Store Planner

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**MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. is on the lookout for a highly analytical Store Planner to help develop and execute our retail strategy. In this role, you’ll be responsible for analyzing the retail business by region and location to ensure we are achieving inventory productivity. Through location-level forecasting, you’ll have the opportunity to shape our strategy so that our product assortment and inventory align with customer demand and company targets.
Our ideal candidate is no stranger to analysis and is able to consider past, present, and future figures. Excellent collaboration and communication skills are also musts since you’ll often partner with other teams, such as Merchandising, Supply Chain, and Finance. Ready to impact our key product operations and support the overall growth strategy for **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***.? Read on!
What you’ll do:
Evaluate current trends by location and geographic region to develop a store-clustering strategy that will inform inventory allocation, assortment planning and purchasing strategies
Build out improved store and regional reporting
Own location-level forecasts and identify forecast methodology improvements
Manage floor set reporting and liaise with merchant team to ensure inventory is equitably allocated across stores
Partner with the Merchandising and Retail teams to identify an ideal inventory strategy for stores in new markets
Who you are:
Equipped with 3-4 years of experience in regional planning or allocation
The proud owner of a bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related field
Capable of building processes and reports from scratch to identify opportunities and risks
A self-starter who’s comfortable navigating uncharted territory
Highly analytical and strategic
A strong communicator, able to collaborate across the organization
Extra credit:
Wizard-level Excel skills (particularly in modeling)
A strong understanding of retail math (costing, gross margins, turn, etc.)
Experience with Looker

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