Job Details

Summary:

The Planner shares in driving strategy, demand forecasting and inventory management for a multi-channel category in the outdoor apparel and equipment space. This role is both data driven and collaborative as you are the end-to-end planning owner of a category. You will develop a pre-season forecast, attend and engage in both pre-line and sell-in meetings, aggregate a demand plan culminating in a global SKU level supply plan that balances service, optimizes inventory, and manufacturing capacity. You will be the planning point of contact for several key accounts and incorporating their feedback into our planning deliverables. Our goal is to have the right product, at the right time, in the right quantities to maximize our business and deliver an optimal customer experience and growth.

A love of the outdoors and sense of humor and a passion for what you do is key!

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end owner of all aspects of planning for a category, managing a portfolio of over 3000 skus across multiple seasons for multiple regions and channels.
• Collaborate with cross-functional business partners to gather and understand information including forecast drivers, product attributes, and timelines to fully deliver product on-time. Closely communicate changes and impacts to key stakeholders while maintaining a culture of transparency and operational rigor.
• Monthly touchpoints with sales partners aligning on key metrics such as forecasts and targets. With Retail stores, you will manage order form creation, Square item validation, and purchase order entry.
• Continuously improve forecasting technique, method, and approach. Execute demand and supply planning strategies and initiatives focused on process improvement and standardization.
• Forecast receipt need at the sku level and identify receipt month need based on historical trend and forward-looking changes. Manage the size curve and flow execution. Assist in rolling out a new replenishment model. Execute redirect and transfer strategy at a global level to ensure the proper allocation of inventory.
• Analyze data and synthesize information to take necessary actions that support company goals and improved fulfillment. Define, measure, and diagnose key performance indicators.
• Participates and provides insight in S&OP meetings highlighting risk/opportunity as it pertains to achieving our monthly forecast.
• Speak to demand/supply imbalances, supply gaps, and changes that have been made to align to budgets and capacity plans. Attend cross-functional meetings, and follow-up in a timely manner.
• Minimize excess and obsolete. Work with our Sourcing and Production teams to renegotiate minimum order quantities where appropriate.
• Special projects and other duties to support continuous improvement, such as planning tool development and implementation and documenting best practices into a training library.

Key Qualifications:

• Four-year college degree or equivalent work experience.
• 2-3 years of experience in wholesale or retail customer service, order management, inventory planning, or other supply chain management role preferred. Outdoor and/or apparel industry experience welcomed.
• Proficient in Microsoft Access and Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPS, SUMIF). SAP experience a plus.
• Comfortable collaborating with a close-knit and highly engaged team.
• Analytical skills and the ability to formulate data-driven solutions. Able to clean, analyze, and extrapolate key trends from large data sets.
• Must be a detail-oriented self-starter, and comfortable taking initiative. Capable of producing high quality results on a sustainable basis and clearly articulate time-sensitive information that drives decision making across the entire business unit.
• Ability to organize work and manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Ability to simplify complex issues into actionable insights and communicate next steps.
• Demonstrates ability to effectively influence both internal and external customers/relationships.

The California base pay range for this position is from $86,200 to $105,400. Salary will be based on prior experience related to the skills required for this position.