Retail Strategy Senior Manager

Join Accenture and help transform leading organizations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate, and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. Choose Accenture and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career.

People in our Client & Market career track drive profitable growth by developing market-relevant insights to increase market share or create new markets. They progress through required promotion into market-facing roles that have a direct impact on sales.

The Strategy Senior Manager applies deep business strategy development, architecting value, and operating model architecture skills to influence client agendas through business insight.

Partners with our clients to make bold decisions on priority C-Suite issues at the intersection of business, technology, and operations. Provides deep understanding of our clients' industry landscape and business options in the context of global, economic, technology and social trends.
** We Are:
** Accenture Strategy. Through deep industry expertise, analytics and insights, we empower clients to survive and thrive in the new, the now and the unknown. To stay agile in a world dominated by change, the C-suite must keep the core business running while simultaneously identifying and investing in the new. Accenture Strategy consulting enables leaders to act quickly and confidently as they pivot to the future.

Known for our ability to execute at speed, we help clients determine clear, actionable paths to competitive agility by bringing them new thinking on business and technology.
** You Are:
**** The Work:
*** Lead large-scale merchandising transformation programs retailers, driving measurable business value across assortment, pricing, promotion, and supply chain integration.
* Shape strategic vision for next-generation merchandising operating models enabled by digital, analytics, and AI-driven insights.
* Build and sustain trusted C-suite relationships, serving as a thought partner on growth, margin, and operational excellence agendas.
* Oversee multidisciplinary teams to deliver end-to-end engagement, from strategy through execution and change adoption.
* Champion innovation by leveraging data platforms, cloud, and intelligent automation to reimagine merchandising decisions and customer experiences.
* Drive business development by shaping go-to-market offerings, leading pursuits, and expanding Accenture’s footprint in the retail merchandising domain.
* Mentor and develop talent, fostering a high-performance culture that embodies Accenture’s values of client-centricity, innovation, and inclusion.
** Here’s What You Need:
*** Minimum 8 years of experience in the Retail space, with a preference for work in apparel and merchandising
* Minimum 5 years experience of in the consulting industry or equivalent in an internal consulting role
* Proven track record of driving consulting and strategy sales with Retail clients
* Bachelor’s degree
* English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with stakeholders across Canada, US and other countries across our Global footprint where English is the common language. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.
** Bonus Points if:
*** You have an MBA or equivalent graduate degree
* Strong quantitative skills and analytical thinker with at least 2 years of prior experience driving insights using statistics or data analysis
* Demonstrated experience and ability to address strategic components of the Retail
* industry
* * Must have a high-level understanding on how ecosystems fit into the digital world, and how digital technology is changing business
* Well networked with client executives in the Canadian Corporate landscape
* Demonstrated ability to leverage network and experience to originate opportunities, pipeline, and Consulting deals
* Experience running large complex transformative programs
* Proven ability to…