Sr. Allocation Analyst - Americas DTC Allocation(

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Purpose of Role

Under Armour is looking for a talented professional to join the Americas DTC Allocation team.  The Sr. Allocation Analyst role is a rare opportunity to be a part of a rapidly growing brand and division.  Passion, desire and integrity are traits we look for in our teammates.  

The Sr. Allocation Analyst is a key leader on the Under Armour Americas DTC Allocation team, accountable for driving strong business results through successful development, execution and communication of store sales, inventory, and flow plans to maximize and optimize sales and profitability within overall product/category strategies.  

This leadership role is responsible for partnering directly with the Manager of Allocation, leading the dual-country Allocation function in the Americas Brand House retail locations. A critical role that leads with operational excellence, the Sr. Allocation Analyst is responsible for driving sales through in-season responsibility for store inventory levels and maintaining in-stock by article/color/size on-hand in stores across the US and Canada.  This leader is a key strategic partner of the Director DTC Allocation, Sr. District Managers, Sr. Manager of Daily Store Operations, Channel Planning Leads and Sr. Leads of Americas Channel Merchandising collaborating to develop and execute allocation plans to drive the sales and margin plan while supporting the brand vision in stores.  This leader is critical to delivering revenue for the Americas and partnering globally to drive the Allocation vision across regions. 
 

Your Impact

•    Develop and implement allocation strategy to improve in-stock level and increase conversion
•    Measure and report on allocation accuracy and in-stock progress to Americas Allocation leadership
•    Lead aspects of size selling and size management for Brand House, including analysis, development of approach and tools, execution, publication, and hindsight to inform in-season adjustments and future season investments
•    Forecast in-season sales, receipts and inventory flow and inform planning and merchandising of trends and revenue opportunities/risks
•    Influence strategic initiatives through communication of store inventory expertise
•    Develop and provide store flow forecasts to supply chain for DH, transportation and logistics planning
•    Manage article level flow plans to identify and react to trends to ensure that product vision and plan is executed through optimized store allocation across all BH locations in the US and Canada
•    Provide support to the Manager of Allocation to build the strategic roadmap for financial store planning in conjunction with business planning counterparts.
•    Lead initiatives to enhance current procedures and systems for allocation and replenishment and establish best practices 
•    Travel to stores to review monthly floorsets, build store relationships, and increase awareness of specific store challenges
•    Communicate store opportunities to cross functional retail teams - merchandising, planning, store operations, and field management
•    Collaborate with the merchandising, planning, distribution and store operations teams on future business growth
•    Partner globally to drive best in class allocation and replenishment standards and results

Supervisory Responsibilities                                      
•    Monitor weekly business execution to ensure excellence in allocation and replenishment. Provide direction and feedback to Allocation Analysts as needed
•    Foster and develop advanced analytical skills at the Allocator level, helping the team learn to manage-up findings and propose action plans. 
•    Mentor and train Allocat