Merchant

HD Supply Management, LLC (USA); Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HD Supply, Inc. is seeking an experienced merchandising leader to establish category objectives and drive financial planning for a multi-million dollar portfolio.

The role will shape assortment strategy, negotiate with suppliers, and oversee supplier management to meet business needs. The position requires strong analytical skills, market data usage, and leadership to drive sales performance and profitability across categories.

Responsibilities

• Acts as key decision maker on merchandising and finance operational issues.
• Utilizes current market data to drive merchandising strategy.
• Determines consumers to target for a specific category and collaboratively decides the strategic direction of the business segment.
• Executes and manages visual merchandising, new concept development, marketing/catalog, vendor services, inventory management, and supply chain issues.
• Develops and executes plans to meet annual financial goals including sales performance, category profitability and inventory productivity.
• Manages supplier strategy and sources new suppliers to meet business needs.
• Reviews the supplier portfolio to ensure capacity to support changing needs.
• Leads projects within a business function and defines measures of success.

Job description

Job Summary

Responsible for establishing merchandising objectives for a category or categories of merchandise. Drive the financial planning process and manage the process from recommending targets to pricing optimization. Drive the assortment planning process, from business performance review to supplier negotiations. Create operational plans used in SOAR execution. Oversee the supplier management strategy and works to source and rationalize suppliers to meet business needs. Responsible for approximately $350 million in business dollars.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities, and Key Accountabilities

• Acts as key decision maker on merchandising and finance operational issues.
• Utilizes current market data (industry/competitive) to drive merchandising strategy.
• Determines consumers to target for a specific category and collaboratively decides the strategic direction of the business segment.
• Executes and manages visual merchandising, new concept development, marketing / catalog, vendor services, inventory management, and supply chain issues.
• Responsible for developing and executing plan to meet annual financial goals which include Sales Performance, Category Profitability and Category Inventory Productivity.
• Makes key decisions and manages supplier strategy (e.g. import vs. domestic, national vs. proprietary).
• Reviews the supplier portfolio on a ongoing basis to ensure suppliers maintain the bandwidth to support changing needs.
• Works with key functions to source new suppliers.
• Manages key projects within a business function (e.g. capital).
• Acts as the project champion and assists with setting the overall direction and defining the measures of success.
• Nature and Scope Solutions require analysis and investigation.
• Achieves planned results by decisions and actions based on professional methods, business principles, and practical experience.
• May recommend/make decisions regarding new programs/initiatives that have significant impact to the business and carry consequences in unsuccessful endeavors.
• Manages a larger team or multiple small teams through direction of subordinate management and/or supervisory staff.

Work Environment

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 5% to 20% of the time.

Education and Experience

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.

Our Goals for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to creating a culture that promotes equity, respect, and advocacy for every HD Supply associate.

We value the diversity of our people.

Equal Employment Opportunity HD Supply is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At HD Supply, we believe that our core purpose is to improve our associates' lives and equip them with the tools needed to provide exceptional customer experiences every day.

As one of the largest industrial distributors in North America, we enable our customers' success by consistently delivering what they need, where and when they need it.

HD SUPPLY has more than 80 years of experience supporting our customers with leadership positions in the maintenance, repair and operations (MRO).

With 44 distribution centers spread across 25 states and two Canadian provinces, HD Supply provides an expansive offering of approximately 200,000 SKUs featuring high-quality, name-brand and proprietary products - all at competitive prices.

Combine this with our industry-leading, value-add services - including localized jobsite delivery, will-call and direct-ship options, diversified logistics and innovative solutions - and you can see why our more than 300,000 customers continue to trust HD Supply as their first choice supplier for getting the job done.