Analyst, Retail Allocation (Contract Role till EOY)

Allbirds

290d • $40 • Hybrid

About The Position

Allbirds is in the process of building a world class operational team to increase our ability to consistently surprise and delight our customers while making the most positive impact to our environment. As we continue to grow at an enormous pace, we need to ensure that we manage our supply chain efficiently from start to finish. The Supply Chain team plays a critical role in ensuring this occurs. The team is divided into global and retail planning teams. The global planning team is responsible for managing supply and demand across all assortments and channels, and managing factory communication. The retail planning team is responsible for retail forecasting, store replenishments and inventory management. The team works closely with Global Planning, Retail Operations, Store Leaders, Logistics, Product Strategy and Creative to ensure retail inventory is optimized by geography, season and launch timing. This role will primarily work within the retail planning org. For this role, we are looking for a highly analytical individual, who is comfortable dealing with large data sets to optimize and manage retail inventory decisions on a daily basis, to not only enhance our in-store customer experience but also drive the bottom line. Additionally, this individual should possess excellent project management and communication skills, and serve as a key liaison between the supply chain and retail teams, especially store leaders. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to be closer to the actual execution of merchandising strategy and the analytical side of consumer products planning.

Requirements

• Exceptional analytical capabilities along with quick decision-making skills.
• Strong aptitude for numbers, retail math skills and understanding of forecasting methodology.
• A thorough understanding of how to use data to drive decisions and effectively communicate business needs.
• Possesses and ability to understand financial measurements and how to impact them.
• Entrepreneurial, self-directed and resourceful - you thrive in a highly dynamic, and unstructured environment relative to a large corporation.
• Disciplined and eager to constantly rethink and recommend process improvements.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to quickly grasp new concepts while asking appropriate questions when information or instruction is not entirely clear.
• Demonstrates logical analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, meet deadlines, and remain flexible.

Nice To Haves

• BA/BS in business
• 2+ years Allocation, Planning or related experience required
• Strong proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets and experience building concise reports from large sets of data.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and GSuite
• Must be analytical, detailed oriented, and organized with excellent follow-up skills.
• Adept at comprehending and working with large quantities of data from a variety of sources.
• Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to system and data changes.
• Passion for our mission of sustainability -- Doing things in a better way.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the retail merchandising team, product planning, logistics, retail operations and store leaders to optimize individual store inventory based on local sales trends, future launches and store capacity.
• Allocate within Anaplan to execute launch plans for new products, seasonal floorsets, and promotional campaigns for our Full Price store fleet as well as Outlet.
• Partner with the product planning team to keep a pulse on incoming supply and future purchase order placement.
• Develop and maintain reports in Excel and Google docs to monitor store performance and inventory KPIs (i.e. in-stock levels, service levels, rate of sale, future on-order, etc).
• Make recommendations based on store performance and communicate assortment changes appropriately to key stakeholders across the retail team.
• Monitor store inventory levels and utilize Ship from Store levers to improve overstocks in stores.
• Manage overall store inventory levels based on store capacity, attributes, seasonality, size selling curves and channel balance needs.
• Support cross-functional teams by providing reports and ad hoc analysis.

Benefits

• Hourly rate of $40 per hour.
• Hybrid role, requiring in-office attendance 2-3 times per week at our San Francisco, CA corporate office.
• Health benefits include Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and eligible dependents.
• 100% Company paid OneMedical memberships available for members of certain medical plans.
• Company HSA contribution for enrolled HSA members.
• Financial benefits include: company equity for eligible roles, 401(k) with employer matching contribution, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, company-paid life insurance for full time roles, short-term and long-term disability.
• Unlimited PTO for full-time corporate roles, sick and vacation time for other roles, plus parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Company discount (50%) on most Allbirds products.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree