About this role
Job title: Associate Planner
About the Role The Associate Planner supports the Merchandise Planning Team and contributes to maximizing the financial plan by aligning with category objectives and partnering across operations. You will anticipate potential problems, generate insights, and drive solutions in collaboration with analytical and cross-functional teams.
What You'll Do
- Support the Merchandise Planning Team in building dashboards to forecast and define new KPIs (BUY, SALES, INVENTORY, MARGIN, AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE, AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE, AVERAGE COST).
- Work closely with other departments to align on seasonal strategy with a direct impact on sales and margin.
- Provide weekly reporting on sales and margin for decision making and assortment/pricing improvements.
- Build strong relationships with cross-functional buying teams and regularly review their investments versus the plan.
- Follow-up samples evolution for financial purposes.
- Support the Merchandise Planning Team in sharing sales forecast.
- Prepare ad-hoc analyses to support the CMO as required.
- Initiate or participate in business development projects.
- Build clear presentations including financial information and business strategies while delivering a clear message.
What We're Looking For
- Minimum of two years of experience in Planning within a Retail or eCommerce environment.
- Experience with managing Open-to-Buy (OTB).
- Proficiency in Google Suite.
- Highly analytical with strong numerical/retail math skills.
- Clear and effective written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills.
- BA/BS degree in Business or Finance strongly preferred, or equivalent work experience.
- English; additional language skills are an advantage.
Compensation & Benefits
- NEW state-of-the-art HQ upcoming in 2025.
- Formalized career paths for continued professional growth.
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO).
- Comprehensive health insurance across Medical, Dental and Vision.
- 401k match, with immediate vesting upon eligibility.
- Weekly catered lunches and fully-stocked kitchen pantry.
- Opportunities to travel for trade shows and vendor meetings.
- Summer Fridays; Early Departure.
- Team bonding events and programs.
- Attractive employee discounts!