What are the responsibilities and job description for the Replenishment Analyst position at Lids?
Job Title: Replenishment Analyst
General Summary:
This position will work to cultivate a solid knowledge of replenishment practices, alignment with merchandising strategies and analytical skill sets to ensure the right product is at the right stores at the right time. Partner with the buying, merchandising analysts, planning, finance, marketing, and the distribution centers to help coordinate product flow operations within the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico and other future business units. A detail oriented, organized and hard-working professional who is comfortable managing work efforts is desired.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
- Allocation of product to virtual stores based on the requests of the buying or planning teams. This is to help with the liquidation of product thru other channels besides the traditional stores. Such as moving product to from the country to country, to Amazon, or other groups that we have sold product to that need to be removed from the distribution centers.
- Releasing of product to the distribution centers either thru the normal replenishment process, cross docks, or special projects.
- Communicating and working with the distribution centers to prioritize and isolate product that needs to be to stores quicker than other products.
- Researching items that may be delayed in getting out to stores as requested by buying, planning, and merchandising analyst teams.
- Provide support to the various departments in the business as the needs of the business dictate.
- Build and analyze reports for replenishment, cross docks and the other needs of the business as requested.
- Provide information to the finance and inventory control departments on the product allocated to the virtual stores to assist with their month ending paperwork.
- Develop new ways to aid in the replenishment process based on the season or the changing needs of the business.
- Communicate effectively with employees representing all business functions across the company.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Required Knowledge, Skills and Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, Fashion Merchandising, or other related field and/or 1-3 years of applicable retail work experience; prior allocation experience is preferred.
- Strong Retail Math skills and Analytical skills.
- Ability to research and analyze large amounts of data.
- Computer skills to include navigational ability in a networked environment and proficiency in Microsoft Word and email applications; intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Excel.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Results-oriented, willingness to follow through, make informed decisions, complete tasks and problem solve.
- Uses rigorous logic and thoughtful thinking to effectively identify, address and resolve challenges.
- Demonstrated abilities in learning new skills, change/variety in work and creativity; exhibit attention to detail with high degree of accuracy.
Perks!
- Sports Centric Atmosphere
- Casual Dress Code- We're a hat company after all!
- 1100 Stores and Growing
- Competitive Health Benefit Packages & 401K Program
- Kombucha & Coldbrew Coffee on Tap
- Treadmill Desks
- 40% Lids Discount