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Petco

Demand Planning Analyst

On site

San diego, United states

$ 99,000 /year

Junior

Full Time

28-02-2026

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Communication Go Sales Training Databases

Job Specifications

Want to help pets live their best lives?

We’re proud to be where the pets go and where the pet people go. If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you.

Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what’s right for pets and people.

Pet First – Protect & Empower. All pets should Live their Best Life. We put the needs of pets and pet parents at the center of everything we do.
Foster the Fun – Connect & Bond. Our Passion for pets brings us together! We celebrate the journey of pet parenthood through district experiences, products, and services.
Let’s Go! Own & Commit. We are stronger as One Petco team. We bring our unique superpowers and champion authenticity in everyone to drive success.

About Petco

We’re proud to be "where the pets go" to find everything they need to live their best lives for more than 60 years — from their favorite meals and toys, to trusted supplies and expert support from people who get it, because we live it. We believe in the universal truths of pet parenthood — the boundless boops, missing slippers, late night zoomies and everything in between. And we’re here for it. Every tail wag, every vet visit, every step of the way. We are 29,000+ strong and together we nurture the pet-human bond in more than 1,500 Petco stores across the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. In 1999, we founded Petco Love. Together, we support thousands of local animal welfare groups nationwide and have helped find homes for approximately 7 million animals through in-store adoption events.

Essential Job Functions: The incumbent must be able to perform all of the following duties and responsibilities with or without a reasonable accommodation. -

Inventory Management: - Directly accountable for maintaining in stock levels to goal by driving stock keeping unit (ski) level replenishment and allocation strategies.
Manage ski/location baseline and promotional lift sales forecast.
Proactively manage inventory replenishment and allocation strategies to support promotional, financial, assortment/transition, and other business goals.
Collaborate with Merchandise Planner on promotional and secondary planning including identifying sales lift and needed inventory support.
Drive the identification and resolution of inventory opportunities from Distribution Center (DC) to store that drives greater business profitability and exceeds customer expectations.
Accountable for driving established operational and service goals including in-stock, inventory budget, inventory turnover, and Inventory Management Return on Investment (IMROI).
Collaborate with merchant and merchandise planning partners to define ski entrance and exit strategies and own strategy execution.
Perform root cause analysis through exception reporting to drive greater efficiencies and results in inventory management.
Drive business results through cross-functional development of strategies to achieve shop/department level goals and objectives.
Partnership - Interact professionally and effectively through strong verbal and written communication with an emphasis on company and customer interests.
Drive and build cross-functional relationships internally and externally.
Effectively communicate with store partners to help achieve strategic results.
Demonstrate initiative to work independently and in cross functional teams.
Ability to think strategically and effectively implement tactics to ensure goals are met.
Ability to ruthlessly prioritize and multi-task under tight deadlines.
Vendor Management: Support vendor management by partnering with Inventory Analyst in collaborative forecasting meetings with vendors, providing promotional and secondary strategy and lifts. Review and analyze vendor ski's to achieve inventory and financial goals.
Development and Training: Achieve and maintain required system certifications.
Proactively identify and participate in opportunities to expand business, inventory and/or supply chain knowledge and expertise.
Actively participate in personal development planning.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Work Environment

The majority of job duties are performed while seated indoors with little or no exposure to hazards.

Education (Required)

Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Retail Management, Supply Chain, Business or a related field is required.
An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Work Experience (Required)

Proven advanced ability to use applications within Microsoft Office suite as well a very strong ability to extract and analyze data from databases and make appropriate recommendations is required.
Two to three years of replenishment buying and/or store operations experience is required.
Demonstrate excellent analytical, mathem

About the Company

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