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SNIPES · 2 days ago

Director of Planning

Bensalem, PA

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

7+ years exp

SNIPES is a leading sneaker and streetwear retailer with a strong connection to youth culture. The Director of Planning is responsible for setting merchandise planning and inventory strategies to achieve sales and margin goals, collaborating with divisional managers on strategic initiatives and financial analysis.

Retail

Hiring Manager

Gabrielle Golden

Responsibilities

Coach and develop the planning team to achieve financial objectives and optimal inventory management as well as prepare the team for broader responsibilities

Lead the planners through analysis of historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities to the business, and recommend strategies to correct and achieve sales plans – shared with buyers

Create monthly unit ladders in conjunction with buyers

Ensure planners and buyers manage to the OTB based on planned and actualized sales

Develop a strong relationship between planning and merchandising to ensure accurate forecasting, approve category assortment plans by season, analyze product history and sales trends

Manage all plan phases, including top level preliminary targets and bottom-up department level pre and post market

Recommend strategies to achieve balanced plans, maximizing sales and gross margin opportunities through product mix

Leads Merchant organization through monthly forecast process to accurately assess the current state of the business, provide accurate future forecasts, and makes recommendations for actions needed to maximize sales and margin

Quantify risk/opportunity and provide appropriate recommendations to deliver overall company financial objectives

Identify strategies to minimize the aging of inventory and make and pricing recommendations to address the aging inventory

Develop suite of retail reporting to effectively manage the business

Conduct ROI analysis: examine margin requirements along with operational merchandise plans

Qualification

Merchandise PlanningInventory ManagementRetail ReportingPlanning SoftwareAnalytical SkillsCommunicationProblem SolvingCollaborationAdaptability

Required

7-10 years' merchandise planning experience; 5+ years as a Director of Planning

Bachelor's degree in Fashion, Business, or related fields

Ability to work in an entrepreneurial, fast-moving environment; streetwear a plus

Prior experience with implementing core merchandising systems and creating retail reports; experience working with planning software

Ability to manage workflow within a constantly changing environment

Demonstrates accountability and responsibility

Ability to lead and facilitate communication between cross-functional teams on projects, as well as day-to-day operations

Proactive and skilled in anticipating, troubleshooting, and solving problems

Exceptional quantitative and qualitative analytical skills – ability to assess past performance, current issues, and expected trends within the retail industry

Some travel required