Manager, Merchandising Operations
- Atlanta, GA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Leads and oversees project teams in the development and implementation of merchandising applications and processes.
- Contributes to business process evaluation, procedural development, functional system design, and project support for merchandising operations.
- Manages project and business expectations, including addressing issues and providing status updates to leadership.
- Leads capacity planning and requirements gathering efforts for merchandising projects.
- Recommends solutions that align with project timetables, objectives, and merchandising issues.
- Establishes critical success criteria and key performance indicators to measure project impacts and return on investments.
- Monitors, evaluates, and audits implemented merchandising projects, systems, and processes in support of continuous improvement initiatives.
- Solutions require analysis and investigation.
- Achieves planned results by decisions and actions based on professional methods, business principles, and practical experience.
- Manages a group or team of professional individual contributors and/or indirectly supervises support staff.
- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
- 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.
- Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
- Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 7+ years of experience in a related field. May require certification. Advanced degree may offset less experience in some disciplines.