Inventory Deployment Analyst

Your Role

The Inventory Deployment Analyst is an individual contributor responsible for end-to-end deployment strategy leading to finished goods allocation from distribution center to stores for a specific book of business. Ensures optimum inventory levels to maximize sales and margin to achieve targeted levels of inventory productivity, in support of overall product and company profitability. The Inventory Deployment Analyst will also be a liaison between stores, logistics and other cross functional partners. They will utilize several business applications including, but not limited to: JDA Allocation, SAP and MicroStrategy.

Your Impact

• Execute daily/weekly deployment of product to stores to improve inventory levels, maximizing sales plans/trend.
• Deliver budgeted sales and margin by ensuring inventory levels align with store customer preferences enabling plan sell-thru
• Formulate inventory deployment strategy (pre-season & in-season), considering constraints and inputs, such as inventory levels by store cluster (tiering), timing of merchandise delivery, minimum presentation, and distribution of sizes to support merchandise sales plans
• Develop and articulate fact-based analytical approach to deployment decisions, monitor results and action deployment adjustments with exceptional change agility
• Be an advocate for the field and participate in occasional store travel. Spark cross-functional action that improves the complexion of store level inventories.
• Quantify inventory buys by size to support targeted inventory levels by store
• Collaborate with the Merchandise Planner and Merchant partners to prioritize flow of product considering inventory constraints
• Participate in category and cross functional meetings – leverage analytics to influence decision making
• Consistently demonstrate analytical curiosity and socialize thoughts to drive action
• Work with Logistics partners to resolve external constraints that impact inventory flow to distribution center and stores
• Work collaboratively across multiple functions and departments within the organization
• Support and execute to testing strategies, category specific initiatives and ad-hoc analysis
• Support inventory management between digital and store channels

Your Experience

• Minimum 1-3 years of inventory management and/or store analysis experience
• Bachelor’s degree in business-related discipline
• Experience in high volume, fast paced, specialty/big box retail environment or equivalent
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple priorities effectively
• Ability to work collaboratively and influence multiple partners on business decisions and able to troubleshoot issues for best possible resolution
• Strong analytical skills – ability to analyze and understand quantitative data
• Intermediate technical skill proficiency (PC-based) using functions in Excel and Access; demonstrated ability to learn and apply new software technology. Systems used: Impact Analytics, SAP and MicroStrategy