Senior Replenishment & Allocations Analyst
Role Overview
The Senior Replenishment & Allocations Analyst – Perishables plans inventory flow for time-sensitive goods.
The role supports sales, in-stock, and shrink goals and helps minimize waste while improving freshness.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
The Senior Replenishment & Allocations Analyst – Perishables plans inventory flow for time-sensitive goods.
The role supports sales, in-stock, and shrink goals and helps minimize waste while improving freshness.
Inventory planning and forecasting
- Refine or develop item-level forecasts and manage daily system exceptions to maximize fill rates and freshness.
- Create and manage purchase orders based on forecasts, promotional calendars, and shelf-life constraints.
- Analyze store demand, inventory turns, and unproductive inventory to inform allocation strategies.
- Monitor expiration dates and manage aging inventory to reduce shrink and spoilage.
- Evaluate store-level baseline, seasonal, and promotional forecasts and collaborate to improve forecast models.
- Analyze historical sales and promotional performance to improve replenishment strategies and future forecasts.
Store and cross-functional partnership
- Partner with store operations to improve inventory handling, support use of system-generated order quantities, and share performance insights.
- Align with category managers and demand planners on inventory levels, days of supply, and turn goals for perishables.
- Support promotional, seasonal, and new-item launch planning; communicate inventory risks to merchandising and leadership.
Supplier and transportation coordination
- Coordinate with suppliers on freshness standards, inbound fill rates, and lead-time performance.
- Work with inbound transportation teams to reduce freight costs, improve load utilization, and maintain cold-chain integrity.
- Identify ways to improve supply-chain efficiency and reduce spoilage in transit or storage.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
- Five to seven years of experience in inventory planning, demand forecasting, or replenishment, preferably with perishable goods.
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel, ERP systems, and forecasting tools.
- Cold-chain logistics and perishables inventory management experience are preferred.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional teams and external partners.
- Ability to influence store-level practices and drive adoption of systemic inventory tools.
Workplace
- The position is based at the Store Support Office in Phoenix, Arizona, with a hybrid schedule and in-office work Tuesday through Thursday.
Key performance indicators
Measures include inbound and outbound fill rates, in-stock rate, inventory turns, expiration shrink, unproductive inventory, inventory push minimization, and sell-through before expiry.
Measures also include freshness compliance, baseline/seasonal/promotional forecast accuracy, store adoption of systemic order quantities, freight cost per unit, and load utilization.
Benefits
- Benefits include sick time, vacation accrual, career growth opportunities, a household purchase discount, flexible schedules, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with company match.
- Company-paid life insurance is also listed.
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