Manager, Operational Merchandising Strategy – Growth and Performance

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $97.4k - $146.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧐 Strategy

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Sysco

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1969

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

🏨 Hospitality

Logistics • Healthcare • Hospitality

Sysco is a global leader in selling, marketing, and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments, and other customers who prepare meals away from home. The company's extensive product portfolio also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With a talented workforce of over 76,000 colleagues, Sysco operates 340 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 730,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2024, Sysco generated sales of more than $78 billion. The company actively engages in sustainability efforts, partnering with food banks and advocating for farm-to-table initiatives. Sysco's mission is to support diverse communities, fight hunger, and be a trusted business partner by delivering quality products and innovative solutions.

📋 Description

• Analyze market trends, consumer behavior, and competitor activities to identify growth and improvement opportunities • Translate data and insights into executable action plans for local merchandising teams • Develop and execute merchandising initiatives focused on product and category opportunities to drive market share growth • Collaborate with product development, marketing, sales, corporate, market, region, functional teams, and external partners • Develop and standardize tools, processes, and solutions supporting growth and operating initiatives • Lead merchandising reporting frameworks, processes, and tools to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness • Establish KPIs and metrics with merchandising teams to measure success and track progress • Guide and support merchandising teams to align with strategic objectives and foster continuous improvement • Prepare and present reports and presentations to senior management with strategy, growth, and performance insights and recommendations

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Marketing, Merchandising, or related field required; Master’s degree a plus • Proven experience in merchandising operations, strategy development, and performance management, preferably in a retail or e-commerce environment • 6 years of experience in analytics required • Previous people management experience required, including direct employee supervision and management of working teams • Excellent analytical problem solving skills and ability to interpret data, draw insights, make data-driven decisions, and translate data into executable action plans • Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills • Strategic, proactive, and results-oriented mindset • Strong financial acumen and ability to plan and execute business plans • Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment • Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate teams • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, data analysis tools, and merchandising software platforms • Data management and visualization skills/tools, including SQL, Tableau, Power BI or similar • Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including exceptional Excel and PowerPoint skills • Understanding of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics approaches and tradeoffs • Understanding of business value drivers, business impact, and relationship between modeling choices and business considerations • Experience analyzing, synthesizing, and communicating syndicated data analytics, including NPD, Technomic’s, Nielsen IRI, etc. • Project management capabilities preferred • Experience in distribution, retail, or wholesale industry preferred • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Eligible to participate in the Company's Incentive Plan • Sysco benefits information provided at https://SyscoBenefits.com • Opportunity to grow personally and professionally