Merchandising Internship 2027

Position Summary: This role is for the 2027 Return Intern program in Walmart Merchandising. To be eligible, you must have completed a Summer 2026 Walmart or Sam's Club internship. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.

What you'll do...

• Strategic Acumen: Understand member behavior, including demand trends and buying behaviors across channels. Monitor member feedback and alternate information channels. Interpret member data such as purchase frequency and NPS, and share findings with cross-functional partners. Identify opportunities for new items and categories, and research industry and macroeconomic trends.
• Digital Literacy and Analytics: Review merchandise and sales data using appropriate tools and dashboards. Interpret and summarize information, and provide recommendations on item decisions. Collect and review industry and competitor data. Explore emerging data sources and leverage data analysis tools to derive insights.
• Supply Chain and Operations: Coordinate with partners to identify inefficiencies in supply chain and operations. Maintain communication with supplier and vendor partners. Collaborate with supply chain partners on network capacity and logistics. Follow up on shrink and waste issues, and monitor item quality feedback.
• Financial Management: Understand profit and loss statements, derive insights, and support business cases. Conduct hindsight analysis and review in-season reporting. Coordinate with cross-functional partners on financial plans and inventory purchases.
• Strategic Negotiations: Employ company policies and negotiation techniques. Build rapport and trust, and negotiate favorable results in basic negotiations. Understand the impact of terms on overall value. Research supplier capabilities and maintain communication with peers.
• Assortment Strategy and Management: Analyze assortment effectiveness and develop actionable plans. Assess performance by channel and share insights. Create hypotheses for assortment changes and leverage online channels for testing.
• Item Merchandising: Analyze the role of private and national brands, and decide item roles. Identify ways to drive value for members. Review product quality guidelines and provide feedback on packaging. Review item placement and planograms.
• Demonstrate up-to-date expertise and apply it to action plans. Provide expert advice and support implementation of business solutions. Model compliance with company policies and support the company mission.

Culture and Values

Respect the Individual: Demonstrate respect for others, drive a positive experience, embrace differences, and support a culture of belonging. Build strong relationships, collaborate, and communicate with impact.

Act with Integrity: Maintain high standards of integrity and ethics, follow the law and code of conduct, and support a culture of non-retaliation. Be humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.

Serve our Customers and Members: Deliver results with a customer-first mindset and an Every Day Low-Cost approach. Consider data analytics and customer insights in planning.

Strive for Excellence: Raise the bar, seek feedback, support innovation, and embrace continuous improvement.

Compensation and Benefits

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay and other great benefits. The hourly wage range for this position is $21.00 - $40.00. The actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location.