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Come be part of the Assortment Planning & Modeling team at NAPA, a world leader in automotive and industrial product aftermarket parts. Help us continue to build on a 100-year legacy of excellence and service to our customers. Our mission is to assort and deliver the right part, in the right place, at the right time to service and repair millions of cars each year. To do this, we are seeking talented, motivated individuals to bring their passion and drive to the NAPA team.
Job Responsibility:
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
Requirements:
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
Nice to have:
Prior knowledge of merchandising and assortment modeling applications/tools