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Inviting applications for the role of Assistant Vice President, Retail Merchandising Transformation!

In this role, we are looking for a Merchandising & Digital Transformation Leader with deep domain expertise and analytics experience in Retail and Merchandising. Responsibility will be across solutioning, consulting, delivery, managed services.

• Leadership track record of setting up and managing analytics & operations in a COE / shared services model
• Develop and implement strategies to transform retail merchandising practices including products and processes on Assortment, placement, pricing, and promotion.
• Lead pilot programs and initiatives to test merchandising concepts, technologies, and processes.
• Minimum years of experience in retail merchandising with proven track record of driving transformational changes.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in data analysis tools and techniques.
• Drive transformations to ensure seamless delivery and customer experience liaising with all the relevant teams including client stakeholders, internal teams, vendors, customers etc.
• Design and implement process controls, continuous improvement plans, best practices, and policies to ensure top class operational performance.
• Intense communication with all business partners to understand their needs and support them in the most efficient way for the company.
• Work closely with global client’s multiple cross functional teams to identify business needs, requirements and prioritize needs
• Creates and owns the Operations Business Plan.
• Lead assessments / blueprinting / due diligence for prioritization problem statements, planning offshore ability, building solution architecture.
• Build PoVs, help structure POCs, is client front-ending, is a story-boarder, can respond to RFP/RFIs
• Work on Digital Transformation (data strategy including orchestration, Governance, Architecture, BI to build reporting/insights/analytics factory)

Minimum

• MBA/ PG in Retail Operations/ Merchandising/ Marketing
• Has worked in the global Retail Operations space (relevant years of experience) with hands on experience in area of Merchandising/ Promotion/ Pricing/ Marketing/Assortment Analytics
• Strong exposure in ERPs – SAP, JDA, Oracle etc.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize and analyze significant amounts of data with attention to detail and accuracy.

Preferred

• Proficiency with Microsoft Applications – Excellent MS excel, PowerPoint skills is a must
• Support client engagements till 12:30 PM EST
• Handle large datasets – Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets using statistical techniques and generate actionable insights
• Good team player and ability to manage large teams
• Personal drive and positive work ethic to deliver results within tight deadlines and in demanding situations.
• Flexibility to adapt to a variety of engagement types, working hours and work environments and locations
• Ability to learn different analytical tools as per business requirements.
• Has a mix of modeling & programming experience & led analytics delivery.
• Design Retail Analytical solutions – Define KPIs and metrics and develop BI solutions
• Superb communication and negotiation skills