Owns the merchandising view of the product assortment including governance to drive profit and customer conversion/growth · Supports the item lifecycle management of the Product Assortment determined by the Category Manager: o New item induction – induction, addition to merchandising platforms o Phase outs and Replacement items – substitutions, alternates, complimentary items o Customer specific item management (QIA graduation) o Cross reference – competitive part numbers · Responsible for creating the data model and governance strategy for the assortment they support. · Product development experience required (Examples: identification of new products, competitive analysis, value to customer, sell price strategy etc.) · Marketing and advertising campaign development experience required (Examples: catalog layout, web, print media, promotional advertising, supplier interaction etc.) · Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.