Assistant​/Associate Analyst Sales and Operations Planning - A&F

Job Description:

The Assistant/Associate Analyst of Supply Chain S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) plays a critical role in enabling efficient, scalable growth across North America and EMEA by connecting demand, inventory, capacity, and network planning into an integrated decision-making process. This role leverages data, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration to identify risks, evaluate tradeoffs, and provide actionable recommendations that optimize service, inventory productivity, and operational performance.

This individual will also support the continued expansion of A&F’s global wholesale (3P) business by helping design, operationalize, and scale supply chain S&OP capabilities that enable profitable growth across new channels, geographies, and business models.

Working closely with Planning, Supply Chain, Finance, Strategy, and Technology partners, this role will help advance A&F’s integrated planning capabilities while supporting strategic initiatives that shape the future of the supply chain network.

• Support a standardized and scalable Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process by preparing data, maintaining reporting, and enabling cross-functional alignment across demand, inventory, capacity, and network planning.
• Analyze forecasts, inventory positions, and capacity plans across the network to identify risks, constraints, and opportunities, providing recommendations that support both near‑term execution and long‑range planning objectives.
• Develop scenario analyses to evaluate the impact of demand shifts, capacity constraints, inventory strategies, and business initiatives on operational and financial performance.
• Assess inventory health across the network, identifying opportunities to improve inventory productivity, increase service levels, reduce risk, and support financial goals.
• Monitor key performance indicators including forecast accuracy, inventory turns, service levels, and capacity utilization, translating data into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Analyze large and complex datasets to identify trends, root causes, and opportunities that drive continuous improvement and business performance.

• Support the expansion of A&F’s global wholesale (3P) business by evaluating supply chain requirements, demand patterns, fulfillment strategies, and operational capabilities needed to support growth.
• Partner cross-functionally to design and implement scalable planning processes and supply chain solutions for new channels, products, markets, and business models.
• Evaluate the operational impact of strategic initiatives and provide recommendations that align business opportunities with supply chain capabilities and performance expectations.
• Support node‑level sourcing and fulfillment strategy decisions by assessing cost, speed, service, inventory, and capacity tradeoffs to optimize customer experience and network performance.

• Build strong partnerships across Planning, Supply Chain, Finance, Strategy, Technology, and Operations to drive alignment and integrated decision‑making.
• Lead or support planning reviews and business discussions by synthesizing data into clear, concise insights for stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, systems, tools, and reporting capabilities, contributing to a more efficient, scalable, and data‑driven supply chain organization.
• Support capability development efforts that enhance end‑to‑end planning visibility, decision quality, and organizational agility.

• Bachelor’s degree or related experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in supply chain planning, inventory planning, demand planning, operations analytics, supply chain strategy, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of integrated supply chain planning concepts, including demand planning, inventory management, capacity planning, S&OP/IBP, and supply chain performance metrics.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using Excel and data visualization tools (Power BI preferred) to analyze large datasets,…