Analyst, Inventory Planning

Home Depot; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot seeks an Inventory, Planning and Replenishment Analyst to enhance inventory management efficiency. This position involves collaborating with merchants to optimize stock levels and inventory strategies, ensuring alignment with sales expectations in a dynamic supply chain environment. The ideal candidate will exhibit strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities, facilitated by a high school diploma or GED.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of statistics and data analysis.
• Ability to communicate recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Manage replenishment and in-stock drivers.
• Act as primary contact for Merchants.
• Respond to field concerns with oversight.

Skills

Analytical skills

Quantitative skills

Problem solving

Data analysis

Education

High school diploma and/or GED

Job description

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

The Inventory, Planning and Replenishment Analyst (IPR) works within Supply Chain, and is responsible for partnering with merchants to develop and implement inventory strategies that maximize sales and inventory productivity for a merchandising category. To maximize sales and inventory productivity, it is critical that the Analyst maintain the appropriate in-stock positions and manage inventory in the most effective manner across both stores and SKUs. Analyst will work closely with merchants, vendors, stores, transportation, distribution, and sourcing to accomplish team goals. The IPR Analyst is responsible for creating accurate SKU forecasts, developing the inventory and replenishment strategy, managing parameters for each category to execute the replenishment strategy, achieving target in-stock levels and planned inventory turns, and developing recommendations to improve inventory productivity. The IPR Analyst also works with our stores and field leadership to execute their category strategies.
A typical Analyst: - Manages 36 vendors - Manages $135m of inventory. - Supports $658m of annual sales. - 464K skus

Key Responsibilities:

• 35% In stock and replenishment: Review daily orders, upload OUTLs and manage CAR parms, determine in-stock drivers and take action
• 25% Primary point of contact for Merchant and MP
• 15% Respond to/partner on field concerns with oversight
• 15% Manages transitions/resets with oversight
• 5% Identify process challenges and review with leadership

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• Reports to a Manager.
• This position has no direct reports.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidate must have demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills. Ability to quickly retrieve, manipulate, analyze, and interpret data.
• Strong quantitative skills through knowledge of statistics and quantitative data analysis and interpretation.
• Ability to translate analysis to audience and communicate recommendations.
• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 0

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience
• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None
• None

About the company

The Home Depot, America’s home improvement retail leader, helps customers and Associates build success every day – and not just in our 2,200+ retail stores. Thousands of talented can-do people build amazing futures in field and corporate positions.

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