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(USA) Manager, Strategic Account Management

Walmart

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Compensation
$80–155K/yr
Location
BENTONVILLE, AR
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Strategic Account Manager leads growth strategy for a Walmart Marketplace category, strengthening assortment, customer experience, and sustainable sales. The role manages strategic sellers and partners with merchants, site merchandising, and cross-functional teams to shape category priorities, events, and seller growth plans. The Personal Care Marketplace team focuses on body care, oral care, shave and grooming, and intimate health, balancing customer needs, seller opportunity, and long-term category health.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Category ManagementStrategic Account ManagementRelationship BuildingStakeholder InfluenceBusiness PlanningAnalytical SkillsPerformance Data AnalysisStrategic Account PlanningGrowth ProposalsNegotiationCommunicationCross-Functional PartnershipMarket Trend AnalysisCustomer Needs AnalysisAssortment StrategyCategory GrowthIntegritySound JudgmentContinuous ImprovementCross-Functional Team LeadershipSales

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Listed Fields or Related2 Years' Related Experience4 Years' Related ExperienceMaster's in Listed Fields or Related

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Role summary:

The Strategic Account Manager leads the growth strategy for a Marketplace category, identifying opportunities to strengthen assortment, improve the customer experience, and accelerate sustainable sales growth. The role partners closely with merchants, site merchandising, and cross-functional teams to shape category priorities, build event strategies, and position Walmart as a stronger destination for customers and brands. The manager also collaborates with strategic sellers to grow their Walmart business in ways that advance the category, balancing customer needs, seller opportunity, and long-term category health.

About the team:

The Personal Care Marketplace team builds a strong, trusted destination for everyday wellness and self-care. We lead category growth across areas such as body care, oral care, shave and grooming, and intimate health by expanding relevant assortment, improving the customer experience, and helping strategic sellers and brands grow on Walmart. Our team combines category expertise with a deep understanding of the marketplace to identify opportunities that benefit customers, sellers, and the business.

What you'll do:

  • Lead category growth strategy by partnering with merchants, site teams, and key stakeholders to advance assortment, customer experience, and business priorities.

  • Manage a portfolio of strategic sellers, guiding their growth on Walmart in ways that strengthen the overall category.

  • Use business performance, customer behavior, and market trends to identify opportunities, set priorities, and inform category decisions.

  • Shape and execute category plans across assortment, events, promotions, and seller engagement

  • Build strong cross-functional relationships to align teams around shared category goals and resolve barriers to growth.

  • Uphold Walmart’s policies and ethical standards while supporting a trusted experience for customers and sellers.

What you'll bring:

  • Experience in category management and strategic account management, with the ability to build strong relationships and influence key stakeholders.

  • Strong business-planning and analytical skills, with the ability to turn performance data into clear category and growth priorities.

  • Ability to develop strategic account plans, build compelling growth proposals, and negotiate mutually beneficial business solutions.

  • Strong communication and cross-functional partnership skills, with the ability to align teams around a shared strategy.

  • Deep understanding of market trends, customer needs, assortment strategy, and the levers that drive category growth.

  • High standards for integrity, sound judgment, and continuous improvement in a fast-moving environment.

At Walmart, 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 (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. 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 . Live Better U is a Walmart-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 (https://one.walmart.com/) .

BENTONVILLE, Arkansas US-08098: The annual salary range for this position is $80,000.00 - $155,000.00

Hoboken, New Jersey US-10279: The annual salary range for this position is $96,000.00 - $186,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in engineering, information technology, business, marketing and sales, healthcare, or related area and 2 years' experience in business management, marketing and sales, healthcare, omni channel merchandising, or related area.

Option 2: 4 years' experience in business management, marketing and sales, healthcare, omni channel merchandising, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Leading cross-functional teams, Master's degree in business, marketing and sales, healthcare, or related area., Sales

Primary Location...

1901 SE 10TH STREET, BENTONVILLE, AR 72716-0001, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.

How this job compares

Set against the 798 open Category Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$80–155K/yr
  • Arkansas median$94–175K/yr25 salary ranges
  • US median$109–159K/yr518 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $118K, is 13% below the Arkansas median midpoint ($135K) — in the middle half of Category Management salary ranges in Arkansas.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 37 open Category Management jobs in Arkansas and 798 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Arkansas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Category Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 697 postings).
Education
427 of the 798 open Category Management jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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