Program Leader - Retail Transformation (Merchandising/Planning)

Client of Michael Page

Employer Active

Posted on 2 Apr

Experience

10 - 15 Years

Education

Any Graduation

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Not Mentioned

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Lead the overarching transformation program across planning, merchandising, inventory, and demand workflows.

Define and manage the enterprise implementation roadmap, ensuring alignment between business strategy and supporting technology.

Oversee system design, configuration direction, and integration requirements across planning, merchandising, and supply functions.

Work closely with technology, data, and architecture teams to ensure platform readiness, data quality, and scalability.

Drive adoption of advanced analytics and AI enabled decisioning within planning and merchandising teams.

Establish governance, operating structures, and engagement models between business stakeholders, IT, and delivery partners.

Manage external implementation partners, ensuring delivery quality, milestone alignment, and issue resolution.

Engage senior leadership confidently, presenting program progress, risks, and solution recommendations.

Ensure process, data, and workflow changes are adopted consistently across all business units.

Desired Candidate Profile

You bring 10-15+ years of experience across program management, consulting, retail technology, or large scale transformation environments, with a strong grounding in planning, merchandising operations, and inventory lifecycle management.

You have delivered complex, multi business unit transformation programs and possess solid understanding of demand forecasting, replenishment, retail data models, and planning KPIs.

You have practical exposure to AI/ML driven enterprise systems or advanced analytics used in decision support.

You are experienced in enterprise system integration and comfortable working closely with data, engineering, and architecture teams.

You excel in stakeholder alignment, communication, and program governance, with prior exposure to fashion, merchandising, or supply chain environments considered an advantage.

Ability to be based on Dubai for a full time role.

Company Industry

Keywords

  • Program Leader - Retail Transformation (Merchandising/Planning)

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Client of Michael Page

A well established enterprise undergoing a significant transformation of its planning and merchandising capabilities.

https://www.michaelpage.ae/job-detail/program-leader-retail-transformation-merchandisingplanning/ref/jn-032026-6973408