Merchandise Planning & Allocation Analyst [212023]

Aquent is partnering with a globally recognized retail brand renowned for its iconic presence and commitment to customer satisfaction. This innovative organization thrives on delivering high-quality products and optimizing its operational excellence to meet dynamic market demands. Join a team where your contributions directly influence the flow of products to customers, ensuring an exceptional shopping experience and driving significant business growth.

Are you ready to be at the heart of a leading retail enterprise, making critical decisions that directly shape product availability and customer experience? We are seeking a highly analytical and dynamic professional to join a fast-paced, data-driven environment. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in shaping inventory strategy and execution, ensuring that the right products are always in the right place at the right time. Your expertise will optimize stock levels to maximize sales, margin, and customer satisfaction, working at the exciting intersection of merchandise planning, allocation, and analytics. This is your chance to collaborate with cross-functional teams, align demand forecasts with inventory deployment strategies, and contribute directly to the success and growth of a major retail enterprise.

What You’ll Do

• Execute inventory deployment and allocation strategies across various channels and store formats.
• Analyze sales, demand, and inventory trends to optimize stock levels and maximize performance.
• Partner closely with merchandising, planning, and operations teams to support floorset planning and assortment strategies.
• Perform detailed store-level and size-level analysis to identify opportunities and correct inventory imbalances.
• Generate recurring and ad-hoc reporting to support critical inventory and planning decisions.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve assortment productivity and allocation efficiency.
• Support international and domestic partners, including franchise relationships, to align inventory strategies globally.
• Contribute to continuous process improvements in reporting, analytics, and deployment workflows.

What You’ll Bring to the Team

• 3–5 years of experience in merchandise planning, allocation, or inventory deployment within retail or consumer goods.
• Strong analytical skills with a proven ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, including working with large datasets, building models, and creating pivot tables.
• Experience with store-level, SKU-level, or size-level performance analysis.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience in apparel, fashion, or size-intensive retail environments.
• Exposure to international markets or franchise operations.
• Familiarity with planning, forecasting, or allocation systems (any equivalent tools).
• Understanding of retail financial metrics such as sales, margin, sell-through, and inventory turns.
• Experience supporting floorset planning or assortment optimization.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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