Location Planning Assistant Associate Analyst

**Job Description:** **What Will You Be Doing?** * Develop and implement a comprehensive global inventory strategy aligned with the company's overall business objectives. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align inventory goals with sales forecasts, delivery schedules, and omni-channel market demands. * Drive accurate placement of inventory by region, DC, and store while maintaining company level KPIs * Support the Stores and Store Operation teams through capacity modeling, offsite analysis, and strategy execution needs. * Lead efforts to optimize inventory levels to meet customer demand while minimizing carrying costs and stockouts. * Own the location level inventory plan in partnership with merchandise planning to ensure financial and service metrics are met. * Work collectively with supply chain, visual merchandising, and testing to ensure inventory readiness for all promotions and events. * Develop and implement inventory management strategies that accommodate end of life inventory management across all selling channels. * Develop and implement assortment segmentation strategies based on product characteristics, demand patterns, and sales forecasts. * Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency of inventory management processes globally. * Proactively identify potential risks to inventory management and develop mitigation strategies. * Monitor inventory health across all locations and nodes and address aged or inefficient inventory. * Travel to stores in the region and collaborate with local store teams on executing global/regional strategies. * Assess productivity of inventory and ability to hit sell through targets. **What will you need to bring?** * Bachelor’s Degree in economics, finance, data analytics, data visualization or related field, or equivalent experience preferred * 2-4 years experience in inventory planning / allocation / location planning within fashion industry * Excellent math, organization, and time management skills * Proficient in MS Office and Excel, Power BI * Strong ability to handle and understand analytical data, with keen attention to detail and accuracy * Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a collaborative approach to working with cross-functional teams * Thrives in a fast-paced environment with a focus on continuous improvement and process implementation * Eagerness to creatively solve problems and drive business profitability and growth **Company Description** Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.) is a global, digitally led omnichannel specialty retailer of apparel and accessories catering to kids through millennials with assortments curated for their specific lifestyle needs. The company operates a family of brands, including Abercrombie brands and Hollister brands, each sharing a commitment to offer products of enduring quality and exceptional comfort that support global customers on their journey to being and becoming who they are. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. operates stores under these brands across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as the e-commerce sites abercrombie.com, abercrombiekids.com and hollisterco.com. Learn more about A&F Co. by visiting our corporate website [here.](https://corporate.abercrombie.com/) **ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.**