INVENTORY OPERATIONS & ALLOCATION ANALYST

Sally Beauty Holdings • Plano, TX

3h • Hybrid

About The Position

At SBH, our purpose is to inspire a more colorful, confident, and welcoming world. We are the leader in professional hair color, selling and distributing professional beauty supplies across 11 countries through our Sally Beauty and Beauty Systems Group businesses. Sally Beauty offers products for hair color, hair care, nails, and skin care to retail customers looking for salon-quality products at a value price. Beauty Systems Group, branded as Cosmo Prof or Armstrong McCall stores, along with its direct sales consultants, sell professionally branded products intended for use and resale by salons to retail consumers. This is a hybrid role reporting into the Support Center at Legacy West in Plano Texas.
The Inventory Ops Allocation Analyst will work cross functionally corporately, as well as directly with store and field management teams to diagnose and resolve inventory related issues. In addition, the individual partners closely with the Planning and Allocation team to identify opportunities and execute against them to improve key inventory performance metrics at stores. The Analyst should have expert knowledge of JDA systems and applications that support store level inventory management.
As Allocation Analyst, responsible for cross divisional allocation “push” strategies and process. Product/seasonal merchandise for “push” includes: promo goods, holiday product, POG changes, New Items, New/remodel stores – as well as reserve management (ecom). Additional responsibilities include Localization: Store clustering, ethnic / demographic allocation distortions. Forecasting at the sku level through PO creation and follow up. The Allocation analyst reviews and adjusts system forecasts based on daily review of product movement including seasonality, industry and market trends, and probability of anticipated sales.
Partner with multiple Buyers to manage category distortions and allocate inventory dollars effectively to drive the business with a promo ST% target of 80%+ during promo period. Drive consistency in sku analysis and allocation function that align with AOR goals. Manage the preplanning process and asset allocation to identify and drive grow / maintain / decline seasonal/push businesses.

Requirements

• College degree (BA or BS)
• 1-3 years direct work experience in an Inventory Management/Planning capacity in Retail and exposure to multiple Inventory/ Planning/ Forecasting/ Replenishment systems.
• Solid understanding of seasonal/fashion inventory management practices and procedures
• Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge.
• Capability to multitask in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills that helps influence and shape future business decisions.
• Highly analytical with a sense of business curiosity
• Demonstrated ability to learn new systems.
• Spreadsheet, database, and word processing software (Microsoft Office)
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to plan, forecast, and exercise sound judgment.
• Strong communication skills
• Exceptional math ability
• Ability to work with multiple projects/teams simultaneously

Nice To Haves

• Experience with retail buying or logistics preferred
• JDA experience would be a plus.
• Omni-Channel experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execute day-to-day inventory support activities (including providing second level HELP Desk support for stores/field management).
• Complete root cause analysis using systems and central databases to identify areas of opportunity.
• Maintain data sources, and execute daily, weekly, and ad hoc reporting as necessary.
• Develop and monitor communication tools and materials for store and field inventory management.
• Create and maintain standard operating procedures for all responsibilities.
• Manage projects and programs involving successful coordination of efforts across multiple teams.
• Responsible for developing and executing push allocation strategies that align sales targets with financial objectives. This includes creating and managing allocation forecasts using JDA tools, tracking performance against forecasts, and ensuring timely PO flow from vendors to stores.
• Collaborates cross-functionally with Buyers, SBUs, suppliers, supply chain, e-commerce, and store teams to align inventory plans with vendor commitments, marketing, and operational capacity.
• Leverages analytics to optimize allocation effectiveness, identify store clustering opportunities, and adjust forecasts based on key drivers such as seasonality and store footprint changes.

Benefits

• We offer a competitive salary and outstanding benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, paid vacation and sick days, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement and 401(k) with company match.
• In addition, associates of SBH may take advantage of our in house salon with complementary services and a varied selection of food options at our corporate campus.
• Also, featured at our corporate campus, is both a Sally Beauty and CosmoProf Professional onsite store, where associates enjoy a great merchandise discount!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level