Strategy Consultant - Allocation & Replenishment

Tiger Analytics Inc. • New York, NY

10d

About The Position

Tiger Analytics is seeking a Value Strategy Consultant to own the business relationship with brand planning teams and serve as the strategic voice of allocation performance. This role focuses on interpreting data, understanding the reasons behind outcomes, and recommending changes using automated diagnostic tools. The consultant will translate insights into clear recommendations for vendors, internal partners, and leadership. This position requires a blend of strategy, diagnostics, and advisory skills, acting as a fiduciary advocate for brands by proactively identifying issues, driving solutions, and communicating with transparency.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in a strategy consulting role, preferably serving retail clients.
• Deep understanding of fashion retail allocation and replenishment processes, including how strategies differ for basics, seasonal basics, and fashion/trend products.
• Fluency in retail KPIs: service level, sell-through, WOS, GMROI, allocation accuracy, markdown rate, and how allocation decisions drive each.
• Strong analytical intuition: ability to quickly identify anomalies and areas for deeper investigation on performance dashboards.
• Exceptional communication and executive presence: comfortable presenting to VPs and coaching junior team members.
• MBA or equivalent advanced degree, or equivalent depth of experience in strategy and analytics.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience at a multi-brand fashion retailer (specialty, department store, or fast fashion).
• Background combining both operator experience (retailer-side) and advisory experience (consulting or vendor-side).
• Familiarity with statistical concepts used in allocation diagnostics: forecast accuracy metrics (MAPE, bias), variance decomposition, demand signal analysis.
• Experience building or managing a small team and working with contingent/contract technical resources.
• Comfort with ambiguity and building a function from scratch.
• Experience working with third-party allocation/planning vendors and managing vendor performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead bi-weekly allocation performance reviews with brand planning teams, covering service level, sales, GM$, GM%, GMROI, sell-through, and allocation accuracy.
• Present KPI diagnostics with root-cause analysis, explaining not just what happened, but why it happened and what actions are being taken.
• Produce quarterly business reviews for executive leadership that synthesize allocation performance trends and strategic recommendations.
• Leverage existing dashboards and alerting tools to monitor allocation outcomes across all brands at the store-SKU level.
• Identify emerging issues before they become problems, such as sell-through falling behind pace, inventory building in the wrong stores, or stockout patterns signaling model or grading issues.
• Decompose KPI misses into demand-side drivers (forecast accuracy, trend shifts) and supply-side drivers (misallocation, replenishment lag, pack constraints) to pinpoint actionable root causes.
• Analyze outcomes across product lifecycle types (basics, seasonal basics, fashion) and tailor diagnostic frameworks to each.
• Translate diagnostic findings into specific vendor improvement tickets with clear success criteria.
• Define requirements for in-house diagnostic tools and work with the technical team to prioritize development.
• Advise brand planning teams on allocation strategy decisions, including store eligibility, DC holdback levels, size curve adjustments, and replenishment throttling for end-of-season.
• Own the vendor accountability framework: maintain the RACI, track vendor action rates, and escalate when commitments are not met.
• Operate on a proactive communication cadence with stakeholders, sharing findings and recommendations.
• Build trust as a fiduciary partner, ensuring brands believe their business is being watched and advocated for.
• Manage the narrative during the transition from the prior consulting model, demonstrating early wins, setting realistic expectations, and building confidence in the new capability.

Benefits

• Significant career development opportunities
• Unique opportunity to be part of a small, fast-growing, challenging and entrepreneurial environment
• High degree of individual responsibility
• Equal employment opportunities

What This Job Offers

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