What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assortment Planner position at Haddad Brands?
Description
Haddad is a privately held family business with over 70 years of experience in the children’s wear apparel and accessories industry. Haddad is the leading children’s wear manufacturer representing the most iconic American brands in the world; Nike, Brand Jordan, Converse, Hurley and Levi’s. Our talented professionals are leaders in design, sourcing, sales and global distribution. With over 15 locations and 800 employees globally, it is no surprise that we are already the number one children’s wear company in the world.
Overview:
The Assortment Planner will be responsible for working cross-functionally with the Planning and Merchandising teams to deliver assortment plans that align with financial targets and merchandise strategies for Nike Littles Apparel.
Key Accountabilities:
- Manage the weekly review of the business at the Gender/Age level inclusive of sales vs plan, gross margin health, inventory management, and promo actions
- Manage the Momentum Tool to identify the above metrics and communicate to cross-functional teams to drive the Littles Apparel actions
- Partner with Allocation as needed to support flow of product to the stores
- Provide weekly Haddad Biz Recap inclusive of Littles and Jordan GS
- Own the mid-sighting/hind-sighting analysis to include in the larger decks provided by leadership
- Work cross-functionally to build an assortment and create a forecast for the upcoming seasons
- Assist in preparing for monthly OTB meetings
- Special projects as assigned
Requirements
Required Skills/Abilities/Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Merchandising, Business, or related field
- 3 years retail experience in merchandise planning, company planning, merchandising, allocations or operations
- Comprehensive understanding of retail math; ability to interpret financial sales data to make decisions and recommendations that impact the business
- Excellent knowledge of Excel & MS Windows applications
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to engage effectively with a broad range of audiences including business leaders
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Commercial & Entrepreneurial mind and skillset
- Passionate focus on team environment and relationships, be the voice of the team to leadership
Consistent in-office presence is vital to the role as it is for all Haddad Brands team members, so that we all have a full appreciation, aesthetically and tactilely, of the qualities that define our brand partners’ products and set them apart from their competitors.
Salary : $65,000 - $100,000
