As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community! **Meijer Rewards** + Weekly pay + Scheduling flexibility + Paid parental leave + Paid education assistance + Team member discount + Development programs for advancement and career growth Please review the job profile below and apply today! This position is accountable for inventory and product flow execution which meets the needs of the customer with the right product in the right place at the right time. Responsible for providing analysis on assortment, safety stock, and merchandising for category and line reviews. Achieves financial plan goals while optimizing sales, profit, inventory dollars and turns, shrink, on-shelf-availability and In-stocks with a clear understanding of competitive forces and analysis. **What You'll be Doing:** + Accountable for Demand Forecasting, Fulfillment and Allocation at the store/item level including: Order Creation and Order Groups, Replenishment method, Inventory deployment strategy within OTB (receipt and inventory plans), Shelf presentation, Identify and resolve product flow issues including competitive response, Remedy, and SAQ. + Collaborate with Buyer and provide analysis regarding: Advertising, Digital and Visual Strategy. + Past, Current, and Future trend analysis. + Assortment Planning / Merchandise Presentation Planning. + Nielson / Market Share analysis. + Vendor Collaboration to drive fill rates and on-time measures. + Manage Product Lifecycle: new item forecasts, promotional flow strategies and execution, end of life recommendation / analysis. + Identify and resolve issues and concerns that may have significant impact on the business or interrupt product flow while responding to competitive market or store issues appropriately - including store issue resolution and store inventory requests. + Accountable for creating orders fitting within the receipt plan, communicate variances, dated product mitigation, and ensure inventory turn goals are met. + Responsible for creating and communicating promotional reports, including: Ad Variance report, promotional ROI, Ad effectiveness review, competitive Ad comparison, and Neilson reporting and analysis. + Coordinates and executes product returns & product recalls at the distribution facility using established processes and guidelines. + Create Ad-hoc business review. + Conducts store and competitive visits identifying product flow opportunities, category gaps, planogram issues/resolutions, and vendor gaps. + Responsible to work with Vendors on Inventory Productivity, Forecasts and Timelines, Claims and Recalls. + This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required. **What You Bring with You (Qualifications):** + Bachelor’s Degree or enrolled in a four-year degree program with an expected graduation date + 1 year of previous merchandising and/or retail experience preferred. + Ability to gather and interpret data for various reports, as appropriate. + Knowledge of the retail industry – ability to analyze and understand specific category product lines as well as segmented customer behavior. + Results focused; uses performance targets and goals to drive own activities as well as help team succeed. + Ability to drive positive change within the team. + Office computer skills; ability to learn company systems and tools. We opened our doors more than 90 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we’re a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 270 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin. Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer's policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully-protected classification. **If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of your application,** **please** **click** **here** **to submit your request** **. Submissions that are not seeking help to complete the application due to a disability will not be responded to.**