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The Planning Manager is responsible for leading the ecommerce sale planning which includes integrating merchandise, marketing, promotions, and site elements that lead to financial sales plans that achieve our customer and financial goals. You will combine an understanding of retail best practices and sales drivers as well as an interest in enhancing the customer experience.

How will you make an impact?

This person will have demonstrated skill with developing annual and seasonal merchandise financial plans as well as forecasting capabilities. Additionally, they will be able to quickly analyze and synthesize data into actionable insights and present clear concise impact and results leading to recommendations for improvements. This position reports to the Director, Business Line and works closely with the Category Managers, Demand Planning, FP&A, and Brand and Marketing Planning,.

Your success will be because you are/have...

• Minimum 5 years of experience in merchandising planning or business analysis for consumer brands.
• Proven experience in merchandising forecasting – sales, margin and inventory implications driving growth linking key eCommerce and retail practices that impact results.
• Analytical and process-oriented, comfortable working with large data sets and making data-driven decisions.
• Partners well cross-functionally seeks input and collaboration. Leads and builds consensus appropriately; indirectly influences.
• Passionate about the customer with a strong interest in driving user engagement through digital retail practices.
• Proven experience in developing new methodologies, improving process, and creating effective business reports and visualization.
• Solution oriented and results driven; comfortable with ambiguity; isn’t deterred by current limitations.
• Able to think both creatively and critically in making decisions and recommendations.
• Consistently demonstrates our core values including Own It, Zoom Out, Explore New Angles, Move Fearlessly and Embrace our Differences.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the methodology and develop an efficient and repeatable process for improved sales plan development and iterative daily sales forecasting.
• Lead the development of reporting promotion scorecards and database that enables robust evaluation and improved sales planning as well as in-season opportunities and risks.
• Actively participate in building strategic financial plans that align with company goals.
• Accurately forecast revenue at the appropriate product level reflecting business trends and incorporating marketing, promotion and site drivers enabling the Ecommerce team to drive the day to day business results.
• Take the lead on reporting category sales clearly presenting changes and drivers of trends while actively participating in identifying options for actions that improve results. Share-out as deemed appropriate.
• Independently analyze performance as well as direct additional analysis that provide insights and informs opportunities to improve financial results.
• Develop data driven approach that can inform merchandise assortments to improve productivity.

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