LP Business Partner

Zumiez Inc • Lynnwood, WA

23d • $23 - $27

About The Position

Support the Store Team’s ability to address shrink concerns by providing
reporting and consultation that is consistent and actionable.

Requirements

• AA degree in related field or 2+ years retail inventory experience.
• Ability to gather and analyze information and communicate results.
• Self and social awareness; ability to manage themselves and relationships with others.
• Understands retail math and algebra.
• Experienced in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Attention to detail, with an ability to simplify complexity.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with a proven ability to adapt to change and meet deadlines.
• Self-accountable, Self-motivated, and goal oriented.
• Has integrity and uses good judgment.

Responsibilities

• Exception-based opportunities: Identifying the existence and root cause of urgent shrink opportunities and provide consultation to store team clients regarding those opportunities. Elevate opportunities that pose risk or greater impact to the appropriate
• Process Execution: Implement, monitor, and continuously improve processes and operations executed in the field and department that relate to the prevention of internal, external, and operational shrinkage. Partner with store field and Home Office departments to implement and improve processes.
• Safety: Provide consultation on in-store safety and de-escalation, partnering with Human Resources when appropriate.
• Reporting and research: Provide customized reporting for the store team in the format requested. Consult with clients on appropriate formatting based on the purpose of the report. Mine for information at the request of the store team. Consult with the store team on potential next steps if needed and provide any additional findings.
• Education, clarity, and alignment: Provide information in a digestible format. Ensure store team is clear on LP strategies and capability. Identify clarification needs and work to educate and align store team.
• Physical inventory process: Provide support and development on the execution of, and best practices related to, the physical inventory scan process.
• Post scan planning: Partner with store team clients to analyze reporting, determine focus, and build a strategy to respond to inventory results.
• Safety, ethics and compliance: Provide consultation on in-store safety, inventory control policies, and de-escalation strategies, while maintaining a thorough understanding of company policies, laws, and employee standards. Conduct professional, evidence-based investigations in partnership with Human Resources and field teams.
• Physical inventory process (Store, DC, Web): Fixing variances and accounting for missing product found in the inventory scan process. Ensuring that a store’s quantity on hand is as accurate as possible post-scan.
• On-hand accuracy: Fixing inventory inaccuracies identified by us or reported by other departments and the store team. Identifying the root cause of inaccuracies and proposing solutions to mitigate and resolve, including continuous improvement to tools used to aid in the maintenance and reconciliation of inventory.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree