Assistant Vice President, Retail Merchandising Transformation

Responsibilities

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 clients 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 incl orchestration, Governance, Architecture, BI to build reporting/insights/analytics factory)