The Planner

The Planner

Overview

The Planner is responsible for supporting the growth of Aldo North America through sales planning and inventory management. This role will help manage the in-season and future planning of sales, markdown, and profit/contribution, with an additional focus on inventory management and assortment strategy, aligned with the financial target. This role reports to the Director of Planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates the Global purchasing process to ensure on-time deliverables to all markets, while striving to have better business understanding and increased efficiencies.
• Execute purchasing plans to meet Sales and Operating goals.
• Recommend resolutions to resolve supply issues to maximize on-time delivery.
• Executes tracking and adjustments in response to a variety of supply and demand inputs.
• Analyze the global buys against production requirements to achieve maximum sales with minimal inventory exposure (i.e., dropped styles, minimum buy management).
• Works with Sourcing to manage delivery issues (i.e., delays, constraints) and communicates all relevant issues to all parties involved.
• Execute decisions that have been made on product flow to support inventory management objectives and to satisfy customer requirements.
• Monthly reporting of KPIs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.

• Minimum 2/3 years in a wholesale or retail buying position.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information.

• Strong Excel Skills with the ability to use Excel to analyze large volumes of data.

• Perform work independently on a large volume of simultaneous projects.

• Excellent prioritization skills, process optimization and problem-solving capabilities.

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, accuracy and discipline to check work output.

• Exhibit good knowledge of business operations.

• Strong communication skills and ability to present business conclusions to management teams.

• Ability to partner effectively and work with cross functional teams.

• Building a culture of belonging

• We firmly believe that the diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and identities is a fundamental strength of the ALDO Group. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to providing a safe, respectful, and equitable work environment where everyone can reach their full potential and find their fit.

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