Product Manager – Category Strategy Assortment & Space Management

Product Manager

We are seeking a Product Manager to own the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of Category Strategy, Assortment, and Space Management capabilities. This role partners closely with Merchandising, Planning, Store Operations, Data & AI, and Technology to deliver integrated solutions that improve assortment effectiveness, space productivity, inventory performance, and merchant productivity.

A key focus will be modernizing merchandising capabilities and leveraging data, AI, optimization, and automation to enable faster, more intelligent decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and backlog for Category Strategy, Assortment, and Space Management.
• Partner with Merchandising to translate business needs into scalable product capabilities and measurable outcomes.
• Drive capabilities across category strategy, assortment optimization, localization/clustering, item rationalization, macro/micro space planning, and planograms.
• Identify and prioritize data, AI, optimization, and automation opportunities that improve decision-making and reduce manual effort.
• Lead end-to-end product delivery from discovery and requirements through UAT, launch, adoption, and value realization.
• Manage integration with adjacent capabilities including MFP, pricing/promotion, ERP/SAP, POS, Club Systems.
• Evaluate and manage third-party platforms and partners, including roadmap alignment, integrations, and build-vs.
  
  -buy decisions.
• Define and track KPIs including sales/margin lift, assortment and space productivity, inventory performance, planogram compliance, and merchant productivity.
• Lead cross-functional and executive stakeholder discussions on priorities, investments, risks, and roadmap decisions.