About the role
With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.
Position Overview:
The Assortment Planners are Merchants' trusted advisers and partners in ensuring that we select the best product at the right pric The Assortment Planner provides Merchants with performance insights and high-quality financial reporting to advise them on which items to select in store and online.
Key Responsibilities:
In this position, you will develop your analytical, leadership and strategic business skills by:
- Providing financial insights.
- Crafting strategic category and assortment plans.
- Advising Merchants on ideal product assortments.
- Working with Vendors to source innovative products.
- Partnering with several cross functional teams to flawlessly execute.
Competencies:
- Action Oriented
- Collaborates
- Communicates Effectively
- Customer Focus
- Drives Results
- Plans and Aligns
Skills:
- Problem solving
- Priority management
- Time management and organizational skills
- Project management
- Agile thinking
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- Typically reports into Manager, Assortment Planning or Seniot Manager, Assortment Planning
Travel Requirements:
- Some travel to stores and vendor facilities
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
Hybrid Work:
- Toronto Store Support Center - 1 Concorde Gate, North York
- In office Monday - Thursday.
Minimum Education:
- A Bachelor's degree or Equivalent Work Experience
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
- N/A
Minimum Leadership Experience:
- N/A
Certifications:
- MBA an asset
Other Requirements/Assets:
- Skilled in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
About Home Depot Canada
The Home Depot Canada is the Canadian arm of the world’s largest home improvement retailer. The company has 182 stores in 10 Canadian provinces, employing more than 30,000 associates from coast-to-coast.
Our company is the largest home improvement retailer in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Our global expansion demonstrates how The Home Depot combines its vast knowledge of the home improvement industry with the needs, shopping trends and customs of each unique geography to best serve customers.
Based out of our dynamic Toronto-based Store Support Centre, we have many opportunities available for corporate professionals seeking a big challenge with great rewards. Our high-performing team consists of marketing and communication specialists, the industry’s best product merchants, and experts in financial and inventory planning. We also have exciting opportunities within our Supply Chain team including positions at our Distribution Centres.
The Home Depot’s values are the fabric of the company's unique culture and are central to our success. In fact, they are our competitive advantage in the marketplace. Associate pride and our "orange blooded" entrepreneurial spirit are distinctive hall marks of our company.
With our unprecedented growth, there's no better time to build your career at The Home Depot Canada.
About the role
With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.
Position Overview:
The Assortment Planners are Merchants' trusted advisers and partners in ensuring that we select the best product at the right pric The Assortment Planner provides Merchants with performance insights and high-quality financial reporting to advise them on which items to select in store and online.
Key Responsibilities:
In this position, you will develop your analytical, leadership and strategic business skills by:
- Providing financial insights.
- Crafting strategic category and assortment plans.
- Advising Merchants on ideal product assortments.
- Working with Vendors to source innovative products.
- Partnering with several cross functional teams to flawlessly execute.
Competencies:
- Action Oriented
- Collaborates
- Communicates Effectively
- Customer Focus
- Drives Results
- Plans and Aligns
Skills:
- Problem solving
- Priority management
- Time management and organizational skills
- Project management
- Agile thinking
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- Typically reports into Manager, Assortment Planning or Seniot Manager, Assortment Planning
Travel Requirements:
- Some travel to stores and vendor facilities
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
Hybrid Work:
- Toronto Store Support Center - 1 Concorde Gate, North York
- In office Monday - Thursday.
Minimum Education:
- A Bachelor's degree or Equivalent Work Experience
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
- N/A
Minimum Leadership Experience:
- N/A
Certifications:
- MBA an asset
Other Requirements/Assets:
- Skilled in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
About Home Depot Canada
The Home Depot Canada is the Canadian arm of the world’s largest home improvement retailer. The company has 182 stores in 10 Canadian provinces, employing more than 30,000 associates from coast-to-coast.
Our company is the largest home improvement retailer in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Our global expansion demonstrates how The Home Depot combines its vast knowledge of the home improvement industry with the needs, shopping trends and customs of each unique geography to best serve customers.
Based out of our dynamic Toronto-based Store Support Centre, we have many opportunities available for corporate professionals seeking a big challenge with great rewards. Our high-performing team consists of marketing and communication specialists, the industry’s best product merchants, and experts in financial and inventory planning. We also have exciting opportunities within our Supply Chain team including positions at our Distribution Centres.
The Home Depot’s values are the fabric of the company's unique culture and are central to our success. In fact, they are our competitive advantage in the marketplace. Associate pride and our "orange blooded" entrepreneurial spirit are distinctive hall marks of our company.
With our unprecedented growth, there's no better time to build your career at The Home Depot Canada.