ASSOCIATE PLANNER

Kohl's; Menomonee Falls (WI); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Kohl's in Menomonee Falls, WI is seeking an Associate Planner to influence buying office plans, forecast trends and optimize inventory deployment. You will collaborate across Merchandising, Product Development, Supply Chain and Digital to drive profitable sales.

The role requires strategic thinking, clear communication, multitasking, and proficiency with spreadsheets; onsite Monday-Thursday with optional remote Fridays.

Qualifications

• Strategic thinker and creative problem solver.
• Effective communicator with cross-functional collaboration.
• Adept multitasking and prioritization across projects.
• Experience creating and manipulating spreadsheets.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with merchandising to provide financial plans and projections.
• Build, update and maintain EP, KP2 and VPS tools.
• Update Open-to-Buy (OTB) after first pass.
• Vendor and Brand management.
• Manage inventory flow; push, cancel and chase.
• Track KPIs: Sales, Margin and Turn.
• Partner with merchants, product development, supply chain and digital teams.
• Coach junior team members in replenishment strategies.
• Additional tasks as assigned.

Skills

Strategic thinker

Creative problem solver

Effective communicator

Adept multitasking

Experience with spreadsheets

Job description

About the Role

As Associate Planner you will directly influence your buying office’s ability to meet financial plans and ensure customer satisfaction. You will build brand category plans from the bottom up, analyze historical data to forecast trends and capture them through inventory deployment strategies. You will work in multiple seasons at a time, offer insights into current results and recommend future actions to drive profitable sales.

What You’ll Do

• Work collaboratively with the merchandising team for your category of business to provide financial plans and projections for your product assortments
• Build, update and maintain Enterprise Planning (EP), KP2 web-based application and Vendor Performance Summaries (VPS)
• Update Open-to-Buy (OTB) after the first pass is completed
• Vendor and Brand management
• Form and recap population
• Manage inventory flow; push, cancel and chase
• KPIs include: Sales, Margin and Turn
• Partner with teams such as merchants, product development, supply chain, space planning and digital to drive overall strategy and results
• Coach others in more junior roles to evaluate weekly replenishment and inventory flow strategies
• Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

Required

• Strategic thinker and creative problem solver
• Effective communicator
• Adept multitasking skills
• Experience creating and manipulating spreadsheets

This role is based at our Corporate Office in Menomonee Falls, WI. You’ll work onsite from Monday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Fridays.