Role & Responsibilities
- Financial Ownership – Drive and exceed all key sales targets and performance metrics for Walmart across Beauty, Personal Care, and Pet categories.
- Strategic Relationship Management – Maintain a relentless focus on collaboration and overcommunication with Walmart merchants, co-developing category strategies that drive mutual growth.
- Category Leadership – Serve as a trusted category expert, providing data-driven insights to Walmart to shape category direction and position ZURU as a key growth driver.
- Cross-Functional Leadership – Champion business and category needs across internal teams, including NPD, Supply Chain, and Marketing, ensuring alignment and execution excellence.
- Supply & Demand Optimization – Partner with Demand Planning to exceed customer service level expectations while working to streamline supply chain operations for maximum efficiency and in-stock availability.
Skills & Experience
- Experience working directly with Walmart (or other Big 6 retailer) either in an account manager, category manager, or senior analytical capacity
- Analytical focus - Strong knowledge of syndicated data (ideally Luminate Charter experience) and customer management process
- An Entrepreneurial mentality, acting as an owner of your business
- Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Must have a valid U.S. work permit
- On-site role based in Minneapolis/Bentonville
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What We Do
ZURU is on a quest to reimagine tomorrow from A to Z. Founded in 2003, ZURU Group has rapidly grown and now spans three core divisions—ZURU Toys, ZURU Edge (consumer goods) and ZURU Tech (construction). Known for its cutting-edge software and world-leading automation and manufacturing systems, ZURU has over 5,000 team members in over 30 global locations, making it perfectly placed to continue building its reputation as one of the fastest-growing and most disruptive companies in the world. ZURU TOYS ZURU Toys is one of the largest toy companies in the world, known for its innovation, creativity and disruption through automation. Inspired by kids and imaginative play, ZURU Toys distributes to all major retailers in over 120 countries and has delighted millions of families all over the world with brands such as Bunch O Balloons™, X-Shot™, Rainbocorns™, Robo Alive™, Smashers™, 5 Surprise™, and Pets Alive™ and partnerships with entertainment properties, including Nickelodeon, Disney, Universal Studios and DreamWorks. ZURU EDGE ZURU Edge is disrupting stale consumer goods categories and building new generation brands to better serve modern consumers. Arguably the fastest-growing consumer goods company in the world today, ZURU Edge has a key focus on building tomorrow’s brands across five key verticals—Pet Care, Baby Care, Personal Care & Beauty, Home Care and Health & Wellness. ZURU TECH ZURU Tech is revolutionizing the way the world builds to bring greater flexibility, speed, affordability, quality and sustainability to the construction industry. Ten years in the making, ZURU Tech has reinvented every aspect of the construction process, developing the world’s first BIM software that directly connects to fully automated production. Get to know us a little better by checking out our company Instagram @lifeatzuru
