Merchant Assistant Can

**With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.**

The Merchant Assistant has responsibility for the tactical execution of the strategic category business plan. Review and collaborate with the Merchant, the 360 business team & vendor partners during product line reviews. Maintains and manages data accuracy as it relates to article listings, supplier base and marketing activity. Provide a high level of service to internal and external stakeholders.

**Key**Responsibilities**:**
- Works closely with Merchant and the cross functional 360 business team, focused on implementing the business unit plan to attain category and corporate goals.
- Foster an effective team environment of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
- Develops and maintains effective relationships, while acting as the key point of contact between the Merchant and a variety of internal and external business partners to ensure the resolution of store and vendor issues, aligning with service level agreements
- Supports the departmental financial targets including sales, gross margin (profitability), and inventory for multiple multi-million dollar business categories. Supports decisions on assortment and pricing that will drive these 3 key metrics through coordination and execution.
- Maintains and executes retail pricing in alignment with business strategies, the pricing strategy and the clearance process
- Accountable for effective internal and external department specific communications and problem solving, utilizing the warehouse, My Apron and Canada Communications
- Performing administrative support for Sr. Merchants and Merchants, including scheduling meetings, coordination of reports and responding to correspondence, and provides intermediate functional support to Associate Merchants
- Coordination of special order programs including data validation, book creation, ongoing maintenance and communication between stakeholders (SSC, stores and vendors)
- Coordination of Supplier Partnership Meeting scheduling and financial contracts
- Responsible for article submissions & PIS forms to Advertising and Off Shelf; and downstream approvals of data and imagery accuracy.
- Identify process improvement opportunities and help facilitate solution with cross functional teams.
- Fundamental ability to have strong time management and organizational skills to prioritize work flow.
- Partners with cross functional team on best in class execution and risk identification on core and special programs

**Competencies**:

- Action Oriented
- Manages Conflict
- Drives Engagement
- Collaborates
- Customer Focus
- Drives Results
- Communicates Effectively

**Skills**:**
- Understanding of Consolidated Reset process
- Understanding of the implication of seasonal cycles
- Partnership with vendors to learn about products
- Marketplace Dynamics - understanding the role of new suppliers and products
- Knowledge of article site assortments based on region, store and POG size.
- Understanding of competitor practices and brands
- Understanding of the competition and how they affect the business
- Understanding of THD Strategies, Brand positioning, consumer segments, and differentiators
- Understanding of merchandising impacts on store metrics (labour; safety; sales; GM; inventory; and customer experience
- Excel Intermediate
- SAP Intermediate
- Word, PowerPoint Intermediate
- My Store Tools Intermediate
- Extracts and verifies data
- BI/DSS reporting capability
- Working knowledge of processes and procedures in Marketing, Finance, Forecast/Replenishment, Advertising, Operations, Visual and Merchandise Planning
- Facilitation of multiple projects at one time with each cross functional team
- Assist in Consolidated Reset process with Merchant and vendors

**Direct Manager/Direct**Reports**:**
- Reports to Sr Merchant/ Divisional Product Merchant

**Travel Requirements**:**
- None

**Physical**Requirements**:**
- Sedentary

**Hybrid**Work**:**
- Flex

**Working**Conditions**:**
- Office

**Minimum**Education**:**
- Not applicable

**Minimum Years of Work Experience**:**
- Experience

**Minimum Leadership Experience**:

- Not applicable

**Certifications**:**
- Not applicable

**Other**Requirements/Assets**:**
- Excel Intermediate
- SAP Intermediate
- Word, PowerPoint Intermediate