Head of Assortment Optimization - Hybrid Role

Loyalty360; Salisbury (NC); On-site; USD 93,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Ahold Delhaize USA is seeking an Assortment Optimization Lead to drive category space strategies across its ADUSA brands. You will lead a team of analysts and provide data-driven recommendations, coordinating with internal partners and external providers.

The role focuses on funding for the Single Source program, development of macro/micro space tools, and improving planograms for in-store and e-commerce space. Hybrid schedule with core locations including Salisbury, NC.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Retail, Business, or Technology related roles required; 3+ years related specifically to advancing technology and business systems.
• 3+ Years demonstrated effectiveness leading people/teams
• Bachelor's degree in business or related field
• Advanced Microsoft Office usage
• History of driving the continuous improvement of systems, processes, and performance.
• Ability to build a strong team, engaging in a consultative and collaborative culture.
• Demonstrated history of delivering on impacts and results on a wide range of responsibilities.
• Exhibit leadership behaviors to effectively lead self and others.
• Key skills: effective communicator, value-based decision making, customer focused, & results driven.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Assortment Optimization team for select category groups in providing detailed analysis and assortment recommendations to the category teams across ADUSA through the Assortment Optimization Tool, working in concert with the Aligned Cycle Assortment Review Calendar; provide strategic insights to business-relevant questions using the same data driven approach based on category role and desired KPIs for each assortment review.
• Lead and manage the supporting processes and assets for the Assortment Optimization process: help ticket management, attribution cleaning and cataloging, Category and Analyst training, Sharepoint and Teams management, work package management.
• Lead and document all meetings with Category during the Assortment Optimization Process, collaborating with the analyst team to make sure all strategic inputs were recorded and are similarly understood.
• Collaborate with our external service providers (Oliver Wyman) on Assortment Tool process points, opportunities, and future enhancement requests.
• Serve as a point of contact for strategic requests for analysis and support on projects falling outside of the Aligned Cycle Assortment Review Calendar.
• Lead the optimization of assortment for select category groups in wareroom and Ecommerce Fulfillment Centers leveraging software that drives efficiency in Ecommerce order fulfillment.
• Assist in the collection of Fair Share funding for the Single Source Program for all ADUSA Brands for their category group.
• Lead and manage the delivery & implementation of relevant technical updates of systems and processes associated with space management in Brick & Mortar and E-Commerce facilities, leveraging project management best practices and considering all elements of the user experience.
• Additional job duties may be assigned as needed to meet the needs of the business and support our Values.

Skills

Team leadership

Strategic thinking

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JDA/Blue Yonder

IRI/Circana

Job description

Ahold Delhaize USA is seeking an Assortment Optimization Lead to drive category space strategies across its ADUSA brands. You will lead a team of analysts and provide data-driven recommendations, coordinating with internal partners and external providers.

The role focuses on funding for the Single Source program, development of macro/micro space tools, and improving planograms for in-store and e-commerce space. Hybrid schedule with core locations including Salisbury, NC.