Analyst, Strategy & Transformation

Want to help pets live their best lives?

We're proud to be where the pets go and where the pet people go. If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing,
Petco is the place for you

Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what's right for pets and people.

Pet First
- Protect & Empower. All pets should Live their Best Life. We put the needs of pets and pet parents at the center of everything we do.

Foster the Fun
- Connect & Bond. Our Passion for pets brings us together! We celebrate the journey of pet parenthood through district experiences, products, and services.

Let's Go! Own & Commit. We are stronger as One Petco team. We bring our unique superpowers and champion authenticity in everyone to drive success.

A role in Petco Merchandising Operations means leading a game changing blueprint to align people, process, and systems so that we can evolve and execute Merchandising's multi-year winning strategy. Within Merchandising Operations, the Strategic Vendor Management team develops and recommends strategies to improve business performance by working closely with Merchandising leadership in analyzing market trends and dynamics, vendor/brand economics and productivities, guest loyalty, and related assortment optimization opportunities.

The team leverages strategic vendor negotiation tactics to bolster the impact of strategic recommendations and incrementally improve business outcomes.

The Strategic Vendor Management Analyst role supports Merchants to manage relationships with strategic vendors, ensuring compliance with negotiated terms, and supporting negotiation preparation (including scorecards, playbooks). You'll use the right combination of data, expertise, and leadership to coordinate and manage efforts to deliver the greatest value for the company and our guests and their pets. It's your skills that help establish a robust and strategic vendor management framework to drive more value and less risk from critical vendor relationships.

• Gather, analyze, and interpret data to assist in developing insights into actionable guiding principles and negotiation levers that will drive bottom-line results
• Assist in working alongside with cross-functional business partners to build a holistic evaluation of vendors
• Develop and synthesizes Merchandise and vendor scorecards – track and interpret performance while drawing insights that lead to actionable merchandise recommendations
• Develop analytical materials to be shared internally during category reviews and assortment discussions with the Merchandising team. Materials include category scorecards, supplier playbooks, negotiation tactics, and "Ask" materials to be shared with vendors during negotiations
• Identify sales, cost, and margin opportunities across SKUs and vendors through rigorous analysis and research, including: competitive benchmarking (space, brands, SKUs), market insights, customer insights (eg, surveys, Customer analytics), vendor insight (cost structures, motivations), and extensive SKU/brand/vendor-level analysis (relative productivity, profitability, brand loyalty, SKU transferability, etc.).
• Work on special projects, ad hoc analysis, and initiatives related to assortment performance and cost reduction and management.
• Partner with Product and IT to enhance documentation, archiving, and audit processes for agreements with vendors.
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports to track progress against strategic goals
• Prepare presentations and reports summarizing findings and recommendations for stakeholders
• Collaborate with project teams to monitor project…