Associate, Strategy & Value Creation

Worldwide Golf•Santa Ana, CA

1d•$80,000 - $110,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate, Strategy & Value Creation provides hands-on analytical support across Worldwide Golf, Big 5 Sporting Goods, and enterprise-wide priorities. This cross-functional role spans strategy, operations, merchandising, supply chain, and marketing, translating data into practical decisions, tools, and process improvements. The Associate builds analyses, dashboards, and decision rules; investigates operational problems to identify root causes; and helps carry recommendations through implementation. The role is suited to an analytically strong, early-career candidate who is curious, self-directed, comfortable working with imperfect data, and interested in owning workstreams end-to-end in a lean, entrepreneurial environment. The position is based at Worldwide Golf Headquarters in Santa Ana, California, with periodic travel to Big 5 offices, distribution centers, and stores. It reports to the Director of Strategy and works closely with leaders across both companies, including the CFO, Chief Strategy Officer, CEO, and other senior executives. The Associate will analyze store, distribution center, and inventory data; develop and maintain KPI dashboards and reporting; support merchandising, e-commerce, and customer analytics; track enterprise value-creation initiatives; and help identify and implement AI-enabled tools and process automation. The role also responds to fast-turn requests from senior leaders and communicates findings and recommendations clearly for executive decision-making. The role offers broad exposure to strategy, operations, merchandising, and supply chain across two retail businesses, with ownership from day one, competitive compensation, benefits, paid time off, and opportunities for growth. The base salary range is $80,000–$110,000 per year, and the position is bonus eligible.

Requirements

1–3 years of experience in consulting, strategy, retail, digital, supply chain, business, or data analytics.
Advanced proficiency in Excel.
Experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate analyses and implementations.
Strong problem-solving skills, including structuring ambiguous problems, identifying root causes, and quantifying impact.
Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present findings to senior leaders.
Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and take ownership of deliverables.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related quantitative field.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SQL and a business intelligence tool such as Power BI, Tableau, or SAP Analytics Cloud.
Python or R experience for analysis.
Experience in retail, distribution or logistics, merchandise planning, or inventory management analysis.

Responsibilities

Analyze store, distribution center, and inventory data to improve product and freight movement, and support retail operations initiatives.
Support store-to-store transfer rules, freight and inventory balancing, and distribution center productivity.
Build and maintain performance dashboards, initially covering distribution center KPIs and enterprise-wide spend visibility.
Define metrics, automate data feeds where possible, and ensure reporting is accurate, trusted, and used.
Support merchandising planning and markdown decisions.
Provide e-commerce and marketing analysis and recommendations to improve CLTV, traffic, conversion, and performance, including loyalty and omnichannel operations.
Track enterprise value-creation initiatives, size opportunities, and maintain analytical support for operating reviews.
Map manual processes and partner with business leaders to develop and roll out AI-enabled tools that accelerate work and improve decision-making.
Help size and prioritize AI and process-automation opportunities across the business.
Respond to fast-turn analytical requests from senior leaders and synthesize findings into concise materials and recommendations for executive decisions.