Director of Retail and CPG Strategy
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United StatesFull-TimeDirector
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
- Required Skills
- Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningOracleSAPData analytics
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in consulting or industry roles within Retail or Consumer Packaged Goods environments
- Deep understanding of retail economics, including pricing, promotions, sell-through, GMROI, and assortment optimization
- Strong knowledge of omnichannel retail dynamics, including eCommerce, store operations, and fulfillment trade-offs
- Familiarity with enterprise retail systems such as SAP, Oracle, Blue Yonder, or Kinaxis
- Proven ability to translate analytics and AI insights into real business adoption and measurable outcomes
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior executives and bridge technical and business teams
- Experience working with AI/ML, data analytics, or decision science approaches in retail/CPG environments is highly valued
- Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving skills and a hands-on, execution-oriented mindset
Responsibilities
- Develop Retail and CPG thought leadership, identifying high-impact AI use cases such as pricing optimization, assortment strategy, and inventory planning, and translating them into scalable solutions and intellectual property
- Lead end-to-end client engagements, from problem framing and economic modeling through solution design, deployment, and adoption across enterprise environments
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior executives, including Chief Merchants, Chief Digital Officers, and Supply Chain leaders, ensuring recommendations are grounded in retail economics and operational realities
- Collaborate with data science and engineering teams to design and deploy AI-enabled decision systems across merchandising, pricing, supply chain, and customer experience domains
- Drive operationalization of insights by embedding analytics into business workflows, decision processes, and performance management cadences
- Support business development efforts through solution shaping, client advisory, and industry thought leadership contributions
- Mentor internal team members and help strengthen client relationships through strategic guidance and expertise sharing
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