What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inventory Planner II position at Sundance Holdings Group, LLC?
Company Description
Sundance… A Place. An Idea. Celebrating and Enriching the Human Experience.
Job Description
Sundance is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Inventory Planner II to join our team. Sundance is a leading omni-channel specialty retailer with headquarters located in Salt Lake City, UT. Founded in 1969 by Robert Redford, Sundance is a unique brand that supports artistic endeavors and focuses on creativity, originality, and inspiration.
Summary
The Inventory Planner II is responsible for profitable sales and inventory turns for a given season. The following KPI’s are critical to this roles success: Sales Forecast, Inventory Turns and Margin Forecast. Key partnerships include Merchandising, Inventory Operations
- Create and maintain item level forecasts to ensure inventory is available to satisfy customer demand.
- Analyze sales and inventory on daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
- Drive the business forward through sound analytics and fact-based recommendations
- Actively work with Merchandising partners to determine chase buys, cancels & pull forward to ensure each areas profitability
- Analyzes actual product demand, trends and forecasts, and adjusts inventory plans accordingly, including size and color selling profiles
- Responsible for sales and inventory for all channels
- Effectively communicate strategic forecasts, opportunities and ad hoc analysis with Vendor Partners on an as-needed basis;
- Effectively communicate pertinent information interdepartmentally regarding inventory opportunity
- Maintain inventory position to assure optimum mix of over/under stock and a minimum of backorders.
- Proactively evaluating items in marketing to ensure adequate on hand to fulfill customer demand
- Regular, predictable attendance and punctuality are required in this role.
Qualifications
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
- Analytical
- Skilled at Negotiations
- Effective time management
- Organized
- Problem solver
- Collaborative
- Intermediate Mathematics including a basic understanding of statistics
- Ability to read and interpret detailed documents
- Proficient in using Microsoft excel, including vlookups, sumifs, pivot tables and Macros
- SQL knowledge is a plus
- Bachelor’s Degree Required
- A minimum of 3-5 years experience in a retail or catalog environment required
Additional Information
Work Environment:
This job operates in a clerical, office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. This is a full-time position and typical work hours are Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.
For more information about our culture and brand at Sundance, please visit https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/SundanceHoldingsGroupLLC
For the Sundance Story, visit: https://www.sundancecatalog.com/category/customer service/about us.do
Sundance is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, lactation, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military service, veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
All applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws, including Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).
