Senior Analyst, Assortment Planning

• Provide dedicated support to Category Managers with insight, guidance and recommendations on assortment and inventory mix to maximize sales while balancing inventory and space productivity
• Utilize existing tools and help build new tools, processes and analyses
• Work directly with Category Managers to optimize assortment decisions
• Deep dive inventory productivity including Category line structure, potential and actual sales and inventory levels by location and SKU
• Identify opportunities to properly distribute space by and within Categories
• Assist in ongoing development of cross-functional review model including analytics
• Build post-review SKU add analytics
• Assist Category Managers in providing forecasts by SKU
• Create streamlined, repeatable processes for Business Reviews and Assortment recommendations
• Assist in ensuring all projects are on track
• Help create and refine process to translate assortment recommendations
• Partner with Supply Chain Strategy & Analytics team to refine/build tools
• Assist Sr Manager and Sr Director in building onboarding and training program

• 3+ years of Analytics and Process Improvement experience required
• Very strong analytical skills, highly competent using tools such as Excel and Big Query
• Well versed in analytics visualization tools (Power BI in particular)
• Prior knowledge of merchandising and assortment modeling applications/tools preferred
• Background in process improvement capabilities: ability to quickly identify, recommend solutions for and execute on process opportunities/gaps
• Strong communication, collaboration, and presentation skills including using PowerPoint
• Ability to make compelling presentations to small and large groups
• Comfortable communicating with leadership in large organizations
• Bachelors degree in Business, Analytics, Process Improvement or equivalent experience required
• Ability to manage complex analytical and process improvement projects while demonstrating a positive, collaborative approach
• High degree of business acumen with the ability to influence at all levels
• Work is performed in a typical office environment
• Ability to travel when called upon

Prior knowledge of merchandising and assortment modeling applications/tools