Req149131 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