Associate Program Manager, Merchandising Strategy – Physical Stores

We’re looking for an exceptionally motivated and talented Associate Program Manager with strong customer focus, analytical skills, and an entrepreneurial spirit to join the merchandising team.

You will help execute, and deliver on detailed plans and timelines, and communicate to leadership on status, risks, and process changes.

You will need to thrive and deliver results in an ambiguous, and fast-paced business environment, operating across multiple teams and levels in the organization.

The ideal candidate will have strong customer experience intuition, business and product sense combined with solid understanding of technical concepts.

You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities.

High judgment, ability to influence, analytical talent, exceptional communications, and leadership are essential to success in this role.

Primary responsibilities: Develop, execute and maintain the planogram program across multiple categories.

Identify and implement process improvements and opportunities for innovation and simplification in planograms and merchandising.

Act as the ‘business owner’, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact our business.

Coordinate cross-functional teams, and communicate with internal and external parties, while meeting tight deadlines.

Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet and exceed goals.

Everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats and be excited to join an ambitious team.Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s degree, or a related field 2-4 years of relevant work experience in merchandising, space optimization, and/or store planning.

2-4 years of relevant work experience in marketing or customer experience roles requiring data analysis, process improvements, creative problem solving, and cross-functional collaboration Experience in business roles requiring data analysis, process improvements, creative problem solving, and cross-functional collaboration.

High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.

Excellent communication (verbal and written), interpersonal skills, and an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams.

Proficiency in Excel.

Passionate and knowledgeable about customer behavior.

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