Senior Merchandising Consultant (Italy)

Milan, Italy; Venice, Italy. Posted a month ago

The role

You will work on customer engagements across category management solutions from discovery through go-live. You will configure the platform to fit customer strategies and support change management and user adoption.

What you will do

Work on customer engagements across category management solutions from discovery through go-live
Contribute to discovery and process design workshops
Bring industry best practice into engagements
Support change management through the project
Configure the platform to fit the customer's strategy
Use AI-assisted tooling to build solutions
Help establish KPI baselines and measurement frameworks
Support training and user adoption
Build relationships with operational teams and senior stakeholders
Contribute to pre-sales activity

Required qualifications

7+ years of hands-on experience in category management, merchandising, space planning, pricing, promotions, or a closely related function at a retailer or supplier
Practical understanding of how category management decisions get made and the tradeoffs involved
Experience leading customer-facing engagements
Strong analytical and problem-solving instincts
Ability to translate a customer's strategy into a software configuration
Willingness and curiosity to use AI-assisted tooling
Comfort leading people through change and working across functions
Self-directed and collaborative approach
Fluent English and Italian
Willingness to travel up to roughly 25%

Nice to have

Experience implementing or supporting enterprise software through a full project lifecycle
Familiarity with AI-assisted tooling
Technical data skills, particularly SQL
Familiarity with demand forecasting and replenishment
A degree in business, economics, industrial engineering, supply chain, or a related field
Fluency in additional languages (Spanish, French welcomed)

Benefits

An international career and learning opportunities
A rapidly growing and financially robust software company with exciting opportunities for career growth

About the company

RELEX Solutions delivers a unified supply chain and commercial planning platform for retailers and manufacturers, enabled by proven AI technology. The company has a global team of over 2,000 professionals.