Expanded Assortment Planner (Remote)

Job Summary
Expanded Assortment Planners are responsible for the overall financial direction of eCommerce & Expanded Assortment with the goal of meeting / exceeding sales, margin, and EBITDA targets. Additionally, Expanded Assortment Planners are responsible for developing seasonal merchandise financial plans for eCommerce & Expanded Assortment. Expanded Assortment Planners must have a strong business acumen and understanding of Merchandising, Planning, Ecommerce and Supply Chain.
Job Functions:

• Develop seasonal financial plans that support financial goals for sales, gross margin, and EBITDA.

• Analyze in season performance of Expanded Assortment product and vendors communicate suggestions to support site-wide objectives.

• Provide assortment and vendor recommendations based on profitability and productivity of owned inventory Vendors and Drop Ship vendors.

• Analyze sales, margin, and EBITDA as part of the weekly operational meetings and make recommendations for actions needed to further maximize sales and margin.

• Evaluate promotional activity and profitability of sales promotions and coupons and provide recommendations to future events to maximize gross margins and EBITDA.

• Work cross-functionally with Drop Ship and Digital Merchant teams to monitor vendor performance and make recommendations to maximize profitability.

• Effectively communicate and present business strategies and direction to various levels of management across all categories of business.

• Work cross functionally and partner with Supply Chain, Ecommerce, Marketing and Merchants groups to support strategic and financial objectives.

• Provide Ad Hoc reporting on a daily basis to support and provide direction on business needs.

• Process, organize, and effectively large volumes of raw financial data to support Expanded Assortment business processes and reports.

• Develop creative solutions to business issues

Position Contribution Level :
Intermediate Level
Minimum Education & Experience:

• Bachelors degree strongly preferred or equivalent years of comparable experience

• 4-7 years of retail experience; 3-4 years in merchandising or financial planning or forecasting in a multi-channel retail environment.

• Previous Experience with Drop Ship Vendor management preferred.

• Previous experience in Omni-Channel preferred

• Experience with SAS, JDA, Oracle or similar planning system.

Knowledge & Skills

• Proficient in business-related Microsoft 365 suite products (Microsoft Windows, Word, PowerPoint, etc). Advanced Excel and Access experience required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Teams
• Expertise running queries against data (preferably with SQL) is preferred.

Physical

• Remote Work Frequency: Quarterly

Reporting Relationships:
Supervisor

• Sr. Director, Assortment Analytics

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