YOUR EXPERIENCE:

• 5-7 years of retail planning, demand forecasting experience, inventory management, allocation, assortment planning, or replenishment experience, financial planning or financial analysis experience
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, operations, economics, business, statistics
• Strong technical skills in Microsoft Excel or related planning, finance or analytical systems
• Experienced in data management systems, like JDA Enterprise Software Enterprise Planning suite

ADDITIONAL PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Merchant or merchandising experience a plus
• Requires strong problem-solving and analytical skills; strong aptitude with numbers; retail math skills
• Positive business influence skills
• Able to identify and influence critical stakeholders, proactively problem solve, and recommend solutions
• Strong communication and presentation skills: concisely presents complex information and recommendations in terms meaningful to a variety of audiences
• Demonstrated leadership capability and executive presence
• Optimization Mindset - designs and develops models/plans to optimize decisions
• Builds collaborative partnerships cross-functionally; identifies/influences critical stakeholders
• Ability to articulate detailed action plans to successfully accomplish goal
• Understands and executes against business strategy and goals
• Makes decisions with limited information but also able to synthesize large quantities of data to drive business decisions
• Ability to meet deadlines and handle multiple tasks/projects
• The ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with various levels of management
  We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws. Please see links: California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Philadelphia Fair Chance Law, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance
  An equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected category recognized by state, federal or local laws. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States

Merchandise Planner serves as the business manager for a book of business and is primarily responsible for translating the Merchants vision into viable plans and profitable results. The Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining sales, inventory and margin plans that tie to financial targets for an assigned Sub-Brand or Category. Plans will begin at the Sub-Brand or Category level and will drive to choice-level (Style/Color) plans, creating targeted assortments by cluster of stores with similar selling characteristics. In partnership with the Merchant, the Planner drives to additional value through optimizing the assortment for these store clusters. In collaboration with the Demand Forecaster, the Merchandise Planner generates demand plans, which incorporate statistically-based forecasts, merchandise plans and business knowledge. Demand plans provide the basis for future merchandise plans, as well as a forward-looking expectation of sales to inform the distribution process. The Merchandise Planner reports to the Manager, Merchandise Planning.