Associate Manager, Interconnected Merchandising Strategy- 18M Contract

Owns the team’s contribution to improving the interconnected customer and associate experience across channels, ensuring initiatives are cohesive, scalable, and aligned to merchandising needs.

Leverages customer insights, data, and competitive analysis to inform priorities, recommendations, and merchandising roadmaps.

Ensures initiatives deliver tangible customer value, operational improvements, and measurable sales impact.

Contributes to and operationalizes the interconnected merchandising roadmap in alignment with enterprise strategy and merchant priorities.

Provides strategic analysis, financial outlooks, and recommendations to support leadership decision-making.

Identifies opportunities, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs across the portfolio and recommends paths forward.

Oversees the development, optimization, and governance of merchandising processes, standards, and ways of working.

Partners with E-commerce, Technology, and Product teams to prioritize, develop, and implement online tools and functionality that enhance the category shopping experience.

Defines and monitors KPIs to track outcomes and drive continuous improvement.

Leads workshops to gather input and feedback; develops process maps and business requirements to streamline key merchandising programs.

Designs and delivers scalable, sustainable solutions using agile principles, proactively removing impediments to execution.

Owns end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional initiatives, including scope, milestones, risks, dependencies, and change management.

Partners with Technology and Product teams to translate business needs into executable solutions and ensure organizational readiness.

Communicates clearly and concisely with senior leaders and cross-functional partners through timely updates, insights, and recommendations.

Influences outcomes beyond direct span of control through credibility, strong relationships, and effective collaboration.

Facilitates cross-functional problem-solving sessions to align stakeholders and drive resolution.

Ensures reporting and insights are used proactively to inform decisions, track progress, and mitigate risk.

Reviews and validates team-generated reporting, recommendations, and executive-level materials.

Presents progress, outcomes, and roadmap updates to senior stakeholders.

Demonstrates strong judgment, accountability, and resilience in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Effectively manages ambiguity, competing priorities, and change.

Models Home Depot values, inclusive leadership behaviors, and ethical standards.

Continuously develops leadership and functional capability through feedback and learning.

Action Oriented

Decision Quality

Drives Engagement

Collaborates & Influences

Ensures Accountability

Customer Focus

Communicates Effectively

Manages Complexity & Ambiguity

Direct Manager: Senior Manager, Interconnected Merchandising Strategy

Travel: As required

Hybrid Work: Location Flex; Monday–Friday in office

Physical & Working Conditions: Standard office environment

Bachelor’s degree/diploma or equivalent experience required.

5+ years of experience in retail, consulting, product, strategy, or project-based roles.

Project Management or Product Management certification.