Planning Director

Job Title: Planner Director, Retail/Wholesale

Primary Purpose: The Planning Director for Retail/Wholesale will provide analytical support for global inventory strategies across wholesale, retail, and e-commerce. This individual will help implement and manage tools and processes for daily inventory planning operations, including forecasting, reporting, and analysis.

The ideal candidate is a team player who can execute independently. Over the past year, we have implemented new systems and tools for this role. We seek an individual who can update reports but, more importantly, effectively communicate findings and recommendations based on data.

This position will collaborate with Design, Finance, Production, and Sales to set and achieve growth targets, oversee retail buying, and partner with Wholesale on projections. The Planning Director will report to the COO, with a dotted line to the VP of Wholesale

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and identify global and regional product trends through key weekly and monthly reporting.
• Continuously leverage analysis and productivity to inform global projections and assortments for Sales, Production, and Design on a weekly, monthly, seasonal, and yearly basis.
• Measure new trends and apply them to pre-season buys, CORE projections, and in-season actions for Ecommerce
• Review Monthly ATS and make recommendations to Ecommerce and Wholesale for Markdowns and Off-price allocations
• Work with Ecom to analyze and advise on weekly selling, by Category, Season, and Style Recaps
• Provide hindsight selling reports, analyzing performance by cost, retail, best sellers by class, best sellers by category, best sellers by delivery, and CORE.
• Pre-market analysis includes a deep dive into specific accounts, reviewing a 12-week trend, ensuring best sellers are current, and compiling a total best seller list
• Provide inventory reporting and analysis, including inventory levels, inventory turns, and inventory projections.
• Develop safety stock strategies for finished goods and fabrics to support revenue targets and quick-turn projects.
• Provide seasonal, global financial framework for Retail and Wholesale.
• Manage Open to Buy needs to support seasonal newness investment, CORE planning, and collaboration with Ecom team.
• Review, process, and react to monthly, seasonal, and end-of-year profitability for Wholesale partners.
• Foster effective teamwork and communication with key business partners (i.e., Design, Finance, Production, ,Wholesale, and Ecom).
• Work closely with Production to track incoming goods and make prioritization suggestions to maximize business potential and align with channel needs.
• Generate and distribute weekly and monthly eCommerce, Wholesale, and company-wide product selling reports.
• Update and manage the Skypad system to ensure accurate reporting and forecasting.
• Collaborate with Production on fabric projections to align with upcoming demand.
• Update the Post Market Merchandise document four times a year for selling on new collection.
• Update the Post Market selling report on new collection.
• Work with Design on collection hindsight reports to inform future planning.
• Partner with the eCommerce Merchandiser to provide weekly reporting and insights.
  
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 15 years experience in a supply planning or production planning role
• Experience with Skypad and ERP system.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills
• Proven track record of managing various projects and the ability to meet deadlines
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Bachelor’s degree
  
  

$155,000 - $165,000