Director, Assortment Activation
About The Position
The Director, Assortment Activation leads multiple teams responsible for floor plan and modular execution, ensuring accuracy and timely resolution of issues. This role drives continuous improvement by analyzing data, recommending strategic solutions, and collaborating cross-functionally to enhance business outcomes. The director oversees process enhancements, space planning, and planogram accuracy while fostering a culture of integrity and operational excellence. By partnering with business leaders, this position influences key decisions to maximize value and supports talent development to maintain a skilled, engaged workforce aligned with organizational goals. The Assortment Activation team drives the translation of assortment strategy into precise floorplans and modulars, ensuring consistent and timely execution across stores. This team collaborates cross-functionally to maintain execution governance, improve first-time-right implementation, and reduce rework. By leveraging data, automation, and modern tools, the team accelerates decision-making and enhances operational efficiency. Focused on process improvement and space planning, the team supports scalable store execution aligned with customer demand, delivering business outcomes through strong organizational leadership and effective coordination with merchandising and store operations.
Requirements
- Proven leadership experience managing multiple teams focused on floor plan and modular execution with strong attention to accuracy and quality.
- Expertise in analyzing operational processes, identifying improvement opportunities, and implementing effective solutions to enhance business outcomes.
- Strong skills in cross-functional collaboration to resolve complex space planning issues and communicate best practices across teams.
- Ability to develop and execute business strategies aligned with customer needs and company goals.
- Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives and leveraging data analytics to influence senior management decisions.
- Commitment to fostering talent development through coaching, mentoring, and succession planning.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Mathematics, or related field and 5 years’ experience in retail management, category management, replenishment, supplier sales, finance, or related area OR 7 years’ experience in retail management, category management, replenishment, supplier sales, finance, or related area.
Nice To Haves
- Microsoft Office
Responsibilities
- Oversee multiple floor plan and modular execution teams, ensuring accuracy and timely resolution of store-level issues.
- Analyze project data to identify improvement opportunities and implement process enhancements across teams.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to resolve space planning challenges and communicate best practices.
- Direct modular check-in, error resolution, and planogram updates to maintain operational excellence.
- Develop and execute business strategies aligned with customer needs and organizational goals.
- Lead talent development initiatives, including recruitment, mentoring, and succession planning.
- Foster strong partnerships and influence senior leadership to drive impactful business recommendations.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
