Sr Analyst, Company Planning for Banana Republic

The Gap

Folsom, California

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Business Analysis, Business Strategy, Cross-Functional, Decision Support, Detail Oriented, Establish Priorities, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Trend Analysis, Forecasting, Identify Issues, Inventory Management, Inventory Planning, Leadership, Marketing Plan, Marketing Strategy, Microsoft Excel, Multitasking, Oracle Essbase (fka Hyperion Essbase), Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Profit & Loss, Quantitative Analysis, Revenue Growth, Sales, Strategic Planning, Team Lead/Manager, Trend Analysis, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Folsom, California
POSTED
30+ days ago

About the Role

The Company Planning team collaborates with business partners across the organization to drive decisions aimed at maximizing sales and profitability. In this role you will be responsible for supporting the brand's planning and forecasting processes, playing a critical part in ensuring consistent and constant growth for the brand. Responsibilities include tops-down sales, margin and inventory forecasts as well as financial analysis, diagnosing trends and recommending forward actions.

What You'll Do

  • Develop detailed Sales, margin, lever and inventory plans (annual, month, day levels) that align with the brand's business strategy

  • Recap and analyze business results vs. plan on a daily/monthly/quarterly and ad-hoc basis, providing actionable recommendations to deliver company objectives

  • Initiate analyses with a growth mindset to solve problems, create alternatives, and provide recommendations to leadership based on quantitative and objective analysis

  • Collaborate with Inventory Management to ensure merchandise plans align with financial targets

  • Build ad-hoc projections and provide decision support to brand leadership and functional partners

  • Partner with cross-functional teams on commercial plan, marketing and strategic initiatives to ensure profitable decision making and incorporation into plans.

  • Integrate tops down analysis with detailed business drivers to formulate comprehensive company plans, particularly at the daily level in a highly commercial plan and value-driven brand

Who You Are

  • Strong analytical, financial modeling, and critical thinking skills

  • Excellent written and verbal communication; able to clearly explain financial concepts to non-finance partners

  • Detail-oriented, with the ability to identify trends, irregularities, and synthesize business performance into actionable insights

  • Proven relationship builder who can influence and lead cross-functional teams

  • Self-motivated, accountable, and able to independently solve problems and prioritize multiple projects under tight timelines

  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and complexity

  • Naturally curiosity, diagnosing problems and driving process/ tool improvements with new ideas

  • Advanced technical aptitude, especially in Microsoft Excel; quick to learn new systems and optimize tools (Essbase experience a plus)

  • 2–4 years of relevant finance or inventory management experience

About the Company

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The Gap

Doris and Don Fisher opened the first Gap store in 1969 with a simple idea -- to make it easier to find a pair of jeans and a commitment to do more. Over the last 46 years, the company has grown from a single store to a global fashion business with five brands -- Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta and Intermix. Gap's clothes are available in 90 countries worldwide through 3,300 company-operated stores, almost 400 franchise stores, and e-commerce sites and is still growing. Many companies work to improve their services and businesses every day by using GAP Testers who anonymously go into various places and report back to the companies on everything from cleanliness, customer service to quality control. Being a tester is a very flexible, fun job with lots of benefits.
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
All
WEBSITE
http://www.gap.com