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Assistant Planner

Assistant Planner

Ross StoresNew York, NY, US
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Assistant Planner

Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience. As part of our team, you will experience :

  • Success
  • Career growth
  • Teamwork
  • Our commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and our community

Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2023 revenues of $20.4 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

The Assistant Planner is a learning role that allows you to build a foundation of skills for your future career as a Planner. As an Assistant Planner, we invest in you through structured training and one on one apprenticeship with a skilled Planning Manager. You will begin to build your planning skills by contributing to the management of in-season plans and building of pre-season plans in support of regional strategies. You will learn how to maximize sales potential and minimize risks at the region and store level for a specific business. As an Assistant Planner, you will develop an understanding of key performance indicators, such as performance to plan, same-store sales and turn, to support your recommendations. You will begin developing critical relationships with your Planning team through in-person interactions. The base salary for this role is $68,000. The salary listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.

What you will do and what you will learn...

  • Review future plans based on historical performance and knowledge of future business conditions. Supports Planning Manager in creation of initial seasonal plans
  • In partnership with your Planning Manager, prepare hindsight analysis and collaborate with Planning counterpart at key fiscal points (e.g., events / holidays and quarterly); Present performance recaps to cross-functional teams and / or leadership
  • Propose recommendations to capitalize on opportunities and / or reduce risk for next season / year (e.g., influence product flow changes to drive sales / reduce liabilities)
  • Identify risks and / or opportunities by product and Region; Partner with your Planning Manager to propose recommendations to capitalize on opportunities
  • Work with cross-functional teams (Store / Region Planning, Merchandise Planning, and Allocation) to drive business through product or store specific strategies
  • Review higher product levels to validate the mix of assortment within a region using additional reporting tools
  • Modify system generated Store level plans by resolving outliers, exceptions and aligning to business strategies

    • What you need to be successful...

  • Strong communication skills : You can "read the situation", you actively listen, ask clarifying questions, can weave a story out of numbers and demonstrate the ability to build relationships.
  • Flexibility : You can pivot, are adaptable, and receptive to feedback.
  • Results Driven : You are tenacious, and achievement focused. You can prioritize your work and deliver it with accuracy.
  • Intellectually curious : You can analyze and draw conclusions, are a critical thinker, and see the big picture.
  • Resilient : You are persistent and persuasive. You stay focused on your goals and finding systematic and creative solutions to problems.
  • Analytical Mindset : Helping to drive a business calls for strong analytical, quantitative and Excel skills and retail math knowledge.
  • Bachelor's Degree required.

    • Perks and benefits of joining our team...

  • A broad range of affordable health insurance options & personal medical plan concierge
  • 401(k) with employer match and Life insurance
  • Ample PTO including accrued vacation, paid holidays, diversity day, summer Fridays and the ability to purchase additional vacation.
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Access to health and wellness benefits such as BetterHelp and Headspace
  • Charitable donations matched by Ross Stores Foundation
  • And more....
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