**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. **Key Responsibilities:** + 70% 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. + 20% 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. + 10% Own SVP/MVP relationship for designated departments. Leadership roles in strategic projects. Ad hoc analysis and reporting. **Direct Manager/Direct Reports:** + Director, Assortment Planning + 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 **Travel Requirements:** + Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time. **Physical Requirements:** + Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles. **Working Conditions:** + Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable. **Minimum Qualifications:** + Must be eighteen years of age or older. + Must be legally permitted to work in the United States. **Preferred Qualifications:** + 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. **Minimum Education:** + 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. **Preferred Education:** + No additional education **Minimum Years of Work Experience:** + 6 **Preferred Years of Work Experience:** + No additional years of experience **Minimum Leadership Experience:** + None **Preferred Leadership Experience:** + None **Certifications:** + None **Competencies:** + 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 We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. - $0.00 - $0.00