Senior CMO Assortment Analyst

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Want to help pets live their best lives?

We're proud to be where the pets go and where the pet people go. If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you.

Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what's right for pets and people.

• Pet First – Protect & Empower. All pets should Live their Best Life. We put the needs of pets and pet parents at the center of everything we do.
• Foster the Fun – Connect & Bond. Our Passion for pets brings us together! We celebrate the journey of pet parenthood through district experiences, products, and services.
• Let's Go! Own & Commit. We are stronger as One Petco team. We bring our unique superpowers and champion authenticity in everyone to drive success.

About Petco:

We're proud to be "where the pets go" to find everything they need to live their best lives for more than 60 years — from their favorite meals and toys, to trusted supplies and expert support from people who get it, because we live it. We believe in the universal truths of pet parenthood — the boundless boops, missing slippers, late night zoomies and everything in between. And we're here for it. Every tail wag, every vet visit, every step of the way. We are 29,000+ strong and together we nurture the pet-human bond in more than 1,500 Petco stores across the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. In 1999, we founded Petco Love. Together, we support thousands of local animal welfare groups nationwide and have helped find homes for approximately 7 million animals through in-store adoption events.

Essential Job Functions

The incumbent must be able to perform all the following duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Build out a Macro Space optimization capability, creating metrics and/or leveraging category management principles such as consumer decision trees and transferable demand impacts to drive value.
• Research, compile and analyze data to develop projections and make recommendations to drive and inform merchandising and inventory macro space objectives.
• Prepare and complete reports on category, stores, and company performance.
• Collaborate and communicate with merchants, inventory and planning leaders, and other business partners to ensure the successful execution of planned and modified category strategies and imperatives including process improvements and new methodologies.
• Interact professionally, effectively, and respectfully through verbal and written communication with all professional contacts with an emphasis on company interests.
• Create complex documents and reports using internal and external applications such as MicroStrategy, Microsoft Office, and 3rd party macro space optimization software.
• Work directly with Store Design, Real Estate, Floor Planning, and Merchandise Managers to understand overall strategy and influence macro space objectives; and understand the intricacies of remodels, relocations, and new stores.
• Independently prioritize and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes.
• Drive the business through reporting metrics, collaboration, and creative solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Build category management discipline within the organization to drive macro space strategy and planning. Drive implementation of consumer decision trees to understand transferable demand and inform/build customer-focused macro space plans. Build and/or support the implementation of macro space methods such as loyalty, shopper worth, substitutability, and exclusivity principles and calculations. Understand store profiles and attributes to monitor and analyze macro space matrix and maximize the efficiency of store distribution. Work directly with merchandising, store planning, and inventory to affect change where necessary.
• Proactively identify macro space opportunities and store profiles to generate incremental sales in stores. Prepare analyses to support proposed macro space recommendations utilizing established procedures for approvals.
• Prepare analysis for the category and store macro space level reviews. Make recommendations on macro space mix to increase sales and maximize return as needed. This will include multi-year comparative analysis and 'what-if' scenarios (ROI & Turn analysis).
• Using store-specific profiles and demographics, identify opportunities to localize macro space. Work with business partners to implement programs in appropriate stores.
• Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities by category.
• Analyze store-specific "bottom dweller" categories that are not meeting the minimum established criteria for performance. Recommend solutions to improve overall GMROI and Turn.
• Perform analyses and make recommendations to support strategy or strategy changes including pre-season and in-season macro space analysis.
• Independently develop and analyze reports in MicroStrategy to obtain necessary data to complete analyses. Responsible to create reports for data validation and other analysis as required.
• Perform additional duties as required.

Nature of Supervision

The Macro Space Sr Analyst receives minimal direction on overall strategy with an expectation of creating plans independent of direct supervision.

Planning and Problem Solving

The incumbent is accountable for independently prioritizing multiple assignments and meeting deadlines.

Impact

Decisions and recommendations based on analyses have an instantaneous and far-reaching impact that could potentially hinder profit, margin, and ROI.

Supervisory Responsibility

The Macro space Analyst does not have direct supervisory responsibility for partners but may provide technical guidance and leadership to less experienced partners.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Economics, and a minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible, professional experience preferably in a major retail environment that includes the ability to lead strategic thinking, analyze category, product, and inventory data and build financial models. Demonstrated excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical and presentation skills are necessary due to the nature and level of interaction with peers and management. Proven advanced ability to use internal and external applications such as MicroStrategy, Microsoft Office, and third-party macro space optimization applications. Advanced ability to extract and analyze data from databases and make appropriate recommendations having significant margin impact is critical to success. Strong project management skills and leadership skills are required. An equivalent combination of a Master's degree in Business plus 3 years of related experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree. A Master's degree in Business is preferred.

Work Environment

The majority of duties are performed while seated indoors in an office environment with little or no exposure to hazards. There is periodic travel to visit local PETCO stores or competitors for fact-finding, training, or other meetings.

Contacts

In addition to daily interaction with the Merchandising Manager and other Analysts, the incumbent will frequently interact with other members of the Category Management team, PETCO business partners, and vendors. In addition, the incumbent is required to actively interact and contribute to team meetings and make occasional presentations to senior management.

Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

The pay ranges outlined below are presented in accordance with state-specific regulations. These ranges may differ in other areas and could be subject to variation based on regulatory minimum wage requirements. Actual pay rates will depend on factors such as position, location, level of experience, and applicable state or local minimum wage laws. If the regulatory minimum wage exceeds the minimum indicated in the pay range below, the regulatory minimum wage will be the minimum rate applied.

Salary Range: $85,800.00 - $141,900.00

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.