Allocation Analyst

Nintendo of America

About Nintendo of America: From the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System^™ more than 30 years ago, Nintendo’s mission has been to create smiles through unique entertainment experiences. Here at Nintendo of America Inc., we deliver on this mission by partnering closely with Nintendo Co., Ltd., to bring Nintendo’s iconic and cherished franchises including Mario^™, Donkey Kong^™, The Legend of Zelda^™, Metroid^™, Animal Crossing^™, Pikmin^™ and Splatoon^™ across the Americas through our video games, hardware systems, and collaborations with partners on a range of other entertainment initiatives like feature films and theme parks.

We are an equal opportunity employer offering a welcoming and inclusive environment in service to one another, our products, and the diverse consumers and communities we call home. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company’s website at https://www.nintendo.com/. 

Team/Position Summary: The Allocation Analyst supports Merchandising and Merchandise Planning by owning inventory allocation and flow across the DTC channel to optimize sales, margin, and inventory productivity. This role manages initial launch, replenishment, clearance, and bin inventory decisions at the location level, using historical performance and market trends to identify risks and opportunities and drive proactive solutions. The analyst partners cross functionally to support new stores, activations, and ongoing business reviews, while continuously improving processes, tools, and ways of working to operate with urgency and improve overall performance.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Build, develop, and support working relationships with cross functional in-person and/or virtual teams by facilitating proactive business management, communication, issue resolution as well as driving key decisions.
• Partners with other business units by providing lead time and production planning guidance that support communication of supply chain challenges and to provide recommendations in support of meeting company objectives.
• Strives for process improvements by developing, measuring, and monitoring critical metrics and KPI’s.
• Drives the execution of product placement plans to deliver KPI targets.
• Communicates insights and alternatives when faced with supply chain challenges or data to support decision-making.
• Analyzes industry trends and data in supply chain to identify problematic areas and suggest improvements.
• Capable of frequent or ad hoc supply and/or demand shifts that require new analysis to support decision making.
• Develop and maintain reports/analysis that support prompt and succinct formats using Tableau for distribution to key stakeholders and/or Leadership.
• Supports ongoing Business Planning and other cross-divisional stakeholders with inventory planning.

SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS

• 3+ years of related experience in Supply Chain or Inventory/Supply Planning
• Fundamental understanding of various forecast methodologies both quantitative and qualitative
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically
• Strong visualization and PowerPoint skills
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple competing deliverables
• Extremely detail- and process-oriented
• Strong MS Office (Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) experience
• Experience with allocation solution software preferred
• Oracle EBS and Business Intelligence, Inventory, Agile, Tableau, SharePoint, Smartsheet, Confluence experience helpful but not required
• Import/Customs experience helpful but not required
• Project Management skills helpful but not required
• Undergraduate degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field or equivalent experience
• APICS and/or IBF (SCM) certification an advantage

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be considered. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

This position is hybrid in Redmond, WA. Hybrid positions require regular onsite work following the schedule and guidelines for their division. This position is not open to fully remote status at this time.