Director, Inventory & Margin Analytics (Remote)

Ross Stores; Dublin (CA); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 259,000; Full time

Job summary

Ross Stores is seeking a Director of Inventory Control & Analysis to lead financial planning, forecasting, and analytics for inventory and gross margin. You’ll partner with senior leadership, produce board-level updates, and drive profitability across stores and distribution centers.

The role demands strong retail finance expertise, leadership, and the ability to deliver actionable insights in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 to 10 years post-college experience with demonstrated success at increasing levels of responsibility including managing a team.
• Dynamic and self-motivated – must have the business acumen and drive necessary to be part of managing in a fast-paced, changing retail environment.
• Retail and inventory experience a plus.
• Strong analytical ability – must be able to synthesize data, be able to error check and reconcile work and be able to design analysis to answer specific questions.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, manage, and develop high-performing staff.
• Strong excel and word skills, as well as ability to learn multiple back end software applications (i.e. MicroStrategy, Hyperion, Peoplesoft Financial Systems).
• Ability to interact with all levels within the organization and handle matters professionally.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to create PowerPoint presentations as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Engage with business partners across the organization to understand key drivers and strategies that impact financial performance and metrics (i.e. tariffs).
• Perform complex ad-hoc analysis on key inventory metrics (inventory, markdowns, sales) based on business needs or management requests.
• Support Senior Executives, Board of Directors, and Investor Relations by providing board level updates as well as analysis into sales and gross margin results and forecast as well as inventory position both in the stores and distribution centers.
• Own the updating and enhancement of the In-Store inventory and production planning model that is used by executives, across the company, for financial planning and inventory position review forward looking.
• Partner closely with business partners to solicit inputs and provide feedback on inventory and sales metrics for In-Store inventory.
• Manage and provide impact analysis on in-store inventory and other key metrics driven by recent results and weekly forecast updates as well as variance analysis and prepared notes to be reviewed at the weekly In-Store calls.
• Drive the annual gross margin and inventory budget process providing analytics to senior leaders.
• Collaborate with business partners to drive understanding and/or improvement in operational metrics that correlate to improved data integrity and accurate shrink results.
• Evaluate internal reporting, make recommendations and oversee execution of improvements in timeliness, efficiency, and accuracy of existing reporting procedures.
• Lead system projects, modifications, enhancements and implementations including requirements documentation and testing.

Skills

Team leadership

Analytical skills

Retail inventory

Excel

PowerPoint

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

BS in Finance or Accounting

MBA (plus)

Tools

MicroStrategy

Hyperion

PeopleSoft Financials

Job description

Ross Stores is seeking a Director of Inventory Control & Analysis to lead financial planning, forecasting, and analytics for inventory and gross margin. You’ll partner with senior leadership, produce board-level updates, and drive profitability across stores and distribution centers.

The role demands strong retail finance expertise, leadership, and the ability to deliver actionable insights in a fast-paced environment.