Retail Merchandising Management ConsultantWe Are:Accenture Strategy and Consulting. In today’s world, business leaders want to rapidly and confidently reinvent to increase resilience, mitigate risk, and grow with sustainable value.That’s where Accenture Strategy & Consulting comes in. We bring together strategic visionaries, industry experts, practitioners from across every enterprise function, business intelligence professionals, change specialists, data and AI authorities, and many other specialized skills to co-create each client’s unique path to reinvention. You will be a trusted partner to business leaders, working with a diverse team of experts to deliver successful tech-enabled transformation and new kinds of value for your clients.
You Are:A Consulting maestro with tons of experience in the retail industry. Your expertise Advising clients on data-driven retail, product development, sourcing and merchandising strategies to achieve their strategic, financial, and operational goals. You have energy and drive in abundance, along with personal resilience, a passion for serving clients, and a love of continual learning. You have a flair for breaking down processes into logical parts and constructing crystal-clear reasoning and analyses-an aptitude you use to decimate problems. Communication and people skills You have both in spades.
The Work:
+ Go deep to get the lay of the land of clients’ position in the retail industry to deliver clients’ business options in the context of global, economic, technology, and social trends.
+ Help your team implement the right data-driven solution to meet the needs of clients in the retail industry.
+ Help Accenture project teams to provide world-class business solutions from concept to implementation to our clients across omni-channel merchandising capabilities: including integrated end to end planning, assortment optimization and management, and pricing and promotional optimization and management
+ Help with business development efforts as needed.
+ Apply strong analytical skills to dig deep into research and large data sets to generate recommendations and insights and drive outcomes.
+ Use data models and visualization to bring your analysis to life
+ Build relationships with clients to sustain Accenture’s profile as a long-term trusted advisor and partner.
+ Mentor junior members of the team.
+ Keep deepening your prowess in the retail industry or industries to reinforce Accenture’s reputation as a thought leader.
Travel:For now, all Accenture business travel, international and domestic, is currently restricted to client-essential sales/delivery activity only.Please note: The safety and well-being of our people continues to be the top priority, and our decisions around travel are informed by government COVID-19 response directives, recommendations from leading health authorities and guidance from a number of infectious disease experts.
Here’s What You Need:
+ Minimum of 4 years of Retail Merchandising, Planning or Inventory Management experience including 2 years as a consultant at an external consulting firm or in an internal consulting role.
+ Minimum of 1 year of prior experience in driving insights using statistics or data analysis
+ A Bachelor’s degree
Bonus Points if:
+ You have an MBA or equivalent graduate degree
About Accenture
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services-all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 674,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
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