Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vaarida Technologies is seeking a Merchandising Senior Business Consultant to leverage their expertise in discretionary retail merchandising. The role involves assessing, redesigning, and innovating merchandising business processes while contributing to team development.

Skills

• Strong functional expertise in discretionary retail merchandising (apparel, home, beauty, electronics, or general merchandise)
• Excellent analytical, structured problem-solving, and workshop support capabilities
• Demonstrated ability to assess, redesign, and innovate merchandising business processes within a workstream context, with exposure to change management techniques
• Willingness to travel as required
• Minimum of 5-8 years in retail, with a significant portion in discretionary merchandising strategy, operations, and transformation
• Proven track record of leading workstreams and delivering analytical insights, contributing to measurable results through operational improvements
• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior staff and contribute to team development
• Experience across key levers such as assortment planning, pricing, vendor management, allocation, category strategy, and financial planning
• Bachelor's degree in business, merchandising, or a related field preferred
• MBA or equivalent advanced degree desirable
• Familiarity with merchandise financial planning and emerging retail technologies is a plus
• Experience in grocery or essential retail is a plus
• Familiarity with AI-enabled merchandising, predictive analytics, and digital or omnichannel merchandising is desirable

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