Walmart U.S. Realigns Merchant Executive Structure

摘要

Electing to continue without a chief merchandising officer (since the Aug. 1 departure of top merchandiser John Fleming), Walmart's biggest division has instead reorganized its top merchant ranks into a four-section structure reporting to Walmart U.S. president and ceo Bill Simon.rnIn a Sept. 3 memo to all associates, titled "We are Merchants," Simon said the division will go forward organized into "four core merchandising areas, each led by seasoned merchants." He said the new structure "aligns similar cat-rnegories and allows us to be even more competitive in each customer channel, improving how we target and localize merchandise." The merchants - each an executive vp - and their responsibility areas: