Associate Inventory Analyst [United States]

 

Position Overview:

Responsible for creating buy strategies by program and color to achieve OTB targets. Develops and maintains ladder plans for key products. Owns PO Management and creation.

Position Details:

At Duluth Trading Company, we fundamentally believe in strong in-person interactions as our culture thrives when we learn, create, and collaborate with each other. We also believe that the future of work at Duluth Trading Company includes flexibility. The position will be based in our corporate headquarters, near Madison, WI, but it will offer a hybrid work arrangement allowing the flexibility to work a few days a week from home.

What You’ll Do:

• Informed of corporate financial strategies / KPIs and partners with inventory leaders and merchant partners to execute strategies into inventory plans and targets
• Executes category level receipts flow through assessment of item level plans to create a seasonal buy strategy that supports EOP and key KPI metrics
• Monitor inbound receipts flow and communicate to partners and leaders when purchase orders are arriving early or late and the impact to the business.
• Owns in-season analysis and review of product placements to optimize customer experience and ensure optimal in stock levels and provides alternative options when applicable
• Responsible for category level purchase order management including writing, issuing, tracking, and maintaining.
• Execute PO revisions to ensure purchase orders accurately match quantities received by the Fulfillment Centers and partners with vendors, AP and FCs to reconcile differences
• Owns monitoring risks to inventory and communicates inventory estimates, ST%, WOS to leaders and cross functional partners and makes recommendation to maximize inventory and mitigate risks
• Executes back-order management process
• Monitors and reports on changes to inventory levels and the risk impact to merchandising strategies and key KPIs
• Maintains accurate data in the systems and provides reporting as needed
• Maintains, and analyzes ladder plans for key core products and determine appropriate weeks of supply and appropriate timing for issuing Pos to maintain weeks of supply
• Develop and foster strong cross-functional partnerships with Merchandise Planners, Merchandise Managers, Logistics, Allocation and Replenishment Teams
• Owns partnering with merchandising and planning on color and size mix % and accurately updating systems and purchase orders to reflect correct product size curves
• Drives teams (planning and cross functional) to achieve goals and deadlines through smart work, clear communication and accountability
• Embraces and learns new tools, systems and processes that ladder to corporate growth initiatives

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor’s Degree
  • Equivalent work experience would be considered
• 3+ years of allocation/replenishment experience
• Planning and Forecasting system experience
• Reporting tools experience, as well as Microsoft Excel
• Financial and Business Acumen: Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results; requires proficiency in retail math
• Problem Solving & Decision Quality: Able to use logic and methods to solve problems with effective solutions
• Influencing & Negotiation: Can present ideas and directions at all levels of the organization that lead and influence others to action
• Systems and tools Acumen: Advanced in Microsoft Excel with an aptitude to learn multiple inventory applications
• Collaborations: Able to build constructive and effective relationships with cross functional partners

Duluth Headquarters Benefits and Perks

As we continue to grow Duluth Trading Company and its house of brands, the perks have perked up, too. We’ve boosted an already impressive benefits package to include: unlimited paid time-off, 12-week full-pay parental leave, paid holiday time for the important observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, flexible schedules, and more! Why’d we go all out? Because our pursuit of a better way means that when it comes to great talent, better perks are a given.

Compensation: $50,000 to $65,000/Year

Compensation is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

About Duluth Trading Company:

Started in 1989, Duluth Trading Company exists to enable hard-working individuals to take on life with their own two hands. Folks that revel in doing it the hard way and celebrate finding a better way. We seek talented individuals who share these beliefs and are excited to further the Duluth Trading legacy with a digital-first mindset, always moving forward and always innovating.

From ingenious Duluth workwear, to comfortably capable Buck Naked Underwear, to outside-embracing AKHG, to meticulously built and sourced Best Made, it’s all about the innovative gear and gadgets that equip customers for a more hands-on way of life.

Top-notch quality, immersive storytelling, outstanding customer service, and the shared belief that the go-all-in-and-dig-deep spirit exists with everyone are what sets Duluth Trading Co. apart. We seek talented folks looking to be part of a can-do team that’s hellbent on helping the world to gear up, get its hands dirty, and do.

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