Manager, Merchandising Growth, Hybrid

Overview:
Discover greater levels of performance. With over 1,300 stores throughout the U.S. and an innovative omni-channel ecosystem, Ulta Beauty is revolutionizing the beauty retail experience. Ulta Beauty is expanding its digital capabilities, opening new stores on a continual basis and re-designing existing locations with the latest design and technological advancements for heightened guest experiences. We're not just growing, we're thriving through consistent innovation and a bold commitment to re-imagination. If you want the opportunity to build something strategic, to take ownership of your career trajectory, to apply your passion to operational excellence, Ulta Beauty provides the kind of stability and support few organizations can match. So be curious. Be flexible. Be more than you thought possible. The future is yours at Ulta Beauty.
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THE IMPACT YOU CAN HAVE:
As a growth company that delivers beauty for all, we seek elevated delivery in the Merchandising organization that drives cross-functional collaboration, delivers results, and augments growth.
The Manager of Merchandising Growth, reporting to the VP Merchandising Strategy & Growth, will be responsible for working with the Merchandising Leadership Team to develop, prioritize, scope, and execute targeted efforts aimed at driving growth for the organization. These efforts will include supporting problem solving and opportunity evaluation, performing strategic and financial analysis, visioning and creating business cases and executing efforts to develop high potential strategic opportunities with excellence. Because the work involves close partnership with cross-functional leaders, this individual will also support facilitation and alignment to key strategic decisions, and serve as a thought partner to leadership. Further, the individual in this role should have strong ability to structure problems and be comfortable developing approaches to frame ambiguous business issues. This individual will also support key enterprise processes and executive-level presentations, including Merchandising annual planning, regular executive meeting cadences, and other presentations. The Manager should be comfortable learning and deepening the organizational understanding of the beauty market, and may expect to monitor and learn about the competitive landscape, track the beauty market and its categories, and assess dynamics and shifts in competitors' strategies, connecting it back to the enterprise strategic imperatives.
This individual will blend strong analytical and communication capabilities with a strategic mindset and the drive to deliver impact with excellence.
CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with Merchandising and cross-functional teams to assess, prioritize, scope and execute strategic Merchandising opportunities, leveraging strategic, analytical, and financial frameworks
• Support Merchandising category and competitive analysis - bring an analytical mindset to strengthen our understanding of the competitive landscape through data-driven and forward-looking insights
• Define and bring forward creative, out-of-the-box thinking to identify white space opportunities - assess and articulate the strategic rational, grounded in data-driven insights, in support of the Merchandising and enterprise strategic plans
• Connect the dots across the organization to drive execution of key Merchandising priorities in alignment with enterprise initiatives and other efforts
• Excel in all areas of strategy development at the Manager level, including problem structuring and solving, business analysis, project management, and verbal and written communication
• Independently develop executive-level-ready content supporting critical internal and external meetings, with leadership from the VP Merchandising Strategy & Growth
Support the long-term and annual Merchandising strategic planning processes, with the Sr. Director, Merchandising Strategy & Insights

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitate and support discussions with Ulta's Merchandising Leadership Team, demonstrating subject matter expertise and ability to move work forward effectively
• Connect the dots across the organization to ensure effectiveness of work throughout the enterprise, and understand when to seek guidance
• Understand Ulta Beauty's business and possess a deep understanding of the market in which we operate, as well as key competitors

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THE ESSENTIALS FOR SUCCESS:

• 5-7 years of professional experience in Strategy, Finance or Merchandising
• At least 2 years of consulting experience at a top-tier management consulting firm strongly preferred
• BA/BS required; MBA from top-tier program strongly preferred
• Experience in beauty, retail, retail-like categories or consumer product goods preferred
• Strategic mindset with the capability to think broadly, support and facilitate the development and implementation of winning strategies
• Highly analytical with demonstrated ability to translate data into key insights to drive decisions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with strong executive presence
• Highly collaborative and team-oriented with a coachable, positive attitude
• Innate inquisitiveness and ability to challenge the status-quo
• Desire to see personal and organizational effort lead to measurable results
• Comfortable working independently and in collaborative manner in a cross-functional environment
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About:
At Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA), the possibilities are beautiful . Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products and salon services. We bring possibilities to life through the power of beauty each and every day in our stores and online with more than 25,000 products from approximately 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including Ulta Beauty's own private label. Ulta Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring-hair, skin, brow, and make-up services.
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.