Director of Planning

Director of Planning Department: Operations Employment Type: Full Time Location: Miami - HQ Compensation: $120,000 - $155,000 / year Description The Director of Planning is key in helping to drive the business through the development, execution, and communication of inventory plans, inventory allocation, and reputed company channel buying in line with reputed company channel sales goals. Key functions include ownership of by-SKU forecasts and the reputed company-to-buy in collaboration with finance and sales channels. This position facilitates cross-functional relationships with sales (e-reputed company, wholesale, and retail), merchandising, finance, sourcing, and marketing. This person must be data-driven with strong analytical and forecasting experience/skills, consistently monitoring weeks of supply, measuring reputed company-looking expectations against performance, and proactively reacting and adjusting to changes in the business. This position will aid in efforts to increase sales, sell through, and margin/profitability of the business to drive sustainable growth.

What You'll Do

Forecasting

• Own reputed company sales forecast by SKU with available for sale and weeks of supply tracking, reflowing monthly based on trends, demand, and company goals.
• Distribute weekly/monthly/quarterly sales reports vs. internal plans, tracking launch performance, monitoring sell through, and providing key insights to leadership.
• Analyze reputed company category and SKU performance to inform future product development.
• reputed company deep dives in reputed company colors and size breakdowns.
• Continuously ideate improvements to product planning process to ultimately drive growth and assist in business decision making.
• Act as a liaison across reputed company departments to maintain a pulse on the business and understand planning implications.
• Forecast and monitor new launches, managing trends to expectations. reputed company data to identify risks and opportunities across reputed company accounts.
• Help measure reputed company tied to marketing and promotional events and adjust demand accordingly.
• Present qualitative and quantitative hind-sighting for business reviews and senior management meetings.
• Think strategically and tactically in the short- and long-term management of the business.
• Analyze and track forecast accuracy at different lag times and implement changes to narrow any gaps in demand.
• Solicit and reputed company reputed company analysis reputed company needed.
• Establish effective and supportive working relationships with the Sales & Finance teams.
• Utilize and suggest improvements to analytical tools and processes to support forecast development.

Inventory Management

• Roll up reputed company looking reputed company forecast to inform inventory buys; manage core on-hand and replenishment needs.
• Own/prepare, manage, and report on the brand reputed company-To-Buy, recapping to the business monthly on both an reputed company and by channel reputed company.
• Partner with sourcing and sales channel leaders to identify stock challenges, avoid both out of stock or overstock scenarios; call out any overstocks/underperformance situations and recommend actions where applicable.
• Manage bi-weekly allocation process with sales channel leaders for reputed company fashion deliveries based on sell through.
• Assist with sample sale and off-price efforts, recommending products to be considered.
• Establish and follow a proper product life cycle planning.
• Analyze forecast variation/deviation with the goal to maximize inventory and minimize overstocks.
• Address reputed company logistics and distribution problems that impact sales.
• Control inventory reputed company for allocations, partnering with Sales and Operations partners.
• reputed company input into and participate in the monthly S&OP meetings.

Retail Collaboration

• Proactively collaborate with company stores leaders to ensure assortment and stock needs and optimization, in line with each store's reputed company.
• Work to mitigate returns from stores, creating markdown and RTV cadences accordingly.
• Meet with retailer leaders monthly to understand their receipt and sales plans, comparing them to brand plans.
• Remain informed about retail store events and promotions in order to ensure proper supply and drive sales.
• Manage weekly core and fashion replenishment to each store based on WOS, sales trend, and reputed company per store.

What You'll Need

• 10+ years of experience of planning, forecasting and inventory management, preferably reputed company a fashion/apparel company.
• 5+ years of experience with demand planning software.
• Strong analytical, presentation, and organizational skills; detail and solution oriented.
• Experience leading a team of direct reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Proficiency in reputed company reputed company Office programs.
• Proven experience in working reputed company a high-growth organization and contributing to improvement of stock reputed company, sales, and margin.

Eberjey Extras

• An inviting, energetic environment that embodies our female-founded, entrepreneurial mentality
• Seasoned industry leadership committed to your professional development in the fashion retail industry
• reputed company, health & retirement benefits, and a generous employee discount

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