Senior Manager, Product Development - Pet Foods

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, Product Development on the Pet Team, leads cross-functional collaboration to drive product initiatives from concept through lifecycle management, ensuring alignment with business strategies and quality standards. This role involves managing development activities for dry, wet, and fresh food for dogs and cats.

The position requires strategic oversight of product specifications, market benchmarking, and performance tracking to support financial goals. The role also works with multiple cross functional teams, fosters effective communication, and implements continuous improvements to enhance product performance and customer satisfaction within a dynamic retail environment.

What you'll do

• Lead cross-functional communication to align product development initiatives and ensure timely updates to stakeholders.
• Manage development activities by creating strategies and tactics while collaborating with teams to support business strategies.
• Develop and monitor product specifications throughout the lifecycle to maintain quality and meet customer requirements.
• Conduct root cause analysis to identify and resolve product issues, ensuring solutions are implemented effectively.
• Drive product strategy by analyzing market trends, benchmarking, and providing recommendations to senior leadership.
• Oversee execution of business plans, removing obstacles and adjusting performance to meet objectives.
• Foster a high-performing and collaborative work environment.

What you'll bring

• Proven expertise in product development processes, ensuring timely delivery and quality standards.
• Experience in pet food formulation, pet nutrition, cost engineering, and manufacturability.
• Expert in developing and executing product strategies aligned with business goals.
• Skilled in conducting root cause analysis and implementing effective solutions to resolve product issues.
• Excellent skills in communication and collaboration with internal and external partners to drive alignment.
• Demonstrated capability in driving digital launches for Pet products.
• Proficiency in navigating pet food regulatory changes and ensuring compliance on claims and packaging.

Pay and benefits

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.

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.

The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include

• Stock

Minimum Qualifications

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

Minimum Qualifications

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.

Preferred Qualifications

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

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

Primary Location

601 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America