Job description
Our client is a luxury fashion retailer
Assistant Planner Overview:
As the Assistant Planner, you will be responsible for the effective flow, planning, and analysis of sales goals and margin targets. You will work closely with cross-functional partners to maximize business opportunities and help identify needs of the business.
Assistant Planner Responsibilities:
- Analyze historical sales performance to identify opportunities within stores/e-commerce, product categories, and channels of business
- Create and manage all weekly reporting from stock to sales, delivery status, back-order status, and available inventory reporting
- Review future plans based on historical performance and knowledge of future business conditions
- Identify risks and/or opportunities by product and region
- Partner with Location Planning Manager to conduct hindsight reviews to present findings to Senior leadership
- Work with cross-functional teams to implement Store strategies and address callouts and errors
- Reforecast sales, margin, receipts & inventory monthly and identify risks and opportunities relative to Plan
- Communicate the state of the business in weekly meetings and months OTB meetings
- Recommend strategic actions to maximize sales and margin, optimize inventory, and mitigate risk
- Work with sales and account teams to forecast need for key items
- Ensure consistent safety stock on key items through management of ladder plans
- Partner with Business Intelligence to maintain and improve reporting capabilities. Function as systems expert to support improvements, test and train as needed
- Report on weekly POS Sales to management; add texture on key events that may have impacted weekly sales
- Complete specific ad hoc analysis to support the buy process or impact sales
Assistant Planner Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 1-2 years of previous internship or work experience
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (must have advanced Excel skills)
- Multi- brand experience preferred
- Collaborative, adaptable, and possesses a willingness to take on new projects