City
Quincey

State
MA

Job Type
Contract Full-Time

Job Description

Position Summary:

BCTG's client is looking for a retail merchandising, planning, and allocation consultant with strong process and systems experience. The ideal candidate should be able to speak the language of merchandising, understand how core merchandising functions interact across the retail value chain, and work effectively with both business and IT stakeholders. This role will lead the MP&A workstream for a new Anaplan implementation; it is scheduled as a 4-month assignment with high likelihood to extend. It will require limited travel to Massachusetts for key project workshops and milestones.

The consultant should have demonstrated knowledge of end-to-end merchandising processes and the systems that support them. They do not need to be a deep expert in every area, but should have a working understanding of the major process areas and how they connect, including:

  • Product development, including PLM, PIM, and related item/product data processes
  • Costing and procurement
  • Assortment planning
  • Merchandise financial planning
  • Allocation and replenishment
  • Demand planning and forecasting
  • Pricing and promotion
  • Size and pack optimization

The consultant should have hands-on experience with merchandising, planning, and allocation systems in a corporate retail environment, ideally including participation in a software implementation from design through go-live.

Key experience and capabilities should include:

  • Experience working across both business and IT teams in retail
  • Ability to facilitate design sessions and ask informed questions that translate business needs into clear requirements
  • Process design, process mapping, and documentation
  • Testing experience, including scenario development, test case creation, defect identification, tracking, and closure
  • Ability to communicate effectively across levels and functions within a retail organization
  • Ability to work through ambiguity and adapt in a changing project environment
  • Ability to lead, influence, and drive alignment across stakeholders, with or without direct authority
  • Familiarity with how AI/ML tools are being applied in retail merchandising, planning, allocation, forecasting, pricing, or related areas is preferred

The candidate should have demonstrated knowledge of and/or experience working with systems in the following areas:

  • Merchandise Financial Planning
  • Assortment Planning
  • Allocation and Replenishment
  • Demand Forecasting
  • Pricing and Promotion Optimization
  • Size and Pack Optimization

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