• Job Description

  Req#: 5001034569506

  Number of Vacancies

  1

  Job Title

  Inventory Analyst

  Location

  7260-Buyer Department

  Job Description

  • Job Title

    Men's Apparel Inventory Analyst

    Job Description

    Job Title	Men's Apparel - Inventory Analyst	FLSA Status	Hourly, Non-Exempt
    Reports To	Buyer	Hourly Wage	$28.85
    Effective Date	April 2024	Department	Buying
    Schedule	Full-time

    Position Purpose :

    The Inventory Analyst is a critical position to the operation of the buying department. You will collaborate with your buying partners by providing them guidance on Open-to-Buy budgets and optimized assortment plans. You will be a key contributor in finding ways to maximize the business while remaining fiscally responsible. You will engage in projects that will require you to leverage your deep sense of curiosity and analytical skillset to maximize the customer experience.

    Essential Functions:

    • Support company and organizational initiatives and projects through individual contribution and collaboration with cross-functional partners.
    • Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, sales reporting.
    • Maintaining and updating assortment planning tools.
    • Generate insights and visibility that help to maximize business opportunities and decision making through informed and data-driven forecasting and modeling.
    • Review in-season metrics and track performance against plan, working with the appropriate teams to help achieve seasonal plans.
    • Identify deviations from forecasted results and other variances and timely resolve or make recommendations for any issues.
    • Managing inventory targets.
    • Ad hoc assignments and projects as required.

    Qualifications and Requirements:

    • Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, retail merchandising, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
    • Understanding and application of "retail math" and business analysis
    • Strong time management and organizational skills
    • Ability and willingness to work hard in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment both independently and as part of a team
    • Ability to think critically and solve problems
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
    • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
    • Strong data analysis skills and ability to use visualization tools such as Excel, SQL, and Power BI preferred.
    • High attention to detail
    • Travel to domestic markets and national events required

    Preferred Education and Experience:

    • 1 to 3 years retail experience
    • Bachelor's degree preferred or combination of equivalent education and work experience.

    Physical Demands and Work Environment:

    • Ability to sit at a workstation in an office environment for extended periods of time and work on a PC without limitations.
    • Ability to move about, sit, bend, and squat in an office environment to access files and gather information.
    • Occasional travel to Zumiez stores, and events.

    This Full-Time role is Benefit Eligible and offers the following

    • Health, vision, and dental insurance following an initial wait period.
    • Basic life insurance and supplemental voluntary life insurance
    • Disability insurance
    • 401(k) plan
    • Employee stock purchase plan
    • Paid parental leave
    • Vacation
    • Sick leave
    • Employee Assistance Program
    • Healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
    • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
    • Zumiez merchandise discount

    Compensation for Role in addition to Base Salary

    • Bonus eligibility
    • Equity eligibility

    ACKNOWLEDGMENT

    Employee signature below constitutes employee's understanding of the requirements, essential functions, and duties of the position.

• About the company

  Zumiez Inc. is an American multinational specialty clothing store founded by Tom Campion and Gary Haakenson in 1978, and publicly traded since 2005.

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