Retail Inventory Analyst

Retail Inventory Analyst
Our client is seeking a highly experienced and proactive Retail Inventory Analyst to support a large, complex digital retail business within the men’s footwear category. The ideal candidate is a seasoned retail planner who brings a proven ability to anticipate business needs, drive solutions, and manage significant scale with confidence. This role requires deep financial planning expertise, exceptional foresight, and the ability to operate at pace in an environment where accuracy, adaptability, and strategic thinking are essential.

This role is a hybrid model in Beaverton, Oregon.

• Lead pre-season planning, in-season management, and monthly forecasting for a large and complex digital business, ensuring inventory and revenue targets align with strategic objectives.
• Analyze extensive and multifaceted data sets to uncover insights, identify risks, and determine proactive opportunities to maximize sales, inventory health, and margin.
• Develop and present performance recaps, future forecasts, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership, translating data into clear, actionable business narratives.
• Drive solution-oriented planning by anticipating business needs, identifying gaps, and implementing strategies that support growth, responsiveness, and operational excellence.
• Partner cross-functionally with buying, finance, merchandising, and planning teams to optimize assortment strategies and align inventory and promotional plans.
• Utilize advanced Excel skills and digital planning tools (experience with O9 or comparable systems preferred) to build and maintain planning models.
• Monitor key performance indicators daily and respond quickly to shifts in demand, marketplace trends, and business expectations.
• Support and occasionally lead high-visibility initiatives that impact digital planning and operational performance.

• Bachelor’s degree required, ideally in business, finance, merchandising, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in retail merchandise planning or financial planning, with a strong preference for candidates who have managed large and complex digital businesses.
• Demonstrated track record as a seasoned retail planner with the ability to proactively identify opportunities, solve problems, and adapt quickly in fast-paced environments.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and experience interpreting and evaluating large, complex data sets.
• Expertise connecting financial and merchandising data to strategic business decisions, with a history of driving measurable outcomes.
• Skilled and confident communicator, capable of presenting to senior/executive stakeholders and influencing decisions through data-backed storytelling.
• Highly organized with strong time-management skills, attention to detail, and the ability to juggle competing priorities.
• Proven success thriving in dynamic, cross-functional settings with tight timelines and high performance expectations.
• Experience with in large consumer products, apparel, or footwear environments is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated initiative, curiosity, and comfort navigating ambiguity to deliver results.
• Familiarity with sneaker or streetwear culture is a plus.

As an eligible contract employee with Vander Houwen, you’ll have access to a full suite of benefits designed with your well-being in mind. Our comprehensive package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and a matching 401(k) to help secure your future.

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