Description
Position: Sr. Demand and Deployment Analyst
Your Role
The Senior Demand and Deployment (D&D) Analyst develops and executes various analyses to support, inform, and influence demand forecasting and inventory deployment strategies. This role will strategically assess the business’ demand and inventory position across the Victoria’s Secret Beauty business with the intent of aligning financial and operational plans. This role may be responsible for the supervision and development of an Inventory Deployment Analyst. The ideal candidate should be a highly analytical thinker with a strong interest in product and store plan forecasting.
Why You Belong Here
At Victoria’s Secret & Co, we acknowledge your value. We recognize that every associate has something unique to add to our brand and business. We strive to recruit, retain, and advance diverse talent that reflects the customers we serve and the communities where we live and work. We foster a culture where everyone belongs because we know our business thrives most when we look for, listen to, and amplify diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We place the customer at the heart of everything we do. We dream big, embrace curiosity and creativity while always learning from our mistakes. We lead with integrity, trust, and respect to achieve the best outcomes as one team.
Your Impact
- Track and analyze the performance of inventory plans, making recommendations on potential areas for improvement
- Drive significant and measurable improvements in forecasting accuracy and inventory management
- Ensure inventory levels support themes and floorsets
- Partner with Store Operations and Logistics to streamline shipping and merchandise flow optimizing store merchandise process
- Report and make process/tool/talent-specific recommendations for the improvement of forecast accuracy and inventory targets
- Direct the creation and utilization of forecasting methods (statistical models and software tools) to deliver and monitor forecast accuracy, ensuring the achievement of forecast performance within standards
- Monitor and ensure consistent use of best practice methodology for the configuration of forecasting and event management processes and systems, including decision support for improved pattern after logic
- Prepare, report, and communicate forecast and inventory measurements to management on a weekly and period basis (forecast accuracy, inventory plans vs. targets)
- Fully complete analysis projects from initial business question/challenge through recommended action with little direction
- Leverage an understanding of the concepts of inventory micro-management
- Assess level of information needed and most efficient method to synthesize data to appropriately answer business question/problem
- Present analysis clearly in both written and verbal formats
- Champion change, taking risks as needed and demonstrating flexibility
- Adapt and embrace new systems/processes
- Actively pursue growth and development opportunities, continually finding ways to improve
Minimum Salary: $95,500.00
Maximum Salary: $130,515.00
VS&Co provides a range of compensation for this role as shown. Your actual salary will be determined by a number of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic region, or other relevant factors.
Qualifications
Your Experience
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- 5-7 years of experience in analytical positions and/or inventory deployment, demand forecasting, merchandise planning, finance, or logistics, preferably in retail or consumer products serving high-volume, fast-paced and seasonal businesses
- High level of technical proficiency in relevant planning, allocation, replenishment, analytical, data management, and financial systems, such as JDA Allocation and Fulfillment, EDW, SAP, Microstrategy, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Access
- Decisive problem-solver with strong results orientation
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and customer types/levels
- Excellent communication, prioritizing and problem-solving skills
- Maintain strong cross-functional relationships
An equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected category recognized by state, federal or local laws. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States.
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