Senior Director of Merchandising Strategy & Transformation

Strategic Merchandising Leader

Why choose us?

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand!

At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who's not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that's constantly evolving.

Main responsibilities:

Lead the grocery retail revolution at Albertsons with bold strategic thinking, impactful growth initiatives, and best-in-class execution to become the most loved grocer in all of our communities.

• The Strategy Team Role
  • In close consultation with the Chief Merchandising Officer, and the VP Merchandising Strategy & Transformation, develop and drive Albertsons long-range merchandising strategy, to achieve top-tier shareholder returns.
  • Build Albertsons go-forward strategy and drive disciplined prioritization, resource allocation, decision making and execution to "make it real".
  • Explore new growth opportunities and bring strategic focus and accountability to transform Albertsons' business with pace, to deliver consistent, sustainable results.
  • Oversee Merchandising's Annual Strategic Planning process with divisions / functions to ensure strong alignment and traction.
  • Serve as internal consulting and thought partnership resource for merchandising (and divisions) on key priorities / projects, and as a pipeline for organizational talent.
• The Way the Strategy Team Works
  • Build credibility, trust and partnership across Albertsons teams (functional / operating) to bring our strategy to life … be a catalyst, influencer and enabler of enterprise change.
  • Balance "Big Ideas" that create long-term competitive advantage, with focused execution on core growth and cost initiatives to deliver our short-mid-term financial commitments.
  • Help develop strategic capabilities / disciplined fact-based mindset across organization
  • Nurture culture of intellectual honesty, and promote enterprise-wide collaboration Humility, Integrity, Curiosity, Courage and Service mindset.

What You Will Do:

• Lead multiple critical work streams or initiatives, in partnership with senior cross-functional leaders across the company on key strategy topics – to include project planning, execution of structured problem solving and analytics, business case development, cost benefit evaluation, evaluation of financial return and implementation planning
• Monitor and analyze internal / external landscape, including customer, market, vendor, category and financial data, to build strategies and recommend appropriate action
• Synthesize findings, and develop storyline / material to communicate recommendations to senior management and leadership team
• Develop a strong network across the company at all levels to help build trust, support, and advocacy for the teams work and career opportunities
• Ensure the team is developing the appropriate strategy toolkit (e.g., framing, project mgmt., analytics, written and verbal communication) and soft skills (e.g., influencing) required
• Cultivate and lead a strong and positive team culture
• Collaborate cross-functionally and effectively influence to drive business decisions and advance long-term transformation efforts
• Manage and mentor team members to support work planning, hypotheses generation, issue identification, and analytical framework development

What It Will Take

• Business Acumen: The ideal candidate brings deep / broad understanding of omnichannel retail customer / industry landscape and quickly grasps key business drivers ("how / where we make money"). S/he can see hidden business value / opportunity and can leverage or unlock it by persuading others with facts and insights.
• Setting Strategy & Executing for Results: The successful individual thrives in both strategic and tactical worlds, helping to build a strategic "moat" around Albertsons, while driving flawless execution. These individual builds growth strategies based on deep insights, but with strong bias for action. Additionally, this individual is comfortable articulating the Albertsons strategic value proposition, vision and mission both internally and externally.
  
  Finally, the successful candidate will possess and leverage world class analytical skills to build strategies.
• Leadership & Presence: The successful candidate will have a proven ability to operate in and lead high performing teams. S/he will also have a track record of working in and delivering projects in matrixed environments, requiring cross-functional and cross-divisional credibility building. Finally, s/he should be comfortable presenting / communicating to a wide range of audiences in both formal and informal settings.
• Building Relationships & Influencing: This person will have a track record of building and…