Manager, Assortment Strategy & Enablement

The Home Depot • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Manager, Assortment Strategy & Enablement is responsible for executing assortment reviews and analyzing online programs and trends. The role drives promotion, pricing, and profitability analytics and provides store-side Merchandising with insights to grow total market share. The manager analyzes data, develops key reporting, and works with Direct Fulfillment Merchants to identify opportunities across multiple departments.

The position reports to the Sr. Manager of Merchandise Planning, homedepot.com, and directly supervises six employees. Responsibilities include personnel decisions and activities such as selection, termination, performance appraisal, and professional development. Overnight travel is typically required less than 10% of the time.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• At least 3 years of work experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a field of study related to the job, or knowledge, skills, and abilities typically acquired through such a program.
• Strong strategic thinking ability.
• Superior quantitative and qualitative analytic skills.
• General management skills.
• Process focus.
• Ability to influence others at all levels within the organization.

Nice To Haves

• MBA.
• Online and/or retail store experience; both are preferred.
• Financial planning and analysis experience.
• Advanced computer skills for retrieving, manipulating, analyzing, and interpreting data.
• Experience with MS Office, including MS Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and MS Project, as well as statistical software.

Responsibilities

• Drive consistent category-level strategy planning with Merchants by coordinating data from store and online systems and key competitors, developing project templates, and providing concise reporting results for Online and Store Merchants.
• Create and execute KPI reporting, ensure accurate data collection, and highlight key insights to support decision making.
• Manage the execution of key programs and new online initiatives.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Core Merchandising, Vendor Compliance, Inventory Management, and other functional areas to develop effective solutions that can be leveraged across areas.
• Directly supervise six employees, including selection, termination, performance appraisal, and professional development.

What This Job Offers

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