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# Senior Demand & Deployment Analyst

- **Company:** Skills, Inc.
- **Location:** Columbus, OH, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $65,333.0 - $72,592.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Big Data, Pivot Tables, Delivery Pipeline, Deployment Automation, Data Analytics
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17806774?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17806774%2FSenior-Demand-Deployment-Analyst-Ohio-Columbus

## About the Role

* 3-5 years of experience in merchandise planning, allocation, or inventory deployment within retail or consumer goods
 * Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
 * Advanced proficiency in Excel (working with large datasets, building models, pivot tables)
 * Experience with store-level, SKU-level, or size-level performance analysis
 * Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, data-driven environment
 * Strong communication skills and experience working with cross-functional teams

Nice to Have

 * Experience in apparel, fashion, or size-intensive retail environments
 * Exposure to international markets or franchise operations
 * Familiarity with planning, forecasting, or allocation systems (any equivalent tools)
 * Understanding of retail financial metrics (sales, margin, sell-through, inventory turns)
 * Experience supporting floorset planning or assortment optimization

## Description

We're seeking a highly analytical Senior Demand & Deployment (D&D) Analyst to support inventory strategy and execution across a dynamic retail business. In this role, you'll play a key part in ensuring the right products are in the right place at the right time-optimizing inventory levels to drive sales, margin, and customer satisfaction.

You'll work at the intersection of merchandise planning, allocation, and analytics-partnering with cross-functional teams to align demand forecasts with inventory deployment strategies across stores and channels.
What You'll Do

 * Execute inventory deployment and allocation strategies across stores and channels
 * Analyze sales, demand, and inventory trends to optimize stock levels and maximize performance
 * Partner with merchandising, planning, and operations teams to support floorset planning and assortment strategies
 * Perform store-level and size-level analysis to identify opportunities and correct imbalances
 * Generate recurring and ad-hoc reporting to support inventory and planning decisions
 * Identify opportunities to improve assortment productivity and allocation efficiency
 * Support international and domestic partners, including franchise relationships, to align inventory strategies
 * Contribute to process improvements in reporting, analytics, and deployment workflows, * Work on high-impact inventory decisions that directly influence business performance
 * Collaborate with cross-functional teams across merchandising, planning, and operations
 * Gain exposure to both strategic planning and hands-on execution
 * Be part of a fast-paced, data-driven retail environment
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