Lead the Promotional Capabilities roadmap in North America, ensuring alignment with the Global Merchandising strategy and delivering high-value outcomes
Serve as subject matter expert and product owner for NA Promotional Reporting Capabilities, partnering with Global Tech, Data & Analytics, and functional teams to design and implement tools and processes
Serve as the subject matter expert for promotional data, tools, and processes, while contributing to broader cross-functional initiatives
Test, learn, and refine execution, partnering with the Merchandising team and cross-functional stakeholders to identify opportunities and improve in-market promotional performance
Drive adoption of promotional tools and processes by collaborating with Global Functions, Regional Merchandising, and Business Unit leaders
Support annual business planning, applying a data-driven approach to forecast revenue and margin from promotions
Champion a data-driven, change-agent culture, embedding new tools and decision-making approaches into merchandising and promotional planning
Integrate tools and processes into training with Merchandising Training & Development to embed new ways of working
Evaluate and communicate promotional performance, using analytical tools to generate insights and share results with senior leadership and regional/BU teams
Lead and coach a business analyst, providing mentorship in analytics, project execution, and professional growth
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Merchandising, or related field (Master’s degree preferred)
3–5 years of experience in CPG, retail merchandising, or strategy consulting
Demonstrated success working closely with cross-functional stakeholders to drive change across the organization
Ability to deal well with ambiguity, complexity, change and pace
Comfortable managing multiple projects and tasks, prioritizing amongst them
Strong understanding of multi-unit retail operating models and processes for merchandising and promotion execution, to include operational support for promotion optimization activities
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
Analytical mindset with an ability to think broadly, refine questions, and develop strategic frameworks and executional approaches
Experience in a supervisory role, managing and developing people
Category Management and Project Management (Scrum) experience a plus
High proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint, Word)
Ability to travel up to 10% (including international); valid passport required
Flexibility around working hours required, working with teams across time zones
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