Junior Key Account Manager — Walmart, Ninja

Summary

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company that develops consumer products under the Shark and Ninja brands. The Junior Key Account Manager supports the Walmart Ninja business by owning a buying desk relationship, driving profitable growth, and managing merchant communication. The role also provides business analytics, promotional planning, replenishment support, and coordination across marketing, supply chain, category management, and finance.

Responsibilities

• Own at least one key Walmart buying desk relationship in total: the joint business plan, line reviews, item setup and maintenance, pricing actions, promotional planning, and day-to-day merchant communication
• Grow revenue and profit of the 1P Ninja items on your desk in line with company strategy, identifying whitespace, share opportunities, and new item placements
• Lead promotional and modular/line review submissions with internal and external stakeholders, tied to growth targets
• Drive tentpole events and promotional moments on your desk that generate outsized, profitable growth
• Serve as an analytical engine for the full Walmart Ninja business: build business reviews, data visualizations, and reports that translate POS, inventory, and share data into decisions
• Report weekly on POS and key business KPIs (sales vs. plan/LY, market share, in-stocks, fill rates), trends, and factors impacting the business
• Monitor stock levels and support replenishment health, partnering with supply chain to hit fill rate and in-stock targets; jointly produce forecasts with monthly reporting and tracking
• Respond to customer requests quickly and accurately — data pulls, item information, samples, meeting prep, and follow-ups — so the merchant team sees SharkNinja as its easiest supplier to work with
• Gather and communicate competitive factors impacting the business, including new competitive items, pricing, and promotions
• Establish and run a weekly operating cadence to manage multiple concurrent workstreams cohesively
• Support the broader account team on omni-channel initiatives, including item content and digital shelf hygiene where needed

Skills

• Strong analytical skills paired with the ability to build compelling data visualizations and business reviews that drive commercial action — a data-to-decisions orientation
• Track record supporting or owning a buying relationship, brand-side or retailer-side
• Explorer mindset: drives urgency and accountability, and influences cross-functional teams to secure the resources needed to win
• Strong project management, comfortable juggling many concurrent workstreams and running a weekly operating model to keep them cohesive
• Vocal operator who shares results and challenges openly and clearly asks for what the business needs, not a heads-down individual contributor
• Recent, regular use of AI tools embedded in daily workflow, not just passing familiarity
• University degree
• Prior sales, sales support, or analytics experience with consumer products or consumer durables required
• Demonstrated career trajectory and ambition, with the runway to grow into a Key Account Manager role
• Fluency in retail math (POS, margin, forecast attainment, in-stock/fill rate metrics); experience with retailer data platforms (e.g., Walmart Scintilla/Luminate, Retail Link) strongly preferred
• 1–3 years of account management or sales analytics experience preferred; mass retail or Walmart experience a plus

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Strong analytical skills paired with the ability to build compelling data visualizations and business reviews that drive commercial action — a data-to-decisions orientation
• Track record supporting or owning a buying relationship, brand-side or retailer-side
• Explorer mindset: drives urgency and accountability, and influences cross-functional teams to secure the resources needed to win
• Strong project management, comfortable juggling many concurrent workstreams and running a weekly operating model to keep them cohesive
• Vocal operator who shares results and challenges openly and clearly asks for what the business needs, not a heads-down individual contributor
• Recent, regular use of AI tools embedded in daily workflow, not just passing familiarity
• University degree
• Prior sales, sales support, or analytics experience with consumer products or consumer durables required
• Demonstrated career trajectory and ambition, with the runway to grow into a Key Account Manager role

Nice to Haves

• Fluency in retail math (POS, margin, forecast attainment, in-stock/fill rate metrics); experience with retailer data platforms (e.g., Walmart Scintilla/Luminate, Retail Link) strongly preferred
• 1–3 years of account management or sales analytics experience preferred; mass retail or Walmart experience a plus

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching
• Employee stock purchase program
• Life insurance
• AD&D
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Generous paid time off
• Company holidays
• Parental leave
• Identity theft protection
• Pet insurance
• Pre-paid legal insurance
• Back-up child and eldercare days
• Product discounts
• Referral bonus program
• Competitive health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Paid time off
• Employee stock purchase options
• Wellness programs
• SharkNinja product discounts
• High impact Learning Programs
• Career acceleration