Director, Assortment Analytics, Fashion - Mens, Kids, Baby and Footwear

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

• Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team, encouraging innovative approaches to assortment analytics, modular designs, and clustering.  Being a champion for data-driven decision-making within the team, promoting a deep understanding of how assortment analytics can drive business performance.

• Develop the strategy around modular cluster variations, assortment strategy, and merchandising rules by analyzing optimal item assortments; maintaining modular layout design; recommending alternate solutions when design integrity is compromised

• Provide ongoing feedback and performance evaluations to associates, recognizing their contributions and addressing areas for improvement. This includes identifying skill gaps, implementing training programs, and coaching associates to enhance their analytical capabilities.

• Direct category modular assortments and design layouts by validating the category purchase decision tree ; working with merchant leaders to align modular development with overall category strategy; determining clusters of stores based on similar selling patterns; creating predominant modular assortment and design layouts for categories; overseeing the team in modifying predominant modular assortment and design layout based on individual store needs; and overseeing the process and accuracy of modular execution.

• Oversee modular relay process for assigned category by identifying priorities, deadlines, and expectations; managing the execution of tasks; communicating progress to leadership; collaborating with cross-functional teams and external partners to ensure completion of modular milestones according to timeline; organizing and participating in modular meetings; determining and recommending ways to address improvement opportunities; and escalating areas of opportunity throughout the relay process to ensure effective process management with internal and external partners.

• Drive strategic opportunities for the design and development of category modulars for a portfolio and multiple categories by reviewing internal and external data sources; compiling multiple data sources; identifying product and shopper trends across categories; determining market gaps; working with merchandising and planning to understand the overall portfolio strategy; and collaborating with store planning to implement portfolio space strategy.

• Direct team by overseeing audits of store merchandisable designs; ensuring effective controls in design, scope, and prototype processes; maintaining and updating a central database of store merchandisable space, fixtures, equipment, signing, and design layouts; coordinating with other business areas regarding corrections to merchandise designs; and measuring merchandise design accuracy and reporting it to executives.

• Collaborate with HR to recruit, hire, and retain top talent in assortment analytics, ensuring the team is equipped with the necessary skills and expertise to deliver high-quality results.

What you'll bring:

• Provide overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs; developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices; analyzing costs and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans; determining and supporting resource requirements; evaluating operational processes; measuring outcomes to ensure desired results; identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; promoting a customer environment; and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning.

• Develop and implement strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recr