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Phoenix, Az, Us

Phoenix, Az, Us

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Phoenix, Arizona

- Create annual sales & margin budget for the Meat department; a business that does $700M in gross sales annually- Forecast at the item, category, and department level on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis- Responsible for promotional item selection and pricing, and understanding the financial impact of those decisions including impact to base business and other departments- Constantly analyzing comp sales, margin rate, promotional lift, traffic growth, and basket value growth to understand effectiveness of promotional decisions, base pricing, and assortment effectiveness- Responsible for modeling out complex business proposals that include sales, margin, traffic, basket, packaging, and labor variables- Track and analyze performance of new initiatives by determining control groups and isolating key variables- Own executive reporting and present regularly to executive team- Extensive experience creating customized tools for the Merch Planning & Analytics team

Phoenix, Arizona Area

- Create and revise all components of a rolling merchandise forecast (sales, margin, receipts, inventory and turn) for a $500M+ business- Partner with the Buyer and Assortment Team to influence the assortment and promotional plans- Analyze and anticipate selling patterns to influence the allocation and replenishment strategy- Provide thought leadership, analysis and insights into trends and recommendations for actions to maximize sales, margin and inventory productivity- Analyze and re-forecast the business and recommend strategies to maximize opportunities and minimize risk- Support the leadership team in the seasonal, annual, and long-range strategic and financial planning across a wide array of vendor, customer, and merchandising segments- Maintain high levels of promotional product availability during promotional periods while minimizing aging and discontinued inventory levels- Develop key, new and one-time buy items plans and then partner with Merchandise Buyers and Allocation Teams to adjust inventory levels where appropriate in season- Conduct detailed post-season or post-event analysis, leveraging customer data and present insights and recommendations to leadership team- Use consumer insights and data combined with a structured test and learn approach to maximize growth opportunities- Support the VP & Director to present within various strategic meetings for the division (i.e. Direction Setting, Marketing Execution meetings, Line Reviews, Open-To-Buy, Vendor, QBR, and other meetings)

Phoenix, Arizona Area

- Partner with Buyer and Financial planner to create and maintain annual and seasonal financial plans for sales, margin, and inventory.- Maintain demand forecasts for thousands of item/location combinations and maintain appropriate DC inventory levels to support store demand.- Own relationships for a large portfolio of both import and domestic vendors; and dictate ordering terms including ordering frequency and minimum order quantities to support sales and financial initiatives.- Have lead critical initiatives such as managing the inventory exit strategy when removing a major divisional brand; while simultaneously launching the replacement brand.- Responsible for creating innovative reporting and dashboards that streamline thousands of data points into actionable information.- Manage the entire life-cycle of all purchase orders from PO creation to delivery to DC & store.- Partner closely with our international transportation team and freight forwarder to track critical import purchase orders.- Extract and analyze key data points to identify specific trends and opportunities for increased inventory productivity while maintaining store level service goals.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

-Achieve in-stock, store fill rate, PO fill rate, and PO on-time goals for multiple inventory segments and departments in our Cat Consumables division.-Partner with the Buyer and Financial Planner to create annual sales and inventory plans and execute strategies to hit sales, margin, and inventory goals.-Work closely with Buyers and vendors during new item launches to establish new item initial inventory orders and new item forecasts based on forecasted sales performance, store counts, rounding profiles, lead time, order cycle, and item cost.-Align with Buyers on monthly promotional strategies and determine incremental inventory allocations by item and store.-Determine investment strategies for seasonal items, shippers, one-time-buys, and bonus items for all promotional events.-Manage critical seasonal promotions like Black Friday by determining incremental investment quantities, working with the DC’s and Transportation to support additional volume, and working with Store Operations to ensure an effective flow of inventory.-Maintain healthy relationships with all vendor partners and work with them perpetually on forecasting, promotional activity, and new and discontinued item strategies.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Phoenix, Arizona Area