Sr. Allocation Analyst - Americas DTC

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Our Values define and unite us, the beliefs that are the red thread that connects everyone at Under Armour. Our values are rallying cries, reminding us why we're here, and fueling everything we do.

Our pursuit of better begins with innovation and with our team's mission of being the best. With us, you get the freedom to go further - no matter your role. That means developing, delivering, and selling the state-of-the-art products and digital tools that make top performers even better.

If you are a current Under Armour teammate, apply to this position on the Internal Career Site Here. 

Purpose of Role

•    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 size selling processes and size management for US, Canada, and Mexico Retail, 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 Mexico retail locations
•    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 
•    Maintain strong relationships with field leaders to have regular touchpoints surrounding market and store opportunities throughout the year
•    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 Allocation Analysts by developing best practices and establishing a training program
 

Your Impact

• Develop seasonal plans by analyzing historical data and current trends while identifying risks and opportunities. Reconcile plans from a tops down and bottoms up perspective.
• Partner with POS planning to support and reconcile external financial plans, and help deliver and track against all business KPIs.
• Partner with key cross-functional planning leaders to establish best-in-class planning practices and support the evolution of our planning tools.
• Provide quarterly season style-color forecasts in alignment with Integrated Planning Calendar.
• Analyze and react to financial, market, customer trends and formulate appropriate strategies in partnership with the cross-functional team.
• Support an environment that fosters respect for the ideas of others as well as ongoing collaboration to execute business strategy.
• Establish, nurture, and utilize internal and external partners to drive the business.
• Partner with Merch and Sales team to create top line targets
• Partner with sales team to create bottoms up plan
• Lead special projects and business opportunities on behalf of the Planning team
• Establish relationship with customer and participate in all external go-to-market meetings
• Provide updated reporting to cross-functional partners on a bi-weekly and monthly basis
• Maintain a clean forecast to give visibility to supply chain partn