JOB SUMMARY

Leads cross-functional teams to create and implement strategies for area of responsibility in support of Retail Products Merchandising goals/objectives. Responsible for analyzing data and trends and making tactical and strategic recommendations. Performs additional ad hoc reporting for stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

• Leads day-to-day activities of a group of team members, ensuring timely completion and strategic soundness of decisions. May assign, monitor and review progress and accuracy of work, direct efforts and provide technical guidance on more complex issues. May provide input into hiring, firing, and performance reviews.
• Establishes objectives and communication policies, provides constructive discipline, and builds employee morale.
• Presents deliverables and post-analyses specific to area of responsibility to key internal clients and executive management.
• Plays a key role in creating and performing analysis for strategic project-based initiatives.
• May lead client meetings to understand business needs and objectives. Communicates and partners cross- functionally to understand, recommend and implement strategies.
• Develops and delivers training and support for new processes for area of expertise.
• Makes tactical recommendations to key stakeholders based on historical data and/or current trends.
• Reviews and validates recommendations for area of expertise. Ensures analysis and recommendations align with strategy.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years’ experience in one or more of the following: retail, procurement/purchasing, merchandising, vendor relations, or retail marketing OR a high school diploma/GED and at least 4 years of experience in two or more of the following: retail, procurement/purchasing, merchandising, vendor relations, or retail marketing.
• Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree OR MBA
• At least 1 year experience of cross functional team leadership.
• 4 years of experience in one or more of the following: retail, procurement/purchasing, merchandising, automation capabilities, vendor relations, or retail marketing.
  We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records

• Leads day-to-day activities of a group of team members, ensuring timely completion and strategic soundness of decisions. May assign, monitor and review progress and accuracy of work, direct efforts and provide technical guidance on more complex issues. May provide input into hiring, firing, and performance reviews.
• Establishes objectives and communication policies, provides constructive discipline, and builds employee morale.
• Presents deliverables and post-analyses specific to area of responsibility to key internal clients and executive management.
• Plays a key role in creating and performing analysis for strategic project-based initiatives.
• May lead client meetings to understand business needs and objectives. Communicates and partners cross- functionally to understand, recommend and implement strategies.
• Develops and delivers training and support for new processes for area of expertise.
• Makes tactical recommendations to key stakeholders based on historical data and/or current trends.
• Reviews and validates recommendations for area of expertise. Ensures analysis and recommendations align with strategy