Allacation/Replenishment Analyst

Primary Allocation Responsibilities: * Execute comprehensive allocation strategies to support merchandise assortment plans, ensuring consistent alignment with business objectives and buyer direction. * Manage the end-to-end inventory allocation process utilizing JDA (or other relevant inventory management systems), ensuring timely and accurate product flow across all retail locations. * Continuously monitor and analyze store performance, sales trends, and regional/seasonal demand to make data-driven allocation adjustments that enhance product availability and minimize stockouts or overstocks. * Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams-including Buying Units (Buyers, Assistant Buyers, Assortment Planners, and Inventory Demand Analysts)-to support pre-season and in-season merchandise planning decisions. * Conduct in-depth hindsight reviews of past seasons to identify key learnings and apply insights to improve future allocation and assortment planning strategies. * Provide clear, strategic recommendations to business units through ongoing review of critical business performance reports, ensuring decisions are backed by data and market intelligence. * Proactively manage residual inventory and warehouse stock by ensuring timely allocation to stores, mitigating potential overstocking or markdowns. * Evaluate and initiate channel-to-channel transfers, Return to Warehouse (RTW), Return to Vendor (RTV), Transfers and Returns (TARs), and Enterprise Inventory Reserve (EIR) actio