About this role
About Turing Turing is one of the world’s fastest-growing AI companies, accelerating the advancement and deployment of powerful AI systems.
Turing helps customers in two ways: Working with the world’s leading AI labs to advance frontier model capabilities in thinking, reasoning, coding, agentic behavior, multimodality, multilinguality, STEM, and frontier knowledge; and leveraging that work to build real-world AI systems that solve mission-critical priorities for companies.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Merchandising & Category Management Subject Matter Expert (SME) to design, evaluate, and calibrate high-fidelity domain tasks, retail scenarios, and benchmark solutions.
Depending on your depth of retail experience, candidates will be considered for an Expert Contributor (Merchandising / Category Manager) or a Senior Specialist / Reviewer (Senior Merchandising / Category Manager) track within our functional evaluation pods.
Requirements
- Experience: 3–15 years of hands-on experience in retail merchandising, buying, category management, or inventory allocation.
- Core Competencies:
- Demonstrated expertise in assortment architecture, product allocation, and merchandise financial planning.
- Practical experience creating and analyzing assortment plans, visual planograms, and promotional calendars.
- Strong command of foundational retail calculations (GMROI, turn, markdowns, margin impact, weeks of supply).
- Execution & Communication:
- Proven ability to work under peer review, adapt quickly to calibration feedback, and adhere to structured rubrics.
- Strong written communication skills to articulate clear solution rationales and step-by-step methodology breakdowns.