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This role develops a deep understanding of the market's customer, product preferences, competitive landscape, pricing dynamics, seasonality and commercial opportunities, and translates those insights into actionable assortment and investment recommendations.Working in close partnership with Omni Merchandising and Planning, the Assortment Strategist ensures market- and channel-specific opportunities are identified early, quantified and advanced through the seasonal product, assortment and planning process.\nWhile Omni Merchandising and Planning own the line assortment and financial plan, the Assortment Strategist brings a clear market point of view, identifies incremental growth opportunities and builds the commercial case to influence assortment, investment and pricing decisions.\nThe role connects market insight, assortment strategy and commercial opportunity, ensuring the Omni assortment reflects the unique needs and growth potential of the market or channel.\nWhat You'll Do\nDevelop a clear point of view on the market/channel customer, competitive landscape and commercial opportunity.\n\nIdentify market-specific needs versus the broader Omni assortment, including product, category, climate/seasonality, local holidays, price/value and channel behavior.\n\nBring market insights into seasonal milestones and connect market/channel and Omni teams, translating local needs into actionable recommendations.\n\nPartner with Omni Merchandising, Product and Planning to shape assortment architecture, identify gaps and determine where incremental or market-specific solutions are needed.\n\nIdentify and advance opportunities including incremental buys, market extensions, holiday/special product, exclusive or channel-specific assortments and additional depth in proven winners.\n\nUse sales, margin, inventory, sell-through, customer and competitive data to quantify opportunities, build business cases and prioritize investments based on return and risk.\n\nDevelop a market-specific pricing and value point of view, incorporating customer expectations, competitive positioning, currency and market economics across price architecture, promotions and markdowns.\n\nIdentify whitespace and emerging opportunities beyond the core Omni process, including local holidays, cultural moments, climate differences, product attributes and competitive dynamics.\n\nMonitor in-season trends, customer behavior, competition, pricing and promotions, translating insights into timely assortment and investment recommendations.\n\nDevelop the seasonal market/channel strategy and ensure opportunities are incorporated into Omni decisions. 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