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 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 PlanningAccountable 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:

Deep expertise in assortment planning, category management, and PLR/BR processesProven experience leading cross-functional initiatives and process transformationStrong analytical and project management skills; experience with advanced analytics and automation toolsStrategic thinker with a bias for execution and continuous improvementDemonstrated ability to translate business needs into actionable technical solutionsExcellent stakeholder engagement and communication skillsExperience defining business requirements and partnering with IT/product teamsIntellectually curious, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to drive change in a dynamic environment

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 organizationAbility to get results despite a large workload, competing demands and working in a fast paced environmentAbility to effectively prioritize multiple demands, adjust to change quickly and work constructively under pressureAbility to structure nebulous projects and to work constructively under tight deadlinesAbility to influence peers and business partners without authorityAbility to manage multiple direct reports