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Inventory Strategy Analyst Jobs in Tokyo, Japan at Gap Inc.
Title: Inventory Strategy Analyst
Company: Gap Inc.
Location: Tokyo, Japan
GENERAL SUMMARY:
The Inventory Strategy group designs, creates, and implements inventory and price optimization capabilities that enable Gap/BR Japan and Taiwan to manage business in a localized manner throughout the product lifecycle. Projects are designed to create sustainable competitive advantages that generate significant financial return and enhance the customer experience.
The IS Analyst is primarily responsible for providing research, analysis, reporting, tools, and support for identifying, evaluating, and capturing strategic opportunities across all channels of operation. He or she will own and manage the Product LRP, cross-functional reporting, and tools initiatives for the brand across all markets and channels for the Product teams. The Analyst will ensure that the right reporting, tools and processes are created to enable the end-to-end Japan model, and ensure proper maintenance and support of the tools for their life.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist in the development and implementation of supply chain / Product reporting, tools, and initiatives that support overall company and brand objectives.
- Own and manage analytic approach, forecasting, and measurement methodology for reporting and tools, which should complement standard systems, including PETE, JDA, etc.
- Provide research, analysis, and support for identifying, evaluating, and resolving strategic opportunities.
- Prepare presentation documents and assist in presenting findings to all levels of management
- Serve as a liaison with brand functional teams (buying, brand planning, allocation, store planning)
- Work with others to bring form / structure to ambiguous situations.
- Develop in-depth knowledge of industry trends to introduce continual process, tool and methodology improvements.
- Proactively surface and communicate business issues
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills
- Demonstrated hypothesis-driven problem solving orientation with exceptional ability to create structured analyses from disparate sources of information
- Experience with strategic and quantitative analysis – ability to gather and interpret data
- Strong research sources and modeling techniques
- Strong oral, written, and formal presentation skills and the ability to communicate complex ideas in simple ways to all levels of the organization
- Strong strategic thinking skills with ability to perform analysis at a low level of detail
- Execution and results focused, with emphasis on on-time delivery, ability to structure complex work streams and work independently and with teams
- Ability to structure project activities, resource allocation, timing, and interdependencies
- Ability to drive results across simultaneous projects under tight time pressures
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE:
- 2 to 4 years work experience required
- Excellent mathematical and statistical aptitude with experience in a non-academic environment required
- Experience in inventory management industry preferred
- Intermediate Excel skills required
- Four-year college degree or equivalent required
- Japanese language proficiency required, English language proficiency preferred
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