Senior Analyst, Inventory Strategy

About the Role

This Sr. Analyst of Reporting & Analytics for Gap Brand is responsible for supporting the Inventory Management team with regards to Reporting, Tools, & Testing. This Sr. Analyst will partner with Inventory Management leads in identifying opportunities to enable more efficient and effective decision making through creating reports in a dynamic & storytelling format to support major milestones (weekly business, OTB, Pricing, Investment Review). This work will require cross-brand and cross-functional SME involvement to help bring forward opportunities to drive simplification and efficiency, along with supporting, testing, and helping to roll-out new processes and/or tooling. This individual will also lead and support all aspects of Brand Testing, including test ideation, structure, execution, analytics, and hind-sighting. Testing is a key focus area in our business, enabling our ability to gain internal and external feedback that influences future ways of working and ultimately drives high-impact, strategic decisions.

What You'll Do

Reporting & Analytics:

• Support key initiatives and strategies through reporting solutions that quantify results through structured approach, rigorous analysis, and proactive communication.
• Build reports & tools in an automated and repeatable way.
• Structure/manage analytic approach, forecasting, and measurement methodology for Inventory Management initiatives.
• Provide research, analysis, and support for identifying, evaluating, and capturing strategic opportunities.
• Identify capability needs and provide solutions to capture opportunity or relieve pain points.
• Train on functionality of new reports.

Testing:

• Develop expertise in all Gap Brand testing capabilities with a strong proficiency in leveraging APT software to select store groups, structure tests, and analyze/share out results.
• Present statistically significant findings & results to senior leadership.
• Own and drive end-to-end execution process to ensure on-time test launch and compliance.
• Partner with the cross-functional partners to translate results into actionable insights.
• Understand product calendar and how to integrate insights/results into milestones + decision making.
• Develop and maintain tools to track current and future tests.

Who You Are

• BA/BS or equivalent experience required.
• Minimum 3 years experience with understanding of the retail industry.
• Expertise in Microsoft Excel & Microsoft Access.
• Familiarity in VBA, SQL, Essbase, Microstrategy, APT, PowerBI (preferred).
• Apparel, Inventory Management, and/or Gap Inc. experience a plus.
• Must be a detail-oriented, quick learner with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to approach all tasks with a problem-solving mindset.
• Possess strong business acumen and strategic agility, able to handle many projects simultaneously while effectively prioritizing workload across direct and cross-functional teams
• Demonstrate strong listening, written and oral communication skills, able to present ideas and directions that rally others to action
• Execution and results-focused with emphasis on on-time delivery, ability to work independently, as well as with teams.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with peers and cross-functional partners through effective collaboration.
• Possess strong command skills and effectively interact with all levels of the organization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience on projects with complex scope with system and process implementations across an organization.