Analyst, Omni Merchandise Planning, GO Toddler

About the Role

In this role you will be a part of the Inventory Management team that brings the financial strategy of our product vision to life by managing the largest financial asset of the company: our product itself. In your role, you will drive the success of one or more product categories by creating a financial roadmap and marrying it to brand strategy and customer needs. You are passionate about using your qualitative and quantitative skillset in a fashion retail environment and find joy and creativity in forecasting and financial planning. You are curious, innovative, and focused on executing an amazing customer experience while delivering/exceeding financial targets. Strong analytical and storytelling skills will serve you well, and a collaborative mindset is a must.

What You'll Do

• Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities by division and department

• Collaborate with Merchandising to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial and product opportunities by division and department

• Create preseason sales, gross margin and inventory plans by division and department that support product strategies

• Reconcile top down to bottom up division/department plans

• Recap and analyze actual sales results to plan, and forecast in season sales and inventories on a weekly / monthly / quarterly basis

• Collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with members of cross functional team (Merchandising, Visual, Production, Distribution, Planning and Company Planning)

Who You Are

• Must love Excel, have strong technical skills, and be systems savvy

• Believe in the Power of Team; builds constructive and effective relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners

• Possess strong business acumen and strategic agility, able to handle many projects simultaneously while effectively prioritizing workload

• Demonstrate strong listening, written and oral communication skills, able to present ideas and directions that rally others to action