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You will help establish the operating rhythm of the department, drive coordination across key initiatives, and ensure priorities, decisions, and commitments move forward with clarity and accountability.\nYou will manage a portfolio of departmental initiatives, facilitate leadership and department meetings, maintain key planning calendars, and develop tools and processes that provide visibility into priorities, milestones, risks, and dependencies. You will also help ensure presentations, meeting materials, and executive communications are clear, accurate, and ready for senior leadership audiences.\nYou will partner closely with the Head of Enterprise Transformation to connect Purchasing & Merchandising priorities to broader cross-functional and enterprise initiatives, ensuring key dependencies, milestones, risks, and commitments are visible and appropriately tracked.\nThis role requires someone who can move seamlessly between strategic priorities and day-to-day execution. You will work across Purchasing, Merchandising, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Technology, and other functions to connect workstreams, identify issues early, and help leaders stay focused on the highest-priority work.\nResponsibilities Include:\nManage and maintain a holistic portfolio view of key Purchasing & Merchandising priorities, projects, and strategic initiatives.\nDevelop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, action items, and status reporting for key departmental initiatives.\nPartner with initiative owners to establish clear objectives, deliverables, ownership, timelines, and measures of success.\nServe as a key connection point between Purchasing & Merchandising and the Enterprise Transformation function, ensuring departmental priorities and commitments are appropriately integrated into broader enterprise plans.\nCoordinate complex, cross-functional initiatives involving Store Operations, Finance, Marketing, Business Technology, Supply Chain, Real Estate, and other business partners.\nCreate and manage the Purchasing & Merchandising operating calendar, including key business milestones, leadership meetings, department meetings, strategic planning sessions, business reviews, major initiatives, and other important deliverables.\nCoordinate and facilitate Purchasing & Merchandising leadership meetings, department meetings, planning sessions, and other key forums.\nDevelop agendas, coordinate presenters and pre-reads, facilitate discussions as appropriate, document decisions, and ensure follow-up actions are clearly assigned and completed.\nMaintain action logs, decision trackers, project dashboards, meeting summaries, risk registers, and other tools that reinforce accountability and organizational discipline.\nTrack decisions, owners, due dates, risks, dependencies, escalations, and follow-up actions to prevent important work from stalling between meetings.\nPrepare and coordinate executive briefings, business updates, status reports, dashboards, decision documents, and other materials for the Chief Purchasing & Merchandising Officer and senior leadership.\nReview presentations and other materials for clarity, accuracy, consistency, and executive readiness.\nPartner with leaders to strengthen the structure, storyline, and messaging of presentations for department meetings, executive reviews, and other leadership forums.\nConsolidate information from multiple leaders and workstreams into clear, concise executive-level updates.\nFacilitate effective decision-making by synthesizing complex information, identifying tradeoffs, clarifying decisions needed, and documenting outcomes.\nProactively identify risks, issues, competing priorities, and dependencies and work with leaders and project owners to drive timely resolution.\nTranslate leadership priorities into actionable plans with clear ownership, milestones, and accountability.\nSupport the implementation of new programs, processes, capabilities, organizational changes, and other strategic priorities across Purchasing & Merchandising.\nEstablish consistent project management, meeting, and communication practices that improve visibility and coordination across the department.\nAnticipate upcoming needs, identify potential issues before they become problems, escalate concerns appropriately, and develop practical solutions that keep work moving forward.\nBuild strong, trusted relationships with senior leaders and cross-functional partners through reliable execution, clear communication, sound judgment, and discretion.\nPerform other related duties and support special projects as assigned.\nAbout The Pay:\nBase Salary Range: $125,000 - $145,000 Annually\nAnnual Bonus Program\nEquity\n401(k) Profit Sharing\nMedical, Dental, Vision & More!\nFinal compensation will be determined based upon experience and skills and may vary based on location.\nAbout You:\nBachelor’s degree in business, project management, merchandising, supply chain, operations, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience will also be considered.\nTypically five or more years of experience managing complex projects, cross-functional initiatives, business operations, merchandising operations, program management, or a related area.\nDemonstrated experience managing multiple priorities, developing project plans, tracking milestones and dependencies, mitigating risks, and driving work through completion.\nExperience supporting senior executives or senior leadership teams in a fast-paced, highly visible environment.\nExperience planning and facilitating meetings, documenting decisions, tracking commitments, and driving accountability across multiple stakeholders.\nStrong business acumen with the ability to understand how functional priorities connect to broader enterprise objectives.\nExceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through, with the ability to create structure in ambiguous or evolving situations.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, concise executive-level updates.\nStrong presentation skills with experience developing, reviewing, and refining PowerPoint presentations and materials for senior leadership audiences.\nStrong relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to collaborate across functions and levels without relying on formal authority.\nHigh degree of judgment, professionalism, discretion, and comfort working with sensitive or confidential information.\nProactive approach with the ability to anticipate needs, identify risks, and solve problems with limited direction.\nProficiency with project management, presentation, spreadsheet, and collaboration tools; experience with portfolio management or dashboarding tools is preferred.\nExperience within retail, grocery, merchandising, purchasing, supply chain, or another fast-paced commercial environment is preferred.\nExperience supporting transformation, organizational change, or enterprise-wide initiatives is a plus.\nProject management certification, such as PMP, is a plus.\nTo learn about how we collect, use and secure your personal information. 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