Director, Assortment & Space Planning Strategy & Process

Atlanta, GA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

With a career at The Home Depot you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

The Director Assortment & Space Planning Strategy & Process leads the development and adoption of best practices across the Assortment and Space Planning (ASP) organization. This role is pivotal in driving operational excellence strategic alignment and continuous improvement in service delivery to the Merchandising organization. As a key interface between ASP Decision Science IT and Product teams the Director defines capabilities shapes product features improves processes explores emerging technologies and steers strategic initiatives.

This leader guides a team in architecting and scaling process improvements that enhance planning efficiency transparency and consistency. By translating business needs into actionable tools and capabilities they ensure alignment across functions and enable smarter faster close partnership with technology teams the Director influences product roadmaps to support evolving planning workflows while also piloting innovationssuch as AI GenAI and optimization platformsthat future-proof ASP capabilities. Through thoughtful change management and capability building they foster adoption of new processes and tools positioning ASP as a driver of value for Merchandising.

Key Responsibilities:

30% Develop implement and integrate processes for Assortment Plans Business Reviews and Product Line Reviews to enable better decision making at faster speed with improved collaboration across all key stakeholders.
30% Lead execution of detailed Assortment Plans Business Reviews and Product Line Reviews. Work with merchants to determine needs by category. Provide analysis on a standard set of analytics that provide actionable insights on assortment opportunities and the go-forward strategy for a category.
20% Development of tools and processes to improve merchandise assortment analytics. Partner with cross functional teams e.g. Space Pricing IPR etc. to drive better collaboration during PLR process and create better analytical outcomes for a category.
20% Builds leads and develops a team of assortment planning professionals

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

This position reports to VP or Sr. Director Assortment Planning

Job Description

This position has 4-7 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

Deep subject matter expertise in merchandising assortment planning and space planning
Proven experience in leading cross-functional initiatives involving analytics product development and process transformation
Understanding of AI/ML concepts & intellectually curious as to their application in retail optimization
Skilled in stakeholder engagement with the ability to translate business needs into actionable technical solutions
Strategic thinker with a bias for execution and continuous improvement
Excellent communication and leadership skills
Ability to multi task in a highly complex ambiguous environment
Ability to lead change

Minimum Education:

The knowledge skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelors degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

None

Certifications:

None

Competencies:

Knowledge of merchandising and retail as well as other related functions
(marketing operations etc.)
Knowledge of pricing analytics and strategy
Knowledge of statistical econometric quantitative analysis
Understanding of computational methods and applicability to business problems
Strong business acumen
Ability to build relationships across functions and influence decisions
Strategic thinking
Familiarity with use of statistical programming software
Proficient Power Point and Excel
Executive communication skills - Strong written and verbal communication skills required

Required Experience:

Director

With a career at The Home Depot you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.Position Purpose:The Director Assortment & Space Planning Strategy & Process leads the development and adoption of best practices across the Assortment and Space Planning (ASP) organization. This role is pivotal...