Senior Analyst, Assortment Planning

About the role

The Senior Analyst, Assortment Planning acts as a subject matter expert and strategic advisor to the Merchandising Organization, providing analytical insights, project leadership and assortment planning expertise to support category decisions. The role leads category business reviews such as Rapid Business Reviews, Product Line Reviews, Quick Hits and Post Reset Reviews for assigned departments and is seen by merchants as a trusted partner in building and executing category strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Work with merchants to set category review goals, run standard and ad hoc analysis to find performance drivers, recommend assortment decisions and build financial plans reflecting category changes.
• Analyze marketplace and macroeconomic trends, vendor portfolio strengths and weaknesses (including private brands), line structure, store clustering, customer and store feedback, key product attributes and regional performance.
• Create executive-level presentations summarizing historical performance, strategic rationale and expected financial impact, and report to all levels of management.
• Own the merchant/associate merchant relationship for a designated department, handle special projects and ad hoc analysis and reporting.
• Accountable for the accuracy, thoroughness, timeliness and viability of recommendations.

Required profile

• Age 18 or older and legally permitted to work in the United States.
• Experience communicating to leadership; 2 years of work experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a field related to the job.
• Preferred: experience in merchandising, space planning, analytics or related business functions.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with GBQ (Google BigQuery).
• Familiarity with AI tools such as Gemini, Copilot and Notebook LM.
• Strong analytical, communication, presentation and project management skills.