Job Description:
Oversee and drive the success of the department, leading teams, implementing strategies, and driving performance to meet corporate objectives. Your role is pivotal in fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture that aligns with Leslie’s vision and values. You will act as a key contributor in various project phases, including discovery, solution generation, design/architecture, and detailing of processes. Your expertise will enable the organization to leverage current and future solutions efficiently, maximizing their impact on strategic goals and achieving measurable outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the technical service delivery of merchandising systems, ensuring effective configuration, support, maintenance, monitoring, and improvements.
- Serve as a communication liaison between IT teams, business partners, and leadership to ensure alignment and understanding.
- Participate in Agile Continuous Delivery to implement valuable solutions that meet business needs.
- Document business requirements, business cases, and functional specifications, ensuring clarity and completeness.
- Evaluate software solutions and system architecture to confirm alignment with business objectives.
- Lead the design, development, and administration of Merchandising and Planning Applications, ensuring system efficiency.
- Support system and user acceptance testing, resolving issues as they arise.
- Conduct end-user reviews and develop training materials and documentation for users of new and existing systems.
- Create detailed project plans for software development and upgrades, ensuring timely completion.
- Lead the implementation of strategies that align with corporate objectives and drive performance.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field required.
- 5+ years of experience in Information Technology or a relevant field.
- 3+ years of experience in retail merchandising systems, including Merchandising, Pricing, Invoice Management, Allocation, and Replenishment (e.g., Oracle Retail, JDA/Blue Yonder, Microsoft D365).
- Experience as a business analyst with knowledge of Agile processes, including requirement elicitation, design, and test case planning.
- Strong background in business solution design, particularly with integrations and data mapping.
- Demonstrated expertise in software development, configuration, and solution deployment.
- Proven managerial experience, ideally in a corporate environment within the retail or consumer goods industry.
Preferred:
- MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- JDA and Blue Yonder experience
