Analyst Franchise Merchandise Planning - Athleta
Overview
Drive financial strategy for Athleta product vision across global franchisees. Lead wholesale and margin budgets while analyzing product performance. Passionate about data-driven insights and cross-functional collaboration. Seeking a strategic analyst to deliver customer experiences and exceed financial targets.
What You'll Do11
- 1Serve as primary expert leading merchandising planning initiatives
- 2Own investment review meetings and division-level OTB planning
- 3Manage competing priorities across product categories
- 4Represent Merch Planning in cross-functional forums
- 5Own cross-regional merchandising planning workflows
- 6Execute sales reports and wholesale pricing strategies
- 7Prepare investment review materials for stakeholder meetings
- 8Build partnerships with internal teams and external franchisees
- 9Influence partner investments through data-driven analysis
- 10Develop adaptive processes for evolving retail environments
- 11Collaborate with production distribution and company planning teams
Requirements8
- 15+ years building ETL pipelines with Spark and Airflow
- 23-5 seasons experience in merchandise planning/buying
- 3CPC Card certification preferred
- 4AWS Certified experience required
- 55+ years experience with Wholesale and consultant-like roles
- 6Spanish Language proficiency a plus
- 7Minimum 1-3 years of relevant experience
- 8Strong business acumen and strategic agility demonstrated
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