Associate Planning & Analytics
Work Arrangement
Office Days per Week: 2 days
Key Skills
Job Description
The Associate Planning Analyst supports European Planning processes, collaborating with Product, Finance, Digital, Marketing, and Customer Experience (CX) stakeholders to ensure alignment across key business priorities.
The role contributes to the optimization of sales, margin, and inventory through analysis, projects, and testing of new and existing tools and technologies across Stores and eCommerce.
In addition, the Associate Planning Analyst provides analytical and advisory support for planning, forecasting, and in-season management of key Sales, Product, Margin, and Inventory KPIs.
Responsibilities
- Maintain weekly business performance report and stimulate improvements action
- Be the team expert on data research and analysis
- Gain and share knowledge around Merchandise, Financial, Digital and Location Planning
- Support Plan/Forecast process focusing on Product/Channel/Country strategy
- Create department analysis based on past/current performance
- Support cross-departmental projects resulting in improved margin
- Conduct business review meetings with team members and internal stakeholders
- Set KPIs; monitor and measure, challenge teams accountable for achieving these goals
Qualifications
- (HBO) / Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or similar discipline
- At least 2 years of relevant experience; commercial/business planning and forecasting is highly appreciated
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerBI
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Strong sense of urgency with the ability to work under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management
Benefits
- Recognition, inclusion and belonging in a diverse environment
- 25 holidays and flexible working (hybrid position, in office ~2 days p/w)
- Employee Discount on in-store and online products
- Casual Sneaker Culture
- Learning & Health/Wellbeing programs
- Career development and growth in an ambitious international team
- Travel reimbursement
- Access to premium wellness apps
- Bike plan and contribution to gym subscription
- Pension Plan
- Discounted Collective Health plans
- Activities organized by our Social Committee #
Core Responsibilities
The Associate Planning Analyst supports European planning processes by collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize sales, margin, and inventory. They are responsible for maintaining business performance reports, conducting data analysis, and providing advisory support for forecasting and in-season management.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a related discipline and possess at least 2 years of relevant experience. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerBI is required, along with strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
Benefits
- Recognition
- Inclusion and belonging
- 25 holidays
- Flexible working
- Employee discount
- Learning and health/wellbeing programs
- Career development
- Travel reimbursement
- Premium wellness apps
- Bike plan
- Gym subscription contribution
- Pension plan
- Discounted collective health plans
- Social committee activities
About Foot Locker
Industry: Retail
Company size: 10,001+ employees
Foot Locker, Inc. is a leading footwear and apparel retailer that unlocks the “inner sneakerhead” in all of us. With approximately 2,500 retail stores in 26 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, and a franchised store presence in the Middle East and Asia, Foot Locker, Inc. has a strong history of sneaker authority that sparks discovery and ignites the power of sneaker culture through its portfolio of brands, including Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, WSS, and atmos. Our corporate headquarters is in New York City. We have domestic U.S. offices in St. Petersburg, FL; Camp Hill, PA; Junction City, KS; Los Angeles, CA; and Wausau, WI. Our European head office is in Utrecht, The Netherlands and is staffed with professionals from over 30 different countries who live, eat and breathe sneakers. Our Asia Pacific head office is based in Brisbane, Australia. Together, we are a team of customer-obsessed-sneaker-experts responsible for creating meaningful connections and unrivaled experiences with the diverse communities we service. We play to win and succeed as a team. We attribute our success to the drive and intelligence of our team members. We firmly believe that “everyone leads” at Foot Locker and are committed to leveraging the passions of our leaders across the globe. We offer our team members tools and resources to build their capabilities and cultivate a path for their career growth. We have and will continue to succeed as a great company through these ideals and strong leadership. Relentlessly committed to fuel a shared passion for self-expression, we create unrivaled experiences at the heart of the sport and sneaker communities through the power of our people. If you want to be a part of something bigger than you can imagine, you’ve come to the right place. To learn more about the incredible impact we’re making on both our local and global communities, visit our Foot Locker LinkedIn Life pages.