Senior Planner

Description

Do you have organization skills so strong that your name might as well be Hermione? We’re looking for a Omnichannel Senior Planner to join our Planning team.

In this role you’ll plan and analyze assigned merchandise categories across our retail business. You’ll also communicate hit, misses and go-forward strategies with key business partners at Hot Topic!

Pay range

$90,000 - $100,000 a year

Please note the pay range for this position starts as listed in the job posting, but other factors such as an individual’s education, location, meeting the minimum job requirements for the role, training and experience, will determine the final salary for potential new hires.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Manages a team of planners / associate planners to develop their planning and critical thinking skill set.
• Reviews team’s plans and challenges strategies and thinking to ensure the most accurate plans.
• Develops preseason unit / dollar level plans (where applicable) for sales, inventory, markdowns and margin in partnership with the buyers for both Retail Locations and Ecommerce.
• Manages assortment planning process to ensure they tie back to the monthly receipt targets
• Partners with Allocation Team to determine monthly allocation strategies and follows up to ensure appropriate execution.
• Initiates analysis of business trends, including but not limited to, category performance, regional, selling, and size selling.
• Manages the in-season reforecast process, focusing on future opportunities as well as minimizing sales / inventory risks.
• Manages the Open to Buy with the Buyer.
• Communicates over- / under-bought situations and provides recommendations for resolution.
• Recommends test strategies based on current category performance and initiates analysis.
• Partners with buyer to develop sourcing strategy that will fit within profitability goals.
• Works continually to improve profitability of areas through sourcing, inventory management, pricing strategies, etc.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• 4-6 years of retail allocation and merchandise planning experience.
• 1-2 years of previous managerial experience.
• Associate or Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
• Strong communication skills including ability to work in a team environment, give honest, direct feedback and is a solid verbal and written communicator
29 days ago