Sr Manager, Assortment Planning - Assortment Strategy & Process

Home Depot • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

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 the strategic initiative leader and domain requirements owner, defining the vision and business roadmap for Assortment Optimization solutions. Serve as a thought leader and change agent, ensuring the team delivers actionable insights and scalable solutions that align with Home Depot’s merchandising vision and business goals.

Requirements

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
• 6 years of work experience
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Experience in assortment planning, category management, and PLR/BR processes.
• Familiarity with Data Product concepts (e.g., model feature requirements, ML operationalization) and the input/output dependencies between business processes and technical solutions.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives and process transformation.
• Expertise in current-state/future-state process mapping and defining the Target Operating Model for technology enablement.
• Strong analytical and initiative management skills; experience with advanced analytics and automation tools.
• Proficiency in defining and communicating Business KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) that guide product development.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into a coherent strategy and actionable functional requirements to guide new solutions and processes
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including presenting strategic roadmaps to executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• 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 team's accuracy, thoroughness, thought process, timeliness and viability of recommendations.
• 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.
• Own SVP/MVP relationship for designated departments. Leadership roles in strategic projects. Ad hoc analysis and reporting.
• 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

What This Job Offers

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