Category Experience Manager

6 days ago

Columbia Township, United States Home Depot Full time

Overview With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger. Position Purpose The Manager, Category Experience works closely with Online and Store Merchants to understand their respective merchandising strategies and objectives. This position will analyze and leverage customer information and behaviors as well as competitive benchmarking to prioritize the most critical actions necessary to improve the customer research/shopping experience. Ultimately, these improvements will result in improved customer and associate satisfaction, increased traffic and sales, and improved conversion. This role is an opportunity to be at the leading edge of truly channel-interconnected retail leadership, while further building functional skills in merchandising. Key Responsibilities Examine category merchandising strategies of key competitors and best-in-class online retailers to understand emerging trends. Analyze customer information (external data, internal research, site behaviors, post-transaction data) to identify the most significant opportunities to improve the customer experience across categories. Optimize customer experience merchandising, taxonomy, purchase path (search and navigation), data content, SEO and post-transaction results. Manage and mentor a top-performing team. Lead targeted online/interconnected initiatives that address customer gaps to ensure they come in on-time and in-scope. Direct Manager/Direct Reports This position typically reports to Sr. Manager, Category Experience This position has 1 direct report Travel Requirements Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time. Physical Requirements Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles. Working Conditions Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable. No travel required Minimum Qualifications Must be eighteen years of age or older. Must be legally permitted to work in the United States. Proven results in any (but, including most) of the following areas: CI, CRM, customer experience, product content optimization, product management, financial analysis. Preferred Qualifications Demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and lead high performing teams eCommerce experience Data-driven decision making A/B testing, experimentation, and personalization strategy development Cross-functional collaboration Project management Roadmap development Strong interpersonal, motivational, and communication skills (speaking, writing, presenting) Minimum Education The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job. Preferred Education No additional education Minimum Years of Work Experience 4 Preferred Years of Work Experience No additional years of experience Minimum Leadership Experience None Preferred Leadership Experience None Certifications None Competencies Decision Quality Collaborates Drives Engagement Ensures Accountability Plans and Aligns Communicates Effectively Customer Focus Develops Talent Drives Results Manages Conflict #J-18808-Ljbffr

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