Setting a high standard for execution by managing KPIs, staying organized, delivering results, and continuously developing yourself and others.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive product development experience, ideally within Home Décor or Seasonal categories.
• Direct experience with high SKU counts and complex assortments.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret design into product with strong design thinking capability.
• Experience working with overseas manufacturing and global sourcing partners.
• Strong understanding of materials, textiles, and production processes.
• Experience attending trade shows and identifying emerging trends.
• Executive presence with the ability to communicate direction clearly, succinctly, and confidently.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
• Willingness to travel internationally multiple times a year.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Design, or related field and 4 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area OR 6 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area.

Nice To Haves

• Background in seasonal décor (indoor/outdoor), textiles, decorative accessories, or related categories strongly preferred.
• Application development experience with emphasis on VBA and SQL programming languages
• Creative design software
• Financial modeling
• Leading and completing cross-functional projects
• Manufacturing, product development, or packaging
• Microsoft Office
• Supervisory Masters: Arts
• Masters: Business
• Masters: Science Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification
• Six Sigma - Certification

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product development across seasonal home décor categories.
• Own product strategy, design & material specifications.
• Translate trend, market insights, and design concepts into commercially viable, high-quality products.
• Identify and resolve product or material issues through root cause analysis.
• Influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Ensure overseas vendor alignment and execution excellence.
• Bring a strong, well-researched point of view to your assortment and communicate it clearly.
• Balance strategic ownership with hands-on product involvement.

Benefits

• At Sam's Club, 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, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. 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.
• - Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
• Live Better U is a company 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level