2024 Summer Intern: Site Merchandising - MBA Intern

Walmart

Sep 26, 2023

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Off-cycle Internship
Hospitality & Retail
San Francisco

Requirements

MBA from a nationally recognized, top-tier program with a focus in general business, finance, or strategy
Professional experience in Strategy, Business Operations, Product, or quantitative roles
Strong customer obsession focused on building the right site experience for our customer
Strategic mindset with ability to tackle complex and ambiguous problems
Analytical toolkit, comfortable making data-driven decisions, and thirst for continuous improvement
Demonstrated ability to work as part of a cross-functional team and willingness to take on responsibilities outside primary job description when necessary
Assertive, adaptable and demonstrates initiative in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
You’ll sweep us off our feet if…
You understand how customers shop online… and use strategic thinking and innovation to create a truly frictionless online shopping experience and help drive our eCommerce business.
You’re a strategic problem-solver… breaking down complex and ambiguous issues, formulating and testing hypotheses, developing and communicating recommendations.
You’re a visionary… constantly looking for ways to set us apart from the competition, spotting new and innovative technology that can make shopping experience easy, convenient, and fun.
You’re an inspiring communicator…leading broad organizational changes isn’t easy, but you educate and motivate others to move forward through effective structured communication and storytelling.
You build trust quickly & lead by influence…creating sustainable business impact through cross-functional partnership, as well as end-to-end ownership.
You use data and insights… to make informed and impactful decisions and know how to translate complex information into user-friendly insights, influencing business strategy and driving action.
You’ve got analytical skills… or not afraid to learn some common analytical & data visualization tools, such as: Looker, Tableau, SQL, etc.
You believe in and prioritize the collective success of the team and are quick to jump in, help, mentor, and coach your fellow team members.

Responsibilities

Setting strategic direction for eCommerce business by defining, prioritizing and driving high-impact strategic initiatives that influence the overall direction for the site.
Creating an exemplary site experience for your division – You’ll help drive the holistic site strategy and operational performance for your division and play a key role in enhancing the customer journey on our site to win customers’ hearts and minds. Using market and customer data, you’ll enable a seamless and optimized experience, helping to manage the product roadmap and tooling needs, reporting and KPIs, A/B testing, taxonomy, search, SEO, and more.
Becoming an invaluable thought partner to internal stakeholders by collaborating with various internal teams to design solutions, unify and scale best practices, drive continual assessment and improvement of the site’s strategic direction and execution.
Communicating effectively to achieve leadership support and influence large groups of cross-functional stakeholders.
Providing data-driven insights and analysis to understand drivers of performance, predict outcomes and influence the development and deployment of business and site strategies.
Successfully navigating in ambiguous environments, with multiple cross-functional stakeholders, in pursuit of end-to-end business process improvement.

Walmart

https://www.walmart.com/

Retail & Consumer Goods

Industry

10,001+

Employees

1962

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Sixty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world’s biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we’re reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. When you join our Walmart family of brands (Sam's Club, Bonobos, Moosejaw and many more!), you’ll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. We are ecstatic to have been named a Great Place to Work® Certified May 2023 – May 2024, Disability: IN 2023 Best Places to Work, and Fast Company 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators 2023. This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and build a career you’re proud of.