Senior Merchandise Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

ROLE

The Retail Merchandise Analyst works closely with the CEO, VP of Merchandising and Buying team to help maximize the profit potential for Robbins Brothers. They improve cash flow and increase profit margins by analyzing inventory risks and opportunities and implementing inventory strategies while helping to ensure all inventory turns, gross profit and EBITDA plans are achieved. In addition, the Sr. Analyst works to minimize aged inventory and deliver each store’s turnover objective. These goals are achieved through the creation and maintenance of weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting as well as advising the VP when inventory and margin issues arise with potential solutions. This position reports to the VP of Merchandising.

Responsibilities

• Weekly creation and generation of merchandising reports
• Daily creation and generation of Daily Sales Report
• Weekly update and review of the Open to Buy
• Monthly and / or quarterly creation and generation of store sales quotas
• Monthly Price / Volume / Mix gross margin analysis
• Monthly and quarterly production of merchandising business review slides (MBR / QBR)
• Provide data extraction and analysis support for ad-hoc requests from business partners
• Translate complex sales, inventory, and store information into actionable insights
• Deliver business recommendations and address specific business questions to support key functions such as inventory optimization, merchandise planning and demand and supply planning
• Maintain functional expertise in database analytics best practices and the tools to support them
• Help the merchandise team develop a deep understanding of current and potential sales and stock balancing opportunities
• Monitor all retail category sales for potential issues / opportunities
• Identify new trends in sales
• Work to maintain desired inventory collection levels
• Provide guidance regarding selling patterns, timing of future purchases and purchasing philosophies
• Manage weekly replenishment, updating the 3-month sales forecast formula as needed
• Understand and nurture the Robbins Brothers Corporate Culture
• Exemplify company values
• Enforce policy of accountability

Qualifications

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Robbins Brothers provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

We are committed to creating an environment of inclusion and mutual respect where opportunities are available to all applicants and team members. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our team members is critical to our success as a company and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people