Senior Manager PMO Position Available In Fulton, Georgia

Position Purpose:

Lead and direct strategic growth initiatives within The Home Depot to enable the company to continue meeting/exceeding our growth objectives/strategy. Identify, research and analyze potential opportunities for growth, develop strategies to address and capture specific opportunities, test and refine recommendations, evaluate results, make recommendations relative to implementation.

Key Responsibilities:

Identify opportunities: Conduct industry and competitive analysis, customer research, acquisition opportunities and identify the most attractive growth opportunities Manage projects: handle day-to-day issues associated with implementing a new initiative; work with store planning, visual merchandising, store and divisional associates. May lead full pilot implementations of selected initiatives.

Develop Recommendations:

Prioritize issues and brainstorm/develop solutions and recommendations by working with a diverse group of people (store personnel, merchants, other HD companies, non-HD companies, vendors, etc.)

Evaluate Results:

Analyze the financial results of initiatives versus projections through financial analysis, control stores, & other benchmarks. Evaluate the operational issues of initiatives by walking stores, talking to associates, talking to customers and interviewing merchants. Communicate with

Senior Management:

Prepare presentations for growth steering committee, president’s meeting and other meetings in order to communicate and solicit feedback and input at various stages of individual initiatives Acquisition leadership: Ad hoc involvement in selected strategic acquisitions, including identification of candidates, industry evaluation, negotiations, and post-acquisition follow-up and tracking. Select, develop, and motivate assigned staff.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

Typically reports to Director Direct and indirect reports typically include 3 professionals and 1 support associate. Typically negotiates in a competitive or adversarial environment. Typically faces complex issues that differ from those typically faced within the industry or profession. Typically considers new courses of action within broad policies and medium-term goals when solving problems. Typically determines what should be done in a functional area or business unit within the broad policies and principles or very general goals.

Travel Requirements:

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

Usually in a comfortable environment but with regular exposure to factors causing moderate physical discomfort from such things as dust, fumes or odors. Under regular pressure to meet deadlines, quotas and/or must frequently deal with difficult issues related to people or situations.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be eighteen years of age or older. Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

A master’s degree is preferred. Eight plus years of experience is preferred.

Minimum Education:

The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

6

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

None Preferred Leadership Experience:

None Certifications:

None Competencies:

Supervisory Skills Ability to communicate with Executive group Strong Basic Math and Logic Skills Computer Literate/Comfortable with Database Structure Conflict Resolution Basic understanding of retail environment