Sr. Manager Assortment Planning

Pay Range: $110,000 - $140,000

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Deferred Profit-Sharing Program to assist with retirement savings; comprehensive paid benefits; a 15% discount on Home Depot stock purchases; and merit-based salary increases. We are committed to recognizing your efforts and supporting your growth with us.

The Senior Manager, Assortment Planning leads a division of the Assortment Planning function, delivering strong financial performance through interconnected business reviews and advanced analytics-driven insights. This role leads a multi-level team to drive strategic assortment decisions across in-store and online channels, leveraging macro space analytics, AI-enabled tools, and customer insights to optimize return on investment and business outcomes. The senior manager will work closely with Merchandising Senior Director leading supported departments, to develop and execute a calendar of category reviews, and should be an advocate for implementing assortment planning best practices across the portfolio of categories.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead team in structuring category reviews, assessing requirements and design analysis that influences category strategy. Provide thought leadership to team relative to category reviews.
• 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.
• Deliver actionable insights and merchant-ready recommendations to drive category performance and financial results.
• Lead macro space analytics and capital allocation strategies, identifying opportunities to optimize space productivity with consideration for category productivity, regionalization, and store profiles/sizes.
• Integrate online and omnichannel insights into assortment strategies to maximize total business performance.
• Champion the use of AI and advanced analytics to improve forecasting accuracy, streamline processes, and elevate insight quality.
• Partner cross-functionally with Merchandising, Finance, Space Planning, Visual, Project Planning, and Supply Chain to ensure aligned and executable strategies.
• Provide program leadership across key initiatives, ensuring delivery against milestones and business outcomes.
• Build and develop high-performing teams, fostering a culture of curiosity, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Key Accountabilities

• Delivery of high-quality, timely, and accurate analytics and insights
• Improvement in category performance, space productivity, and capital ROI
• Advancement and adoption of AI-driven capabilities
• Development of team capability and leadership bench strength
• Own Divisional Senior Director relationship for designated departments, supporting strategic prioritization and ad hoc analysis/reporting.
• Build and maintain a strong relationship with US counterparts to drive collaboration on strategic priorities and synergies for category prioritization and best practices for the team

Skills:

• Ability to partner with cross-functional teams at all levels across a complex organization
• Ability to lead team with competing demands and face-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

Competencies:

• Develops Talent
• Plans And Aligns
• Collaborates
• Drives Results
• Communicates Effectively

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Finance, or related field (MBA an asset)
• 6+ years of experience in merchandising, planning,…