Senior Demand & Deployment Analyst [AQ-11415]

@ Aquent Talent
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Senior Demand & Deployment Analyst [AQ-11415]

Reynoldsburg, OH
Posted 3 days ago

About the job

We are a retail company focused on optimizing inventory, demand forecasting, and deployment strategies across multiple channels to improve sales, margins, and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

  • 3-5 years of retail inventory experience
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Proficiency in Excel
  • Store-level or SKU analysis
  • Cross-functional teamwork

Qualifications

  • Experience in merchandise planning
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Analytical mindset
  • Retail environment familiarity

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Senior Demand & Deployment (D&D) Analyst

About the Role

We’re seeking a highly analytical Senior Demand & Deployment (D&D) Analyst to support inventory strategy and execution across a dynamic retail business. In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring the right products are in the right place at the right time—optimizing inventory levels to drive sales, margin, and customer satisfaction.

You’ll work at the intersection of merchandise planning, allocation, and analytics—partnering with cross-functional teams to align demand forecasts with inventory deployment strategies across stores and channels.

What You’ll Do

  • Execute inventory deployment and allocation strategies across stores and channels
  • Analyze sales, demand, and inventory trends to optimize stock levels and maximize performance
  • Partner with merchandising, planning, and operations teams to support floorset planning and assortment strategies
  • Perform store-level and size-level analysis to identify opportunities and correct imbalances
  • Generate recurring and ad-hoc reporting to support inventory and planning decisions
  • Identify opportunities to improve assortment productivity and allocation efficiency
  • Support international and domestic partners, including franchise relationships, to align inventory strategies
  • Contribute to process improvements in reporting, analytics, and deployment workflows

What You Bring

  • 3–5 years of experience in merchandise planning, allocation, or inventory deployment within retail or consumer goods
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel (working with large datasets, building models, pivot tables)
  • Experience with store-level, SKU-level, or size-level performance analysis
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, data-driven environment
  • Strong communication skills and experience working with cross-functional teams

Nice to Have

  • Experience in apparel, fashion, or size-intensive retail environments
  • Exposure to international markets or franchise operations
  • Familiarity with planning, forecasting, or allocation systems (any equivalent tools)
  • Understanding of retail financial metrics (sales, margin, sell-through, inventory turns)
  • Experience supporting floorset planning or assortment optimization

Why Join

  • Work on high-impact inventory decisions that directly influence business performance
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams across merchandising, planning, and operations
  • Gain exposure to both strategic planning and hands-on execution
  • Be part of a fast-paced, data-driven retail environment

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