Sr Manager, Assortment Planning Assortment Strategy & Process

Atlanta, GA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 15 hours 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:

Lead the development and continuous improvement of best-in-class assortment planning practices. Drive strategic initiatives that transform how assortment decisions are made leveraging advanced analytics automation and cross-functional collaboration. Serve as a thought leader and change agent ensuring the team delivers actionable insights and scalable solutions that align with Home Depots merchandising vision and business goals.

Key Responsibilities:

70% Partner with Merchants to set strategic priorities goals and timelines for each review. Provide process management for monitoring progress and proactively identifying and communicating issues. Review project milestones conduct post-mortem analysis and integrate new sources of data that support category objectives. Lead team in structuring category reviews assessing requirements and design analysis that influences category strategy. Provide thought leadership to team relative to category reviews. Oversee development of executive-level presentations that summarize analysis including historical category performance strategic rationale underpinning assortment decisions and expected financial impact. Lead report out to all levels of management. Accountable for teams accuracy thoroughness thought process timeliness and viability of recommendations.
20% Work with MVPs to develop and maintain a calendar of category reviews. Develop connections with cross-functional teams to further enhance analytical insight and viability of executing assortment changes. Provide program management of Portfolio Strategy. Deepen category knowledge through consumer insights.
10% Own SVP/MVP relationship for designated departments. Leadership roles in strategic projects. Ad hoc analysis and reporting.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

Director Assortment Planning
Accountable for the management of a department or functional group through subordinate supervisors/managers and for all personnel issues including selection termination performance appraisal and professional development of subordinates

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 expertise in assortment planning category management and PLR/BR processes
Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives and process transformation
Strong analytical and project management skills; experience with advanced analytics and automation tools
Strategic thinker with a bias for execution and continuous improvement
Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into actionable technical solutions
Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
Experience defining business requirements and partnering with IT/product teams
Intellectually curious comfortable with ambiguity and able to drive change in a dynamic environment

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:

Ability to partner with cross-functional teams at all levels across a complex organization
Ability to get results despite a large workload competing demands and working in a fast paced environment
Ability to effectively prioritize multiple demands adjust to change quickly and work constructively under pressure
Ability to structure nebulous projects and to work constructively under tight deadlines
Ability to influence peers and business partners without authority
Ability to manage multiple direct reports

Required Experience:

Manager

With a career at The Home Depot you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.Position Purpose:Lead the development and continuous improvement of best-in-class assortment planning practices. Drive strategic initiatives that transform how assortment decisions are made leveraging advanced a...