Strategic Merchandising & Inventory Analytics Lead

Brownells, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 18%

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

2nd Adventure Services is seeking a Merchan­dising Planning & Analytics Manager to turn product, inventory, and financial data into actionable business decisions. You will influence inventory investment, assortment, pricing, profitability, and working capital across the organization.

The role blends merchandising planning, inventory analytics, and commercial finance, requiring deep SKU-level analysis, forecast development, and partnerships with leaders to move insights into action.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in merchandising planning, inventory planning, category management, supply chain analytics, financial analysis, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of inventory management, assortment planning, demand planning, replenishment, pricing, margin, and gross profit optimization.
• Strong financial acumen with experience analyzing working capital, inventory productivity, profitability, and related business metrics.
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, supply chain, analytics, economics, merchandising, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze inventory, category, SKU, margin, and product mix performance to identify opportunities to improve inventory productivity, gross profit, and working capital.
• Develop forecasts, dashboards, analyses, and decision-support tools that improve inventory investment decisions, demand planning, assortment planning, and merchandising performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve inventory turns, optimize replenishment, reduce excess and obsolete inventory, and support effective product lifecycle decisions.
• Partner with Merchandising and Pricing to evaluate pricing strategies, promotions, discounts, and customer incentives against sales, margin, and inventory objectives.
• Evaluate supplier programs, rebates, product costs, sourcing opportunities, and drop-ship strategies to improve product economics and reduce inventory investment.
• Identify opportunities to increase revenue and margin through value-added services and improved product and business mix.
• Translate complex analysis into clear recommendations and influence decisions across Merchandising, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Finance, Sales, and Marketing.

Skills

Merchandising Planning

Inventory Planning

Category Management

Supply Chain Analytics

Financial Analysis

ERP Systems

BI Platforms

Data Visualization

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/supply chain/analytics/merchandising

Tools

ERP systems

BI platforms

Reporting tools

Data visualization tools

Job description

2nd Adventure Services is seeking a Merchan­dising Planning & Analytics Manager to turn product, inventory, and financial data into actionable business decisions. You will influence inventory investment, assortment, pricing, profitability, and working capital across the organization.

The role blends merchandising planning, inventory analytics, and commercial finance, requiring deep SKU-level analysis, forecast development, and partnerships with leaders to move insights into action.