A career in Operations and Solutions, within Operations Consulting, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients optimise all elements of their operations to move beyond the role of a cost effective business enabler and become a source of competitive advantages. We focus on product innovation and development, supply chain, procurement and sourcing, manufacturing operations, service operations and capital asset programmes to drive both growth and profitability. You'll be a part of a team that helps clients build capabilities required to achieve operational solutions across their entire value chain by designing and executing broad based programmes that drive sustainable improvements. You’ll focus on global operating model design, operations performance improvement strategy, enterprise-wide process improvement, operations excellence capability development, and Lean/Six Sigma talent and performance management.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Director, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Support team to disrupt, improve and evolve ways of working when necessary.
• Arrange and sponsor appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations.
• Identify gaps in the market and spot opportunities to create value propositions.
• Look for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments.
• Create an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• I promote and encourage others to value difference when working in diverse teams.
• Drive and take ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders.
• Influence and facilitate the creation of long-term relationships which add value to the firm.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree

Minimum Years of Experience:
8 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities as a team leader, emphasizing the following areas: helping companies through merchandising and omnichannel transformation.

Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities as a team leader, emphasizing the following areas: being a self-starter, who is able to work independently and lead workstream teams, someone who is interested in re-investing in corporate initiatives.

Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities as a team leader, emphasizing the following areas: category & vendor strategy / management, core merchandising and inventory planning & strategy in addition quantitative, analytical and problem solving skills. Specific knowledge should include:

• Understanding of Category & Vendor Strategy & Management;
• Understanding of Assortment lifecycle management, channel management, merchandise financial planning and open to buy, assortment planning and line reviews, space planning, price and promo planning;
• Understanding of Merchandising Operations and Execution;
• Understanding of product information management, perpetual inventory & inventory ledger, purchase order creation and management, price execution, hierarchy creation, management and execution;
• Understanding of Inventory Planning, Strategy & Management; and,
• Understanding of Forecasting, Replenishment, Allocation, Demand Planning, Strategic initiatives execution (BOPIS, drop ship).

Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities with, and/or a proven record of success directing efforts, identifying and addressing client needs with a focus on Merchandising by:

• Working with clients to improve Merchandising capabilities or experience acting as a category manager or merchant, inventory planner of products and/or services in a omnichannel retail environment;
• Developing category and vendor strategies and/or financial and inventory planning activities;
• Having exposure to RFx processes in a cross-functional environment, supplier selection, and merchandising software implementations / transformations;
• Using various analytic tools such as Excel, Access, and Tableau, Financial planning tools (OTB, MFP), Space Planning tools (Planograms), Forecasting and replenishment tools, and Order Management solutions;
• Demonstrating experience using Oracle Merchandising Solutions and JDA Merchandising Solutions;
• Identifying and addressing client needs with a focus on Merchandising; and,
• Demonstrating a record of success, as both an individual contributor and team leader.

At PwC, our work model includes three ways of working: virtual, in-person, and flex (a hybrid of in-person and virtual). Visit the following link to learn more: https://pwc.to/ways-we-work.

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

For positions in Albany (NY), California, Colorado, Nevada, New York City, Washington State, or Westchester County (NY), please visit the following link for pay range information: https://pwc.to/payrange-v1-advisorydirector

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