Allocation Analyst

Nintendo•Redmond, WA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Allocation Analyst supports Merchandising and Merchandise Planning by owning inventory allocation and flow across the DTC channel to optimize sales, margin, and inventory productivity. This role manages initial launch, replenishment, clearance, and bin inventory decisions at the location level, using historical performance and market trends to identify risks and opportunities and drive proactive solutions. The analyst partners cross functionally to support new stores, activations, and ongoing business reviews, while continuously improving processes, tools, and ways of working to operate with urgency and improve overall performance.

Requirements

3+ years of related experience in Supply Chain or Inventory/Supply Planning
Fundamental understanding of various forecast methodologies both quantitative and qualitative
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Demonstrated ability to think strategically
Strong visualization and PowerPoint skills
Able to prioritize and manage multiple competing deliverables
Extremely detail- and process-oriented
Strong MS Office (Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) experience
Undergraduate degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field or equivalent experience
Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be considered. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Nice To Haves

Experience with allocation solution software preferred
Oracle EBS and Business Intelligence, Inventory, Agile, Tableau, SharePoint, Smartsheet, Confluence experience helpful but not required
Import/Customs experience helpful but not required
Project Management skills helpful but not required
APICS and/or IBF (SCM) certification an advantage

Responsibilities

Build, develop, and support working relationships with cross functional in-person and/or virtual teams by facilitating proactive business management, communication, issue resolution as well as driving key decisions.
Partners with other business units by providing lead time and production planning guidance that support communication of supply chain challenges and to provide recommendations in support of meeting company objectives.
Strives for process improvements by developing, measuring, and monitoring critical metrics and KPI’s.
Drives the execution of product placement plans to deliver KPI targets.
Communicates insights and alternatives when faced with supply chain challenges or data to support decision-making.
Analyzes industry trends and data in supply chain to identify problematic areas and suggest improvements.
Capable of frequent or ad hoc supply and/or demand shifts that require new analysis to support decision making.
Develop and maintain reports/analysis that support prompt and succinct formats using Tableau for distribution to key stakeholders and/or Leadership.
Supports ongoing Business Planning and other cross-divisional stakeholders with inventory planning.