Analyst, Assortment Strategy & Enablement

The Home Depot • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Analyst owns assortment strategy, analysis, and recommendations that drive assortment strategy for assigned BMAT, Hardlines, or Décor categories, and moves approved actions through execution at scale. The role uses internal and external data to assess category health, identify assortment, attribute, and search gaps, and prioritize high-potential items from supplier catalogs and supplier opportunities.

The Analyst leads analysis and recommendations for Category Reviews and monitors sales, traffic, conversion, SKU productivity, pricing (CPI and margin), promotions, fulfillment, and search. Findings are translated into SKU additions, assortment curation, content and attribute improvements, pricing changes, and rationalization or offboarding decisions.

The role partners with Merchants, Supplier Relationship Management, Supplier Operations, Pricing, Fulfillment, CEX, Product, Technology, and suppliers to carry actions through catalog review, product-fit and pricing validation, and onboarding. The Analyst helps ensure that data, rules, and tools governing customer-facing SKUs enable supplier success. The position is accountable for assortment health, pricing impact, and promotional performance, and for delivering accurate, timely, evidence-based work that supports category growth, profitability, and a better customer experience.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• Minimum of 1 year of work experience.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities typically acquired through completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent in a field of study related to the job.

Nice To Haves

• Proven track record of excellent customer service.
• Experience in vendor or supplier management.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Effective interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Data analysis skills.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and customer service skills.
• Solid decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Access.
• Ability to meet deadlines across long- and short-term projects.
• Understanding of merchandising assortment and associated product classifications.
• Strong knowledge of internal Home Depot store product systems, including base tables.

Responsibilities

• Attend merchant meetings and identify and facilitate OMS requests.
• Lead assortment growth projects, status reporting, item troubleshooting, and attribute maintenance; serve as the online product-category subject matter expert; and learn and report on best practices, industry standards, and legal requirements for assigned categories.
• Measure ongoing program effectiveness against metric targets and develop and execute enhancements or business process optimization strategies based on measured performance and customer feedback.
• Troubleshoot and problem-solve operational needs, including store SKU alignment and online product availability.
• Author clear, concise end-user and training materials for processes.
• Lead category analysis and recommendations, monitor category performance metrics, and translate findings into assortment, content, pricing, and rationalization actions.
• Partner with internal teams and suppliers to move approved actions through catalog review, product-fit and pricing validation, and onboarding.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level