Retail Planner/Analyst

Mad Engine Global, LLC.; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mad Engine Global, LLC. is seeking an experienced analyst to lead sales analytics and demand planning within a fast-paced, omni-channel environment.

You will translate POS, margin, and product performance into clear business narratives, partnering with Sales, Merchandising, and Supply Chain to align forecasts with strategic plans and customer expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Fashion Merchandising, Retail Management, Finance, Analytics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of retail, wholesale, or apparel industry experience in sales analytics, category analytics, assortment planning, demand forecasting, or retail planning.
• Strong analytical curiosity with the ability to turn sales, category, channel, and demand data into clear insights, recommendations, and business narratives.
• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with reporting, ERP, retail analytics, and Microsoft Office tools; experience with project management systems is a plus.
• Collaborative communicator who can partner effectively with Sales, Merchandising, Account Management, Replenishment Planning, and supply chain teams.
• Detail-oriented, organized, and energized by using data and product insights to anticipate customer needs and drive action in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as analytics hub for sales, category, item, and channel performance and translate trends into actionable insights.
• Build and maintain sales reports, dashboards, forecasts, ladder plans, and assortment planning tools that align the division and inform decision-making.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Business storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

ERP

Microsoft Office

Job description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Sales Analytics and Category Management: Serve as the analytics hub for sales, category, item, and channel performance across the omni-channel business. Translate POS, margin, sell-through, distribution, availability, and productivity trends into clear, actionable insights that help drive business decisions. Support strategic assortment decisions by identifying category shifts, whitespace opportunities, item productivity, customer demand, and channel-specific performance trends. Answer the “why behind the what” in the data to anticipate customer needs, spot emerging product opportunities, and clarify what is working, what is not working, and where demand is moving next. Communicate risks, opportunities, and recommended actions with clarity and urgency to leadership, sales, customer service, design, and customer-facing partners.
2. Demand Planning: Build and maintain sales reports, dashboards, forecasts, ladder plans, and assortment planning tools that keep the division aligned and informed. Translate sales history, store selling, seasonality, customer plans, and category performance into demand forecasts that tell a clear commercial story. Partner with Sales, Merchandising, Account Management, Merchant teams, and Replenishment Planning to ensure forecasts reflect business strategies, customer expectations, and emerging marketplace signals. Serve as the demand-planning peer to Replenishment Planning, ensuring the demand signal accurately supports replenishment strategy, inventory planning, and supply chain decisions. Connect commercial and wholesale planning by ensuring forecasts, assortment plans, and demand assumptions are communicated clearly across planning and supply chain partners.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Fashion Merchandising, Retail Management, Finance, Analytics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of retail, wholesale, or apparel industry experience, preferably in sales analytics, category analytics, assortment planning, demand forecasting, or retail planning.
• Strong analytical curiosity with the ability to turn sales, category, channel, and demand data into clear insights, recommendations, and business narratives.
• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with reporting, ERP, retail analytics, and Microsoft Office tools; experience with project management systems is a plus.
• Collaborative communicator who can partner effectively with Sales, Merchandising, Account Management, Replenishment Planning, and supply chain teams.
• Detail-oriented, organized, and energized by using data and product insights to anticipate customer needs and drive action in a fast-paced environment.