Director Merchandising Analytics, Assortment Optimization And Catalog

Job Description

The Director of Merchandising Analytics, Assortment Optimization and Catalog leads the integrated strategy for merchandising analytics, merchandising financial planning, assortment optimization, and catalog capabilities to drive sales growth, profitability, and a best-in-class customer experience for AutoZone Mexico.

This role connects financial objectives, customer and market insights, assortment decisions, and catalog coverage to establish priorities and guide merchandising decisions across stores, hubs, and megahubs.

Through leadership of the senior management team and cross-functional partnerships, the Director ensures reliable catalog data, accelerates coverage expansion, and advances AI-enabled analytics and automation to improve decision-making, organizational productivity, and execution of merchandising priorities

Responsibilities

• Integrated Strategy and Business Priorities.

Define and lead the integrated strategy for merchandising analytics, financial planning, assortment optimization, and catalog, aligning functional priorities and resources with AutoZone Mexico's growth, profitability, and customer service objectives.
• Merchandising Financial Planning and Performance Management.

Oversee the development of merchandising financial plans, forecasts, and performance reviews in partnership with Finance and Merchandising leaders.

Ensure alignment between financial targets and category initiatives, identify risks and opportunities, and guide actions to address performance gaps.
• Merchandising Analytics and Strategic Decision Support.

Set the analytical agenda to address critical business questions and growth opportunities.

Ensure sales trends, customer behavior, category performance, pricing, promotions, and market insights are translated into clear recommendations that support merchandising decisions and senior leadership priorities.
• Assortment Optimization and Product Availability.

Direct assortment optimization across stores, hubs, and megahubs, aligning product selection and availability with customer demand, market needs, and financial objectives.

Guide priorities that improve coverage, assortment productivity, and sales and margin performance.
• Catalog Quality and Coverage Acceleration.

Lead the strategy to improve catalog accuracy, completeness, and usability while accelerating coverage for new vehicles and customer-demanded parts.

Prioritize coverage gaps and coordinate initiatives that improve the customer experience and speed to market.
• AI, Automation and Analytical Transformation.

Establish and lead the roadmap for AI-enabled decision support, advanced analytics, automation, and self-service capabilities across the functions.

Prioritize applications that improve decision quality, reduce manual work, and enable teams to focus on higher-value activities.

• Cross-Functional Alignment and Initiative Execution.

Partner with Merchandising Directors, Merchandising Support, Visual Merchandising...