The North Face: Associate Marketplace Analyst

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The North Face: Associate Marketplace Analyst

What will you do?

The primary responsibility of the Associate Marketplace Analyst is to support hind sighting and analytics and provide ad-hoc analysis for business teams across Wholesale, DTC, Merchandising and Marketing. This process includes data validation and pulling various reports, to help analyze performance and develop conclusions on business trends.

You will report to the Senior Manager, Marketplace Management and Analytics and be a key contributor within our Americas team. This is a hybrid role (3 days/week at our Denver, CO HQ).

• Data validation across our systems to ensure the team is utilizing complete and accurate data.
• Ability to pull out relevant details from large datasets and databases.
• Build reports (both standardized and ad hoc) to support multiple uses and cross-functional team deliverables, to drive strategy and inform future seasons. Reports will focus on sell-out sales, but span various timelines (weekly, monthly, quarterly, seasonally, yearly).
• Build different databases (with data visualization tools) to showcase real time reporting.
• Ability to problem solve and root cause system/reporting discrepancies.
• Strive for continuous process improvement, working to automate and standardize processes.

How you will do it:

• Maintain brand knowledge of seasonal assortments, product launches, and key account strategies to support sell-through reporting.
• Build and manage strong, trusting relationships with cross-functional partners, such as DTC Planning, Wholesale Sales Operations, Category Merchandising, Marketing, and Finance.
• Become a system and data expert for the brand, ensuring completeness and accuracy of data.
• Support the Sr. Analyst Marketplace Analytics in reviewing and maintaining data integrity on a weekly, monthly and seasonal basis.
• Stay extremely organized on prioritization, deadlines, weekly tracking, and accuracy/completeness of deliverables.

What do you need to succeed?
We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role, there are foundation skills you’ll need to succeed and excel. Additionally, while formal education in a related field is great to have, we are most interested in your 2+ years of experience and professional achievements. 

The foundation skills you will need in this position are:

• Power BI and other data visualization tools
• Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Attention to detail and critical thinking of work completed (e.g., “does this look right”)
• Organizational skills and time management 
• Ability to work within large datasets, databases, and systems
• Report building and self-review skills
• Communication and collaboration skills (ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams)
• Business understanding of Retail processes including sell-through, inventory flow, margin/profitability, and markdowns.

Now WE have a question for YOU.

Are you in?

Hiring Range:

$59,200.00 USD - $74,000.00 USD annually

Incentive Potential: This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation: You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered, including this year's medical plan rates on www.MyVFbenefits.com  and by clicking Looking to Join VF? Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

Please note, our hiring ranges are determined and built from market pay data. In determining the specific compensation for this position, we comply with all local, state, and federal laws.

At VF, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. If you require accommodations during the application process, please contact us at peopleservices@vfc.com. VF will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals to the extent required by applicable law.

Pursuant to all applicable local Fair Chance Ordinance requirements, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, VF will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.