- Company: Accenture
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Salary: Pay not listed
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Accenture is a global technology and management consulting firm (NYSE: ACN) serving clients in about 120 countries. Founded in the U.S. and Irish-domiciled with Dublin HQ, it employs roughly 721,000 people and works across IT and strategy. More: Wikipedia, accenture.com.
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Retail Merchandising and Planning - Strategy Senior Manager
Accenture, Boston, Massachusetts
What This Role Involves
The Retail Merchandising and Planning - Strategy Senior Manager at Accenture will be responsible for driving the strategic direction of retail merchandising initiatives. You will lead cross-functional teams to develop and implement merchandising strategies that align with business goals, enhance customer experience, and drive sales growth. This role involves analyzing market trends, optimizing product assortments, and ensuring alignment with brand positioning.
Core Duties
- Analyze retail data and market trends to inform merchandising strategies
- Develop and execute merchandising plans that optimize inventory management and enhance customer experience
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, supply chain, and sales, to ensure seamless execution of initiatives
- Monitor performance metrics and make data-driven decisions to improve operational efficiency and profitability
- Lead the development of merchandising guidelines and best practices across retail operations
Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of experience in retail merchandising, planning, or a related field
- Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and driving successful projects
- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data sets and derive actionable insights
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire team members
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to present findings to senior management
- Experience in retail operations, supply chain, and/or marketing is preferred
More About Accenture
Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world.
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The role is listed in Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts—the capital and a major New England cultural and financial hub (about 675,647 residents per 2020 census). On-site (not remote). Context: Massachusetts.
Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south, New Hampshire and Vermont to its north, and New York to its west. Massachusetts is the seventh-smallest state by land area. With an estimated population of ove
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National unemployment rate in US: 4.2% — via World Bank
National job openings rate: 4.6% — via BLS JOLTS
Private-sector wage growth (year over year): 3.3% — via FRED
National quits rate: 1.9% — via FRED (BLS JOLTS)
Weekly initial unemployment claims: 208,000 — via FRED
GDP per capita in US: $90,027 — via World Bank
Consumer price inflation in US: 2.9% (annual) — via World Bank
Real GDP growth in US: 2.2% (annual) — via World Bank
Average hours worked per year in US: 1,800 — via OECD
Unemployment rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% — via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cost of living in Massachusetts: 5.8% above the national average — via BEA
Minimum wage in Massachusetts: $15.00/hr — via FRED
Real GDP per capita in Massachusetts: $90,044 — via FRED
Home prices in Massachusetts (year over year): +4.2% — via FRED
Median household income in Suffolk County: $92,859 — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Average commute time in Suffolk County: 31 min — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Most common commute in Suffolk County: Drove Alone (35%) — via US Census ACS / Data USA
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Typical climate: average high 60°F / low 41°F year-round (summers around 80°F, winters around 23°F) — via NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Walkability: Most walkable — via EPA National Walkability Index
Typical rent nearby: $2,476/mo · $2,941/mo — via HUD Fair Market Rents
- Elevation 29m (95 ft)
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Prepare retail merchandising and planning strategy cases, stakeholder storytelling, and examples of leading multi-workstream delivery. Review recent Accenture moves such as network/AI-related acquisitions and mid-market AI offerings when framing how strategy work scales.
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Strong fit if you combine retail merchandising/planning depth with consulting-style strategy, client leadership, and comfort in a large global firm. Less fit if you want pure store operations or fully remote work—this listing is Boston-based, non-remote.
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- Role Retail Merchandising and Planning – Strategy Senior Manager
- Employer Accenture
- Location Boston, Massachusetts
- Type Full Time
- Pay (from listing) Pay not listed
- Posted July 24, 2026
- Apply by August 25, 2026
- Country United States
- Overview Full job description on this page (319 words)
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- Hacker News — Tech industry's persistent claim of worker shortage may be phony
- Hacker News — Accenture will get rid of annual performance reviews and rankings
- Hacker News — Accenture will get rid of annual performance reviews and rankings
- Hacker News — Accenture will get rid of annual performance reviews and rankings
- Hacker News — Hertz paid Accenture $32M for a website that never went live
- Hacker News — Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte
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