Specialist, Business Analytics & Merchandise Planning

CYBEX GMBH • Detroit, MI

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About The Position

This role involves leading and overseeing forecasting and demand planning projects, ensuring alignment between supply, inventory strategy, and business objectives. The Specialist will act as the project lead for merchandising stock allocation initiatives, covering process design, implementation, and performance monitoring for both E-commerce and retail channels. A key aspect of the role is owning and managing analytics-led projects, utilizing Power BI and Excel to create dashboards, KPIs, and reporting frameworks for project tracking and executive decision-making. The position requires developing and maintaining comprehensive project plans, including scope, timelines, milestones, risks, and stakeholder communication. Collaboration with cross-functional teams in merchandising, supply chain, operations, and leadership is essential for timely project delivery. The role also includes leading margin and profitability performance initiatives within P&L planning projects, ensuring targets are met. Evaluating product-related initiatives and commercial actions to assess their impact on margin and performance is crucial for guiding prioritization and execution. Driving continuous improvement by identifying process gaps, implementing solutions, and standardizing best practices is expected. Additionally, the Specialist will support Canada market rollout projects by providing leadership in forecasting, stock allocation, and analytics during planning and execution.

Requirements

• Proficiency in Power BI and Excel for developing dashboards, KPIs, and reporting frameworks
• Experience in developing and maintaining end-to-end project plans (scope, timelines, milestones, risks, stakeholder communication)
• Experience coordinating with cross-functional teams (merchandising, supply chain, operations, leadership)
• Experience leading margin and profitability performance initiatives
• Experience evaluating product-related initiatives and commercial actions for margin and performance impact
• Experience driving continuous improvement projects (identifying gaps, implementing solutions, standardizing best practices)
• Experience in forecasting and stock allocation
• Experience in analytics leadership

Nice To Haves

• Experience with E-commerce and retail channels
• Experience supporting market rollout projects (e.g., Canada market)

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee forecasting and demand planning projects, ensuring alignment between supply, inventory strategy, and business objectives
• Act as the project lead for merchandising stock allocation initiatives, including process design, implementation, and performance monitoring for E-commerce and retail channels
• Own and manage analytics-led projects, leveraging Power BI and Excel to develop dashboards, KPIs, and reporting frameworks that support project tracking and executive decision-making
• Develop and maintain end-to-end project plans, including scope definition, timelines, milestones, risks, and stakeholder communication
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams across merchandising, supply chain, operations, and leadership to ensure timely delivery of project outcomes
• Lead margin and profitability performance initiatives as part of P&L planning projects, ensuring targets are tracked and achieved throughout the project lifecycle
• Evaluate product-related initiatives and commercial actions, assessing margin and performance impact to guide prioritization and execution
• Drive continuous improvement projects by identifying process gaps, implementing solutions, and standardizing best practices
• Support and contribute to Canada market rollout projects by providing forecasting, stock allocation, and analytics leadership during planning and execution phases

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed