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SalaryPosition:Production Planner
Your Role
The Production Planner is a position responsible for managing a business with multiple books/high volume of business. They lead the production and sourcing of merchandise to deliver seasonal assortment per brand strategy and with the required speed and flexibility in support of the brand merchandise plans. The Production Planner typically has 0-1 direct reports.
The Production Planner must use their strong problem-solving skills and industry knowledge to resolve complex issues, which will include influencing cross functional teams and complex issue resolution with all levels of leadership.
The Production Planner has a broader scope and more strategic view on overall business strategy and speed as it relates to their books of business.
Why You Belong Here
At Victoria’s Secret & Co, we acknowledge your value. We recognize that every associate has something unique to add to our brand and business. We strive to recruit, retain, and advance diverse talent that reflects the customers we serve and the communities where we live and work. We foster a culture where everyone belongs because we know our business thrives most when we look for, listen to, and amplify diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We place the customer at the heart of everything we do. We dream big, embrace curiosity and creativity while always learning from our mistakes. We lead with integrity, trust, and respect to achieve the best outcomes as one team.
Your Impact
Order Management
- Responsible and accountable for accuracy of on order, inclusive of overseeing bi-weekly delivery recap rollup by category
- Oversee BPS process to ensure timely and accurate completion of work
- Assist direct report in issue resolution related to Missing Data & VPO creation
- Assist direct report in issue resolution related to weekly Order Tracking Reports
- Recognize when a situation needs escalated
- Initiate issue resolution
- Managing priorities of direct reports and CF teams
Liabilities/Cancelations
- Analyze, interpret, manage and provide solutions to liabilities
- Communication of liabilities to the brand with recommended solutions
- Commitment contract/Raw Material Prepositioning, with an emphasis on RM reconciliation and management of total RM ownership across their books of business
- Analyze total RM position to access risk, make plans, impact to speed initiatives
- Month end reconciliation and review with CF business partner
- Dispute case management
- Assess risk and categorize RM contracts for monthly finance reporting
- Escalate topside view of department to leadership
Capacity Planning
- Manage projection process (actuals and future projections)
- Risk assess possible bottle necks or gaps in production
- Assess need for dual sourcing
- Engage with RM for high volume capacity planning and order placement strategy
- Manage vendor allocation/dual sourcing/duplication
Production Planning
- Manage vendor BOMS in IBP, ensuring accuracy of RMs/YY
- Communicate order schedule to all brand CF teams
- Drive accountability related to process and as escalate as necessary
- Negotiate roadblocks with CF teams, including NY & regional teams (Design, PD, TD, RMT, RRMP, DP)
- Analyze and interpret GNG from vendors and communicate to CF team specific to tests and anything else tracking off cadence to global calendar timelines
- Aide in facilitating weekly product readiness meeting by driving issues to resolution, escalating as necessary
- Implement and execute multiple speed strategies and identify opportunity for expansion of speed strategy to other key items
Cross Functional Communication
- Logistics
- DC Ops
- Deployment
- Planning
- Merchants
- Color & Print
- Design
- PD
- Design Techs
- Region DP/PM/RRMT/RRMP/RPD
- Vendors
- Product Performance
- Raw Material Planning
Talent Management
- Manage training of new hires in onboarding phase
- Responsible for coaching, feedback and development of direct report
- Responsible for writing and delivering mid-year and year end performance reviews
- Establish track record of direct report growth and development
- Develop on boarding schedule & submit service requests for new hire
- Talent development of direct report:
o Mentorship
o Individual Development Plan/Personal Performance Objective mgmt.
o Succession Planning
o Coaching and feedback
o Hiring
- Own scheduling of one over one sessions with Individual Development Plan as a focus
- Own creation and conversation related to Individual Development Plan/Personal Performance Objective creation
- Addresses performance opportunities, escalating to leadership as necessary
Maximum Salary: $84,735.00
VS&Co provides a range of compensation for this role as shown. Your actual salary will be determined by a number of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic region, or other relevant factors.
Your Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in business or related area or equivalent experience
- 3- 6 years of experience with time in 2 or more categories; preferably in a retail production & sourcing environment
- Complete understanding of Associate Production Planner processes, systems, etc.
- Working knowledge of bulk garment production processes
- Proficient with Microsoft Office suite; proven Excel skills required
- Detail oriented with strong multi-tasking and organizational skills
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with all levels
- Previous experience with supervising a direct report
- Proven influencing and negotiation skills
- Demonstrated experience in bringing flexibility and read and react capability to production processes.
An equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected category recognized by state, federal or local laws. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States.
