Sales Manager

Job Summary

This position will play a critical role in supporting GoldBug’s strategic partnership with the Walmart account. This position is responsible for overseeing day to day sales for certain business segments and overall sales operations, enhancing data accuracy, and delivering exceptional customer service. Serving as a central point of contact between internal cross functional teams and the retail customer, this role ensures seamless execution across reporting, inventory management, order fulfillment tracking, and all sales activities. This position will work closely with our Sales Director, Sales Operation Director, and EVP to assure we are pursuing growth objectives and day to day operation excellence. 

The ideal candidate is highly organized, data driven, and vocal in leading the accounts, with a strong understanding of retail dynamics, customer needs, inventory management and the ability to coordinate effectively across all involved parties while moving the business forward.  This position is critical in maintaining and cultivating relationships while meeting/exceeding expectations and objectives for both GoldBug and Walmart.   

This position may be based in Denver, CO (hybrid) or Bentonville, AR (remote).

Key Responsibilities

• Primary point of contact for Walmart buyers in specific areas of our business. Responsible for building presentation deck and presenting during sell in season and monitoring day to day business.
• This position will work with the team in developing strategic initiatives and serve the company and Walmart in executing the tactics to support strategies and manage the day-to-day needs of the business.
• Manage and support style order tracking during forecast planning meetings, leading inventory strategy through Walmart allocation control and a clear understanding of current and future inventory needs.
• Manage and deliver accurate weekly reporting and ad hoc reporting as required.
• Support sales activities by providing timely data, insights, and operational coordination.
• Support additional operational needs and cross functional initiatives as they emerge, providing hands on problem solving and account support
• Serve as a key thought partner to our Walmart team directors in managing the day-to-day business activities.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance operational efficiency

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• 5 years of Walmart sales experience including sales operations, inventory planning, and order management.
• An innate ability to “see around corners” to anticipate business needs and calm situations prior to them becoming problems.
• Strong understanding of inventory management and retail sales operations.
• Strong “soft skills” to coordinate and communicate effectively across multiple functions.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and ownership mindset.
• Confident, vocal leader who can drive meetings and guide strategy.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in reporting and data analysis.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Experience supporting large style amount.
• Accurately enter and maintain product and order data in GoldBug and Walmart systems.
• Expertise in Walmart supplier systems (Scintilla, Retail Link, Nova, Item 360, etc) is a must.
• Strong knowledge of PLM, JDE, Nova, SSOs, SKU VN, Ladder planning and Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP, PivotTables, etc.)

Additional Details

• Benefits include (but not limited to): Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, 401k with match, paid vacation, paid sick/personal leave, hybrid.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: Goldbug is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.