The Opportunity: The Sales & Planning Analysis (SPA) Senior Analyst will lead the day to day replenishment & execution of the business, in partnership with the Mattel commercial team and the retailer.   This role spans all aspects of commercial execution including store level inventory management, order writing/analysis, internal inventory readiness, and order fulfillment, through to on shelf availability. This role is instrumental in supporting the sales team and driving the business with our Walmart partners.  The individual will report into the Walmart Forecasting Sr. Manager.What Your Impact Will Be: Own store in-stock metrics by influencing the end-to-end order process including order creation, reviewing daily orders, maintaining perfect PO’s, and optimizing fill rate.Own the execution of our Direct Import business out of Asia, partnering closely with the Customer Service team in our Hong Kong office.Consumption execution – Drive a weekly shipping plan by item, by channel, to support POS plans, retailer in-stock and future order needs. Daily/Weekly involvement with the sales team coupled with retail analysts/buying team, joint business planning related to in season execution for promotional planning and fulfillment, domestic and import order reviews and chase/cancel with retailer.PO order recommendations for current and future looking domestic and direct import.Liaison between customer service and supply planning and allocations teams to maximize PO fill ratesActively lead and participate alongside Mattel sales team in key CPFR forecasting meetings with Walmart.  Present business findings and recommend action plan for the season or year.  Assist in managing and prioritizing follow-ups from meetings.Attend internal consensus meetings to present and share current execution at retail, provide key data findings to cross-functional S&OP teams to reach a consensus forecast on a month to month basisReporting as requested to support the sales team / customer and other business needs.
