Director of Planning – New York, NY

Martha.com is seeking a Director of Planning to lead and be a part of an exciting growing team focused on digital excellence. You will lead and establish the merchandise planning department including martha.com and a new Martha Stewart ecommerce wholesale business.

Marquee Brands 

Marquee owns and manages a portfolio of established global brands across consumer products and channels from luxury goods to sports and active apparel. Marquee’s team of professionals is focused on a commitment to drive organic growth through natural brand extensions, impactful marketing and direct consumer engagement. Our promise is to ensure our brands continue their storied success through relevant product, expanded retail distribution, and international growth all while continuing to be true to their founding message and origin.

Martha.com

Martha.com is a new and exciting shop of housewares, kitchen goods, culinary finds, pet staples, and more…from the point of view of the original influencer, Martha Stewart. This new direct-to-consumer online platform will embody Martha’s favorite things and her mission to inspire and empower people of all ages to make their homes and lives more beautiful, more functional, and more meaningful. Martha.com will provide high-quality products at a value, superior function and innovation, and beautiful design that elevates the home. Through a unique blend of Martha Stewart’s 30-years of experience and best-in-class curated products, Martha.com will bring together everyday solutions for gardening, cooking, baking, collecting, decorating, organizing, and more, from the woman who does it best. It’s a good thing.

Heres what you will do here:

• Develop, execute and communicate strategic merchandise financial plans and strategies that support the merchandising and financial objectives of the Company. 
• Establish an OTB process for in-season forecasts including class sales, receipts, markdowns and inventory
• Partner with buying and brand management/product development by providing strategic recommendations to meet financial goals
• Evaluate and monitor style selling on a weekly basis, partnering with buyers to effectively manage sales, markdowns, receipts and exit strategies
• Provide recommendations to adjust purchasing levels, pricing, liquidation, and allocation strategies to ensure that finance objectives are being met
• Partner with buying team to develop seasonal assortment plans, providing insight to inventory levels, style and sku productivity and proper channel receipts. Create pre-season plans at classification level for sales, margin, receipts and turn
• Oversee all inventory management
• Develop / Refine necessary reports for business management
• Create Demand planning by week plans and report out on weekly sales

Other Responsibilities

• Support for the newly formed ecommerce wholesale division with OTB and managing inventory health

You’re going to need this to carry out this job 

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Strong organizational and time management skills with attention to detail
• Passionate about home and understand the importance of curating a beautiful collection of products.
• Growth-Minded- You’re looking for a role you can grow within – and beyond. You love to challenge yourself to take on new tasks
• Entrepreneurial spirit- exciting opportunity to establish a new department and processes
• Self-starter: you can highly function even when processes are vague 
• Excellent analytical skills required to spot and analyze trends
• Collaborative and value relationship management both with internal and external partners
• Proficient in Excel, Netsuite experience a plus

Marquee Brands Benefits and Perks

• You'll enjoy coming to work because we have a refreshing company culture that is open, entrepreneurial and fun.
• Competitive salary, and bonus structure 
• Parental leave
• Healthcare Benefits including dental and vision 
• Short-term and Long-term disability
• Flexible spending account (FSA) or health savings account (HSA) 
• Life insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Generous Vacation and Leave Policies
• Action Days - two (2) fully paid “Marquee In Action" days each calendar year to dedicate your time to a charity or cause of your choice.
• 11 Paid Holidays: In addition to Paid vacation. 

This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended at anytime at the sole discretion of the Employer

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.