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Planning & Allocation Analyst - Mt. Arlington, NJ

  • Internship
  • Arlington (Tarrant)

Job description



A mutually rewarding experience.

Work. Realize your ambitions. And realize there's more to being in business than just making a profit. That's the Mars philosophy. And the opportunity we offer every one of our Associates. An opportunity to take what you do and make it mean more for you, for those around you and for the planet. What you get here is challenging, interesting work. You get the tools you need to do a great job and you get to have the best possible people on your side to help you do it. And at the same time as getting to find ways to do business better today than we did it yesterday and driving a great career, you also get to build a more enlightened business and drive sustainability.

Because it's never just about a single person, a single project or a single brand. It's about how you can grab everything that's within your reach here and use it to pursue mutual, long-term gain. It's about having ideas. And ideals. Being prepared to risk failure because the promise of success means we'll all be a little better off. It's that mix of integrity and ambition that makes Mars such a special place to work. And why working here is always about more than just a job.

About Mars, Incorporated

Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world's best-loved brands: M&M's®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN'S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

M&M’s Retail is looking for a Planning & Allocation Analyst in Mount Arlington, NJ

Job Purpose:

This pivotal role leads the execution of replenishment and allocation strategies across our Global business. This individual will determine how to most effectively utilize our inventory to ensure we delight our guests through availability and deliver our financial objectives. This individual provides a business critical role for M&M’s Retail and will be a significant contributor in the company’s success.

Key Responsibilities:

·  Drive the financial success of multiple departments through the creation and execution of effective replenishment and allocation strategies that align with sales, margin and inventory goals.
·  Support the retail and digital channels by analyzing merchandise assortments and promotional activity and allocating and replenishing inventory to meet with consumer demands and market trends.
·  Analyze historical and current sales trend data to develop item level ladder plans and identify opportunities by location, department, style and size.
·  Create strategic initial seasonal inventory allocation plans and effectively manage replenishment needs to ensure flawless availability at the store level.
·  Work with Planning manager to align on order and shipment forecast to reconcile to OTB.
·  Draft and recommend purchase orders for items to proactively manage store inventory levels, business needs and vendor constraints.
·  Analyze size selling to capitalize on style, category and store level opportunities.
·  Communicate regional and store level sales performance, inventory productivity and action plans in weekly cross-functional business review meetings.
·  Provide visibility to inbound inventory issues, and work collaboratively with the Planning and Merchant teams to offset potential sales risks.
·  Partner with Category Planning to ensure core businesses are in stock to meet and/or exceed sales plan.
·  Manage all aspects of new store opening inventory levels through forecasting sales/stock needs, and reconciling orders/model stock loads to forecast.
·  Manage communication between Warehouse and Stores to ensure the most efficient operations
·  Challenge and seek to improve existing Forecasting, Replenishment and Allocation processes to continually improve our processes.

Context and Scope:

The Planning & Allocation Analyst utilizes a series of data to analyse business trends, review performance of item level sales at the store level, and determine order quantities to maximize sales, margin, and inventory in their respective categories. They work collaboratively with their Merchant partners to execute the vision of the line plan, and to ensure we purchase the right amount of merchandise to support the business. They work closely with their respective Category Planning Manager to ensure their purchasing decisions fit within the financial targets, and that they are ordering the right amount of inventory to support the right product mix.

Minimum Qualifications:

·  Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Supply Chain or related field
·  Experience in Retail Replenishment and Allocation, Planning or other relevant function.
·  Advanced skills in MS Office applications, particularly MS Excel
·  Extreme attention to detail and accuracy
·  Must be able to work independently with little to no supervision
·  Excellent written and verbal communication skills across all aspects of the business
·  Passionate about self-development and the development of the associates around you

Preferred Qualifications

·  Experience with SAP and Warehouse Management Systems and Asset
·  Knowledge of overall supply chain/logistics best practices; includes international and domestic logistic movement experience considered an asset

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

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