Retail Planner

Manager Notes:

• This position will be onsite WHQ for the hybrid work schedule
• This is a retail planning position for the value stores. Looking for someone who:
  • is well versed in brick and mortar store planning
  • has experience working internationally/ has a global mindset
  • is analytical makes good decisions based off data
  • is demanding in terms of workload can manage completing priorities and work through multiple deliverables as there is a lot of time sensitive deadlines and presenting**
    

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Retail Planner to establish clear end to end bottoms up merchandise plans partnering with Consumer Fields of Play Assortment Planners Merch Financial Planning Marketplace and Finance to create a line grounded in profitability productivity and consumer centric offerings by creating pre-season style color plans that support the goals and consumer field of play and managing through to in-season optimization through a robust rolling forecast process and collaborative weekly offense with marketplace. You will deliver a seasonal buy that is aligned to Retail Sales Inventory and Market expectations including door flow and size specificity.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

• Develop seasonal plans and monthly forecasts inclusive of sales margin and inventory at the style color level (leveraging analytics) develop strategies to meet CFoP financial goals and own open to buy bottoms up forecasts to inform manufacturing decisions through to in season optimization.
• You will deliver a seasonal buy that is aligned to Retail Sales Inventory and Market expectations including door flow and size specificity.
• Partner with key stakeholders across Geo and Global to optimize business health throughout the entirety of the product life cycle inclusive of responsive offering.
• Recap and analyze the business against forecast weekly and forecast in-season sales and inventories on a monthly basis.
• Product forecasting and in season optimization by analyzing data & providing actionable insights.
• Report on forecast variance weekly with action plans and risks & opportunities.
• Support monthly and seasonal inventory planning and management activities.
• In partnership with marketplace teams actively manage product; close-out process and aging inventory to maximize consumer demand and marketplace objectives.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will work closely with GEO CFoP Merch Planning Merch Financial Planning Marketplace and Finance; to create a robust rolling forecast for our business grounded in quantitative and qualitative metrics of sales inventory and margin.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 3-5 YOE as a retail planner within large scale enterprise level environments.
• Leverage statistical forecasting data science and new ways of working to develop plans and drive better decisions pre and in-season
• Demonstrated experience in assortment planning and understanding of financial product and inventory planning
• Strong ability to influence and ability to design compelling communication grounded in data
• Ability to think critically and understand the potential of a style in the marketplace as well as quantify any gaps to financial plans from a bottoms up perspective
• Demonstrated problem solving and critical thinking skills by developing accurate plans that optimize trade-offs and outcomes
• Current understanding of consumer and marketplace trend