Associate Planner

colehaancorpdc; New Hampshire; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

colehaancorpdc is seeking an Associate Planner to drive growth through merchandise analysis, open-to-buy, monthly forecasts, and profitability monitoring. You will collaborate with Sales, Global Channel Merchandising, Product Management, NAM Finance, and Demand Planning.

Responsibilities include supporting digital wholesale growth, delivering cross-functional reports, and using analytics to identify risks and opportunities. Strong Excel, SAP, and Tableau skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 1+ years related experience preferred.
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; MS Office familiarity.
• Experience with SAP and Tableau.
• Excellent retail math skills.
• Strong organizational skills and business acumen.
• Excellent presentation and communication abilities.
• Self-motivated with ability to prioritize multiple deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Assist digital wholesale team with detailed sales/inventory analysis.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for cross-functional partners.
• Leverage analytics to identify risks and opportunities and provide recommendations.
• Manage replenishment assortment for NAM Wholesale with visibility to key items.
• Monitor monthly replenishment sales by SKU and align projections with performance.
• Contribute to standardized reporting and cross-functional communication.
• Produce ad-hoc reports and analyses on request.

Skills

Retail math

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

MS Office

SAP

Tableau

Job description

The Associate Planner is responsible for facilitating business growth through analysis of merchandise selling, open to buy, monthly sales forecasts, sales to stock analysis, and profitability. The Planner will collaborate and coordinate planning activities with key stakeholders in Sales, Global Channel Merchandising, Product Management, North America Finance, and Demand Planning.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Assist digital wholesale team with detailed sales / inventory analysis to drive continued growth in key digital accounts
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for cross functional partners in Sales and Merchandising to provide detailed overview of business performance by account
• Leverage analytics to identify risks and opportunities in season and provide actionable recommendations to improve business trend and drive growth
• Manage key franchise and core replenishment assortment for NAM Wholesale providing Sales and Merchandising partners visibility to Wholesale key items and relevant trend
• Maintain and monitor monthly replenishment sales by SKU; ensure on order / future projections align with current retail performance, optimizing shipment potential on key items
• Contribute to the development of standardized best practice reporting and improved cross functional communication
• Produce ad-hoc reports and analysis upon request

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 1+ years related experience
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, familiar with MS Office
• Experience with SAP and Tableau
• Excellent retail math skills
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and business acumen
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Self-motivated, able to prioritize multiple deadlines, flexible under changing priorities and business environment