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　　Job Description:

　　Education:

　　Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline: Economics, IT, Supply Chain, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent years of related work experience requiredWork Experiences:

　　4+ years of retail buying, retail operations or relevant work experience required

　　1+ year of supervisory or management experience preferred

　　Skills:

　　Drive and influences change via behavior and enthusiasm in his/her work lead process implementations and drive mindset changes to improve productivity and/or profitability

　　Microsoft Office with Advanced Excel Skills

　　Exceptional analytical skills & financial literacy

　　Strong Presentation skills - must excel at communicating complex information in simple to understand yet actionable ways

　　Strong interpersonal, written, verbal communication with the ability to interface effectively with individuals at various levels within the organization

　　Strong attention to detail and sound problem solving skills for technical and business issues

　　Project Management - establishing key milestones & focusing on deliverables, following up with key stakeholders and delivering on time/on budget

　　Expert knowledge of JDA Category Management Suite

　　Ability to prioritize and manage a large volume of work across multiple projects in a fast paced frequently changing environment

　　Ability to produce high quality work that is very detailed, accurate and completed on schedule

　　Sound listening and analytical skills, likes problem solving and offering creative ideas/resolution to challenges

　　Responds positively to change, by embracing and adopting new direction and process changes required to accomplish goals and solve problems

　　Responsibilities:

　　Leads a sub-set of the team’s efforts in partnership with merchandise planning and visual merchandising organizations to achieve sales and profit objectives through accurate space analysis, efficient macro and micro space planning and consumer centric planogram creation.

　　Builds and maintains collaborative partnerships with Merchant, Visual Merchandise Presentation Creative, Inventory, and Store Operations teams. Consistently works cross-functionally to gain alignment on planograms and/or merchandise plans in accordance to strategic business presentation objectives.

　　Executes quality control measures for planograms and/or merchandise plans ensuring accuracy of store assignments, compliance with strategic vision and/or corporate standards, and attention to detail.

　　Actively leads continual process improvement efforts, evaluates planogram effectiveness and makes recommendations to maximize workflow efficiencies. Finds causal factors that can constrain performance and profits. Visibly drives for and delivers process improvements

　　Provides store support regarding planograms and/or merchandising plans. Acts with a strong sense of urgency to anticipate customer needs. Takes responsibility for finding lasting solutions to difficult problems.

　　Manage JDA Intactix Floorplanning floorplan changes for all stores within assigned Regions and maintains current and future view of all stores within the application. Develop mastery across an array of functions – including but not limited to, creation of layouts, loading tiers, pulling data and maintaining store attributes.

　　Understand merchandising and planning strategies, communicate these strategies to cross-functional partners as guiding principles while also applying general direction to individual stores.

　　Direct all aspects of visual merchandising, including planogram creation, fixture-graphic fulfillment, and reset coordination.

　　Serve as an integral part of the Category Merchandising Team (CMT) in driving sales, gross margin and turn.

　　Provide data and analytics to influence decision-making in merchandise buys, assortment tiers, marketing, creative and product allocations.

　　Take ownership of special projects and initiatives and report back to team on new developments, strategies, and/ or roll-out plans.

　　Oversee analytics and assortment optimization to increase retailer category sales and perform strategic category analysis and insights discovery.

　　Lead the development and implementation of new innovative fixture initiatives and serve as the visual merchandising strategy expert.

　　Coordinate the onboarding and training of new existing Category Space Planners for the category team.

　　Duties may change; team member may be required to perform other duties as assigned

　　Physical Requirements & Attendance:

　　Acceptable level of hearing and vision to perform job duties

　　Adhere to company work hours, policies, procedures and rules governing professional staff behavior

　　Regular attendance required

　　Ability to work flexible hours such as evening, weekends, and holidays as necessary

　　Up to 20% travel, overnight stays as required

　　Full time

　　Equal Employment Opportunity

　　Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate with regard to employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by law. ​

　　Academy® Sports + Outdoors is one of the nation’s largest sporting goods and outdoor retailers. It’s no surprise that we not only know how to create experiences for our customers, but for our team members as well. Understanding our people and the things that matter to them the most has been at the core of the Academy® culture for over 80 years. With more than 22,000 team members, we take pride in creating a workplace environment that values hard work, commitment, and growth.