Job Posting Title:

Director, Retail Business Development & Business Support

Req ID:

10098870

Job Description:

Overview:

The Parks Retail Business Development team is focused on creating growth and value for the Domestic Parks/Disney Signature Experiences merchandise line of business through business analysis, the identification of new opportunities in support of business strategies, capital planning, capital project management, and initiative/project development and management.

The position will report to the vice president of Long-Term Planning and Parks Retail Business Development.

As Director, Retail Business Development and Business Support, you will be responsible for shaping the development of the Long-Term Capital Plan and Annual Capital Plan for DCP to achieve key business strategies, as well as creating value through analysis, identification of opportunities, and other key projects.

Responsibilities:

• Working closely with partners, proactively guide the development of the Retail Long-Term Capital Plans and Annual Capital Plans for Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and Disney Signature Experiences.

• Act as the merchandise champion for planned major capital attraction and entertainment projects, assessing the opportunities, gaining support for merchandise, and leading the projects through their phases.

• Guide the identification, analysis, and development of merchandise-led capital projects. Gain support for inclusion into Site capital plans and lead the projects through approval and development lifecycle. Ensure projects support key business strategies.

• Oversee approved projects through its stages to opening, partnering to ensure that projects stay on track and issues are effectively addressed.

• Lead a cross-functional meeting that includes key stakeholders and partners to effectively drive project decisions and work.

• Lead ad hoc analysis and work on other, non-capital, projects as assigned.

• Lead projects, including analysis and recommendation development to create significant value for the business through revenue growth initiatives and cost reduction initiatives.

• Proactively drive targeted analysis of the merchandise business specific to Sites and domestically that leads to identification of business opportunities.

• Address opportunities and issues as they arise.

• Understand and assess competitor impacts on the business.

• Support Planning, Location Strategy, Product Strategy, and Merchants on Business Case development and decision support for initiatives.

• Provide leadership to the Purchase Order Management and Business Support areas.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years’ experience in retail roles, financial analysis and/or strategy development.

• Proven creativity in identifying business opportunities and addressing issues.

• Strong understanding of the Parks merchandise business inclusive of planning, capital projects, and store operations preferred

• Excellent communication and relationship skills with a demonstrated ability to influence partners and key business decisions.

• Excellent written communication skills. Proven ability to synthesize financial information into a concise story and communicate the story to various levels of leadership.

• Ability to meet deadlines and handle multiple priorities.

• Self-starter with natural curiosity and the ability to deal with ambiguity.

• Ability to work within a complex, matrix organization and find creative solutions.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, mathematics, or other quantitative fields

Job Posting Segment:

NA - Global Retail

Job Posting Primary Business:

Parks (NA)

Primary Job Posting Category:

Business Strategy

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Kissimmee, FL, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2024-08-29