Associate Analyst, Location Planning

Job Description:

What Will You Be Doing?

• Develop and implement a comprehensive global inventory strategy aligned with the company's overall business objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align inventory goals with sales forecasts, delivery schedules, and omni-channel market demands.
• Drive accurate placement of inventory by region, DC, and store while maintaining company level KPIs
• Support the Stores and Store Operation teams through capacity modeling, offsite analysis, and strategy execution needs.

• Lead efforts to optimize inventory levels to meet customer demand while minimizing carrying costs and stockouts.
• Own the location level inventory plan in partnership with merchandise planning to ensure financial and service metrics are met.
• Work collectively with supply chain, visual merchandising, and testing to ensure inventory readiness for all promotions and events.
• Develop and implement inventory management strategies that accommodate end of life inventory management across all selling channels.
• Develop and implement assortment segmentation strategies based on product characteristics, demand patterns, and sales forecasts.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency of inventory management processes globally.

• Proactively identify potential risks to inventory management and develop mitigation strategies.
• Monitor inventory health across all locations and nodes and address aged or inefficient inventory.
• Travel to stores in the region and collaborate with local store teams on executing global/regional strategies.
• Assess productivity of inventory and ability to hit sell through targets.

What will you need to bring?

• Bachelor’s Degree in economics, finance, data analytics, data visualization or related field, or equivalent experience preferred
• 2-4 years experience in inventory planning / allocation / location planning within fashion industry
• Excellent math, organization, and time management skills
• Proficient in MS Office and Excel, Power BI
• Strong ability to handle and understand analytical data, with keen attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a collaborative approach to working with cross-functional teams
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with a focus on continuous improvement and process implementation
• Eagerness to creatively solve problems and drive business profitability and growth

Company Description

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.) is a global, digitally led omnichannel specialty retailer of apparel and accessories catering to kids through millennials with assortments curated for their specific lifestyle needs.

The company operates a family of brands, including Abercrombie brands and Hollister brands, each sharing a commitment to offer products of enduring quality and exceptional comfort that support global customers on their journey to being and becoming who they are. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. operates stores under these brands across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as the e-commerce sites abercrombie.com, abercrombiekids.com and hollisterco.com.

Learn more about A&F Co. by visiting our corporate website here.

ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.