Merchandise Financial Planning Assistant

Overview

The Merchandise Financial Planning Assistant is responsible for supporting the Merchandise Finance Planner quantitative and financial analyses for their categories. Through their partnership with the Merchant team and Merchandise Finance team, those analyses will be utilized to increase productivity and profitability of the business in addition to helping support change management throughout the company. This is a hybrid role reporting into our Support Center at Legacy West in Plano Texas 3 days a week.

• 60% Reporting:
  Tracking, reporting, and analyzing sales, margin and inventory trends for specific categories assigned by the Sr. Merchandise Planner.
• Creating reporting and analysis by pulling, interpreting and modeling data from multiple sources (data warehouse, category reporting, promotional performance, customer analytics, etc.) to uncover growth opportunities.
• Building and tracking daily sales for all BSG categories.
• 20% Analytics/Forecasting:
  Analytical support for annual category forecasting process in partnership with partners across Merchandise Finance and Merchandising.
• Effective communication of analyses and recommendations to the appropriate Merchant partner and Merchandise Finance team.
• Drive impact by uncovering opportunities for sales and margin growth through detailed analytics on customer insights, market and sales data.
• Identify unique category and brand opportunities for growth through the intersection of customer needs, domestic and international benchmarks and SBH strategy.
• 20% Ad hoc analytical requests from manager (Sr. Merchandise Planner).

• Experience in business, retail or consumer products experience a plus, but previous experience in an analytical role is required.
• Well-developed retail math & analytical skillset.
• Methodical and logical approach to problem solving.
• Clear, concise communication style.
• Detail oriented.
• Ability to support a cross-functional project and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with key partners.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP).

• Ability to organize and manage a variety of activities while addressing multiple priorities and quickly react to changing business needs while meeting firm deadlines.
• Prior experience building category strategies, business plans, and/or business cases through data analysis.
• Needs to be a self-starter to be able to develop policies and programs to meet new business objectives.
• Agile learner that is looking to progress within the SBH organization.
• Previous experience analyzing a retail P&L a strong plus.

• The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, retail stores, and residences or commercial vehicles, e.g., use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals, etc. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.
• The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items such as papers, files, books, small parts, using a keyboard, driving an automobile etc. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

We offer a competitive salary and outstanding benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, paid vacation and sick days, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement and 401(k) with company match. In addition, associates of SBH may take advantage of our in house salon with complementary services and a varied selection of food options at our corporate campus. Also, featured at our corporate campus, is both a Sally Beauty and Cosmo Prof Professional onsite store, where associates enjoy a great merchandise discount!