What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manager, Interconnected Strategy position at The Home Depot?
Position Purpose:
Home Depot is the world's #1 home improvement retailer with over $150B in annual sales. Over $20B of these sales come from our market-leading interconnected customer experiences, which combine cutting edge ecommerce capabilities with trusted value of our 2,000 stores and 500,000 associates.
Home Depot's interconnected experience is a key enabler of our ability to grown and gain market share in any macroeconomic environment. Delivering a best-in-world interconnected retail experience for Pros and Consumers is one of Home Depot's top strategic priorities, requiring the establishment of clear strategic direction to support cross-functional alignment and organizational investment.
The Interconnected Strategy team is responsible for the development and execution of Home Depot's overall interconnected and online business strategy. This includes identifying top opportunities based on market dynamics, developing efforts to address those opportunities, and ensuring adequate internal resourcing building external relationships to support those efforts.
The Sr. Manager is a key leader on the Interconnected Strategy team, developing long-term strategic initiatives for HomeDepot.com, working directly with THD business leaders within and outside of the online organization, building and developing business relationships outside of THD, and managing direct reports to deliver on these responsibilities. The Sr. Manager receives exposure across THD's business and has the opportunity to cultivate trusted working relationships with senior business partners while affecting change from within one of the world's leading retailers.
Key Responsibilities:
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Home Depot is the world's #1 home improvement retailer with over $150B in annual sales. Over $20B of these sales come from our market-leading interconnected customer experiences, which combine cutting edge ecommerce capabilities with trusted value of our 2,000 stores and 500,000 associates.
Home Depot's interconnected experience is a key enabler of our ability to grown and gain market share in any macroeconomic environment. Delivering a best-in-world interconnected retail experience for Pros and Consumers is one of Home Depot's top strategic priorities, requiring the establishment of clear strategic direction to support cross-functional alignment and organizational investment.
The Interconnected Strategy team is responsible for the development and execution of Home Depot's overall interconnected and online business strategy. This includes identifying top opportunities based on market dynamics, developing efforts to address those opportunities, and ensuring adequate internal resourcing building external relationships to support those efforts.
The Sr. Manager is a key leader on the Interconnected Strategy team, developing long-term strategic initiatives for HomeDepot.com, working directly with THD business leaders within and outside of the online organization, building and developing business relationships outside of THD, and managing direct reports to deliver on these responsibilities. The Sr. Manager receives exposure across THD's business and has the opportunity to cultivate trusted working relationships with senior business partners while affecting change from within one of the world's leading retailers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Analysis/Partnerships: Analyzes business strategies and proactively identify potential strategic partnerships/opportunities with outside firms; develops objectives based on thorough understanding of the business and communicates results.
- Competitive Intelligence: Identifies changes in the competitive landscape and communicates these changes to management on a regular basis; develops counter initiatives, manages deliverables and timeline, communicates status and results. Develops quarterly reporting on the Company's marketshare gains/losses. Provides accurate reporting and analysis to determine results and business impact.
- Capital Strategy/Management: Work cross-functionally to develop initial capital estimates for strategic initiatives, proactively monitors capital spend of strategic initiatives, and reports on results. Works with the .com and IT Finance teams to establish routine monthly reporting and communicate these updates with the online leadership team.
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- Position reports to Sr. Director
- Associates may report to this role on a permanent basis and requires the leadership of a work group: assign and review work, train and contribute to performance appraisal (including hiring, firing or disciplinary action).
Travel Requirements:
- Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.
Physical Requirements:
- Frequent periods are spent standing or sitting in the same location with some opportunity to move about; occasionally there may be a need to stoop or lift light objects (typically less than 8 pounds).
Working Conditions:
- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum Education:
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
Competencies:
- Must be eighteen years of age or older.
- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous work experience in either world-class retail / ecommerce or in professional services (e.g., strategy consulting, private equity, or investment banking) supporting such retail / ecommerce businesses
- MBA / Masters degree
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience
- Broad exposure to Tech-Media-Telecom sector
- Strong skills in quantitative analysis, qualitative analysis and strategic problem solving
- Strong presentation skills and ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead and manage cross-functionally
- High degree of drive and personal ownership
- Comfort with framing and addressing ambiguous challenges
- High degree of confidentiality and professionalism
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.
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
- 5
Competencies:
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to lead and manage cross functionally
- High degree of confidentiality and professionalism