Summer 2026 MBA Intern: Merchandising Leadership Rotation Program, MBA Intern

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Position Summary... What you'll do... About Walmart Did you know the world's largest brick-and-mortar retailer is also one of the fastest growing and most dynamic e-commerce organizations? We're creating an experience that lets customers shop anytime, anywhere - delivering exactly what they want, when they want it. Every Day Low Price (EDLP) is the cornerstone of our strategy, and our price focus has never been stronger. We're uniting the best entrepreneurs, business minds, data scientists, merchants, marketers' analysts, and technologists to create seamless experiences for customers to shop anytime, anywhere - whether they're shopping online at Walmart.com, through one of our mobile apps or shopping in a store. An internship at Walmart means an opportunity to explore a career as part of the world's largest retailer. We are looking for tenacious MBA's who are strong problem solvers who can deliver solutions to complex, challenging problems. We are transforming the future of retail. We hire MBA interns within Merchandising into a number of areas. Some of these functions include: - Merch Enablement: Leverage advanced analytics to solve broad-based problems and transform business processes to fundamentally change how Merchandising is done. - Business Solutions & Analytics: We leverage analytics and functional expertise to partner with Buyers to shape optimal Merchandising decisions. Our teams inject data-driven insights to shape strategy and boost sales. We employ a holistic approach to maximize leverage in negotiations and proactively manage risk to drive financial performance. Our insight moves the business forward. Walmart processes over 40 petabytes of consumer data everyday. We translate that date into solutions. - Pricing Strategy & Competitor Analysis: At Walmart, the difference of a single cent can result in millions of dollars saved. Price is the foundation of our business. Delivering on our promise of EDLP and ensuring price leadership across our business is critical. Our pricing team is focused on optimizing our strategy to determine how to continue to win in every market across channels. - Supply Chain Optimization: We manage the supply chains of millions of products and solve for limited shelf life, global distribution, and even respond in times of natural disaster. Our teams optimize inventory and availability while improving efficiency across the value chain. We work to ensure that product is available for customers to purchase. MBA Interns in the Merchandising organization who receive a return full-time employment offer at the end of the summer internship are placed in the Merchandising Leadership Development Rotation Program upon graduation from business school. The Walmart US Merchandising Leadership Development Rotation Program is a rotational program for recent MBA graduates, focused on developing future Merchandising leaders. Through an individual rotational plan executed over the course of 3.5 to 5 years you will develop a robust understanding of Merchandising, resulting in cross-functional leadership experiences and career growth opportunities. MBA Summer Internship Basic Qualifications: Currently enrolled in an MBA program with a graduation date of December 2026 or Spring 2027 3-5+ years of industry or military work experience Permanent US work authorization at the time of internship application Respect the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for all builds a highperforming team seeks and embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences creates a workplace where all associates feel seen supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform drives a positive associate and customermember experience for all identifies attracts and retains the best team members Respect the Individual: Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback coaching mentoring and developmental opportunities promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customermember and company and regularly recognizes others contributions and accomplishments Respect the Individual: Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners works collaboratively and crossfunctionally to achieve objectives and communicates and listens attentively with energy and positivity to motivate influence and inspire commitment and action Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity ethics and compliance models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates customers and the world around us eg creating a sense of belonging eliminating waste participating in local giving Act with Integrity: Follows the law our code of conduct and company policies and sets expectations for others t

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