Retail Strategy Manager - Merchandising

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People in our Client & Market career track drive profitable growth by developing market-relevant insights to increase market share or create new markets. They progress through required promotion into market-facing roles that have a direct impact on sales.

The Strategy Manager applies deep business strategy development, architecting value, and operating model architecture skills to influence client agendas through business insight.

Partners with our clients to make bold decisions on priority C-Suite issues at the intersection of business, technology, and operations. Provides deep understanding of our clients' industry landscape and business options in the context of global, economic, technology and social trends. 

Job Description

To succeed in today's fast-paced industry, clients must expect the unexpected and have the right blend of digital strength, marketplace differentiation and strategic operations. Accenture helps clients achieve all of that - and more. We live in a digital world where industries are colliding and the path to profitability is shifting, forcing resources and retailers to fundamentally change their business models. It is an era of change everywhere where digitization is ubiquitous and happening at scale. Depending on growth from stores is an idea of the past. In the near future, all growth will come from digital or be influenced by it. 

Strategy professionals help clients develop corporate strategies, make strategic M&A decisions, structure effective business and operating models, and transform their business, all in an effort to grow their business while maintaining or reducing costs. 

Business Strategy professionals help General Managers of Business Units with issues such as assessing business performance, instilling business simplification strategies, reinventing a broken business, and entering new markets for growth. 

A professional at this level within Accenture has the following responsibilities: 

• Provides solutions to complex business problems for areas(s) of responsibility where analysis of situations requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives. 

• Involved in setting strategic direction to establish near term goals for area of responsibility

• Interacts with senior management levels at a client and/or within Accenture, which involves negotiating or influencing on significant matters. 

• Manages large teams and/or work efforts (in in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture. 

Basic Qualifications: 

• 3+ years of Strategy consulting experience from a Tier 1 consulting firm
• 5+ years experience focusing in the Retail or CPG industries, with an expertise in all things Merchandising
• 7+ years of experience working at the intersection of Business and Technology (Operating Models, digital disruption)
• A University Degree is required for this position

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Practical knowledge and understanding of Analytics and Digital technologies
• Understanding of what is takes for a strategy to be executed
• Must have a high-level understanding on how ecosystems fit into the digital world, and how digital technology is changing business 
• Well networked with client executives in the Canadian Corporate landscape
• Demonstrated ability to leverage network and experience to originate opportunities, pipeline, and Consulting deals
• Experience running large complex transformative programs
• Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team- oriented environment
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills 
• Excellent leadership and management skills 
• Ability to prioritize the issues and present solutions 
• Ability to shape a value proposition
• Ability to hold conversations with C-suite level clients
• Experience with Market Entry, Pricing, Market Agenda
• Experience driving major transformations from an efficiency and effectiveness angle
• ZBX experience and skills preferred
• Master's Degree 

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location,
role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time
employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.
The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role.
It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Information on benefits is here:

Role Location                                    Annual Salary Range

British Columbia/Ontario                                   $119,700 to $247,800

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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