Planner, Wholesale- Corporate Headquarters, NJ

Position Summary:

The Planner, Wholesale will be responsible for working directly with external customers and the Account Manager to execute seasonal buy strategies by creating product plans for key drivers during each seasonal time period. The Planner, Wholesale will also plan and manage the basics stock required to maintain a basic replenishment program.

Key Accountabilities:

• Leveraging the seasonal assortment strategies from both internal and external partners, create seasonal product plans down to Style Color
• Recap end of season performance at division, category, season, and style levels for merchandise buy period
• Manage inventory for basic replenishment program (order quantity by style, color, and size)
• Perform key item planning for all basic styles (sales, margin, inventory)
• Create and manage weekly, monthly, quarterly, and seasonal sales reporting
• Manage inventory flows on basic and fashion receipts
• Utilize existing data to develop fashion and basic size curves
• Partner with merchant and sourcing partners to support the buy process
• Partner with DC and Logistics teams to ensure a seamless end-to-end inventory flow

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3 years of experience in retail planning and analysis

Skills and Behaviors:

• Proven track record of financially astute business management
• Expertise in retail math with strong analytical skills/ learning agility
• Strong problem solving and decision making skills
• Ability to identify and clearly communicate business opportunities and risks/ analytical and data reasoning
• Strong organization and workload prioritization skills
• Must be detail-oriented and perform with a high level of accuracy
• Proficient in planning systems and Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel
• Strong team player/relationship-building
• Proven process of improvement and problem solving

Details:

• Full time role located in Secaucus, New Jersey
• Hybrid work model includes in-office days on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
• Health, Vision & Dental Insurance for full-time employees
• 401K with employer match program
• Generous employee discount