Vendor Analyst

If you have experience in demand planning, forecasting, inventory management, purchasing, supply chain, merchandising, or retail analytics
, I’d love to connect with you!

We currently have Vendor Analyst opportunities supporting two different category areas at Fleet Farm:

This opportunity supports some of Fleet Farm’s most recognizable outdoor categories.

We’re especially interested in candidates who bring strong analytical and inventory-planning skills along with professional or personal knowledge of:

You do not need to have worked professionally in these categories. If you’re an angler, hunter, sport shooter, or outdoor enthusiast who also has a strong analytical, inventory, purchasing, or supply chain background, we want to hear from you.

This opportunity supports our Consumables business and is a great fit for someone with experience in high-volume, fast-moving merchandise.

• Grocery or food & beverage
• Household or everyday essentials
• Retail replenishment or inventory planning
• High-volume or high-SKU-count categories

Experience understanding sales velocity, seasonality, promotions, replenishment, inventory turns, and changing customer demand would be especially valuable.

Regardless of category, our Vendor Analysts play an important role in making sure Fleet Farm has the right products, in the right quantities, in the right locations, at the right time.

• Develop and maintain SKU-level forecasts
• Analyze sales, inventory, margin, turns, and sell-through
• Recommend order quantities based on demand and inventory needs
• Manage purchase orders, vendor confirmations, lead times, and fulfillment
• Identify potential out-of-stocks, overstocks, and slow-moving inventory
• Partner closely with merchants and suppliers
• Support seasonal, promotional, and new-product planning
• Execute store allocations and inventory transfers
• Turn data into actionable recommendations for the business

• Demand planning & forecasting
• Inventory management & replenishment
• Vendor/supplier management

Strong Excel and analytical skills are important, along with the ability to manage a large number of SKUs, purchase orders, deadlines, and competing priorities.

Retail experience and experience with ERP, inventory, forecasting, or planning systems are also valuable.

If you’re someone who can look at the numbers and understand what they mean for the product, the customer, and the business
, I’d love to hear from you.

Whether your expertise is in Firearms, Ammunition & Fishing or Consumables
, take a look at our Vendor Analyst opportunities and consider joining Fleet Farm!