Associate Planner Amazon
Express & Bonobos
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Job summary
Express is seeking an Associate Amazon Planner in Columbus to develop and maintain sales and inventory plans for Amazon, analyze performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize pricing, promotions, and inventory productivity.
The role requires strong analytical skills, advanced Excel proficiency, and experience with inventory planning. You will deliver timely recommendations and support strategic initiatives within Express's guidelines.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, planning & allocation, or related field.
- 3–5 years of merchandise planning experience (e-commerce or partnership channel preferred).
- Experience building, maintaining, and reconciling sales and inventory plans.
- Strong analytical skills, financial acumen, and retail math proficiency.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, formulas, lookups, pivot tables and data validation.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities and meet deadlines.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, including presenting business findings and recommendations.
- Experience with Amazon Seller Central a plus; ability to learn platform-specific processes required.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and validate inventory and financial plans at the class / SKU level to support Amazon sales, margin, and inventory productivity goals.
- Analyze business performance against plan and identify financial risks and opportunities.
- Support open-to-buy process by tracking inventory investments, forecasting receipts and identifying variance to plan.
- Provide pre-season assortment, choice count, inventory depth and product flow recommendations with Strategic Partnership leadership.
- Analyze historical sales, current trends, marketing spend and inventory performance to support demand forecasting and replenishment.
- Monitor Amazon inventory health, including availability, weeks of supply, sell-through, aged inventory and carrying costs; recommend actions to improve productivity.
- Prepare, execute and validate approved Amazon pricing and promotional activity, ensuring alignment with financial objectives.
- Analyze SKU and assortment performance to identify opportunities for improved productivity, replenishment and inventory optimization.
- Prepare and present weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reporting, identifying performance drivers, key learnings, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
- Identify opportunities to improve planning tools, reporting processes and operational efficiency; support implementation of agreed upon improvements.
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PHOENIX Retail, LLC is a retail platform operating the Express and Bonobos brands worldwide.
PHOENIX Retail, LLC is a retail platform operating the Express and Bonobos brands worldwide.
Express is a multichannel apparel brand dedicated to a design philosophy rooted in modern, confident and effortless style whether dressing for work, everyday or special occasions. Since its launch in 1980, the brand has embraced a design philosophy rooted in modern, confident and effortless style. Express ensures you look and feel your best, wherever life takes you. The Company operates over 400 retail and outlet stores in the United States and Puerto Rico, the express.com online store and the Express mobile app.
Our Bonobos menswear brand is known for being a style instigator and offering perfect-fit risks through our innovative retail model and personalized experience. Launched online in 2007 with its signature line of chinos, Bonobos now offers a variety of styles available to order online and to try on at any one of our 50 Guideshop locations and at www.bonobos.com. Our Guideshops are in-real-life stores that deliver one-on-one service and expert fit advice. Don't think traditional retail, Bonobos is something you haven't seen before.
Columbus Corporate Headquarters
The Associate Amazon Planner supports financial planning, inventory management, and in-season performance for Express's Amazon business. In partnership with Strategic Partnership leadership & cross-functional teams, this role develops and maintains sales and inventory plans, analyzes business results, supports pricing and promotional execution, and identifies opportunities to improve sales, profitability, and inventory productivity. This role requires strong analytical skills, financial acumen, advanced Excel proficiency and attention to detail. The Associate Amazon Planner manages assigned responsibilities, delivers accurate and timely work, communicates proactively and develops actionable recommendations within established business strategies and guidelines.
- Develop, maintain, and validate inventory and financial plans at the class / SKU level to support Amazon sales, margin, and inventory productivity goals.
- Analyze business performance against plan and identify financial risks and opportunities.
- Support open-to-buy process by tracking inventory investments, forecasting receipts and identifying variance to plan.
- Provide pre-season assortment, choice count, inventory depth and product flow recommendations in partnership with Strategic Partnership leadership.
- Analyze historical sales, current trends, marketing spend and inventory performance to support demand forecasting and replenishment recommendations.
- Monitor Amazon inventory health, including availability, weeks of supply, sell-through, aged inventory and carrying costs; recommend actions to improve productivity.
- Prepare, execute and validate approved Amazon pricing and promotional activity, ensuring accuracy and alignment with financial objectives.
- Analyze SKU and assortment performance to identify opportunities for improved productivity, replenishment and inventory optimization.
- Prepare and present weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reporting, identifying performance drivers, key learnings, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
- Identify opportunities to improve planning tools, reporting processes and operational efficiency; support implementation of agreed upon improvements.
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, planning & allocation, or related field.
- 3-5 years of merchandise planning experience (e-commerce or partnership channel experience preferred).
- Experience building, maintaining, and reconciling sales and inventory plans.
- Strong analytical skill, financial acumen, and retail math proficiency.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, formulas, lookups, pivot tables and data validation.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities and meet established deadlines.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present business findings and recommendations.
- Experience with Amazon Seller Central a plus; ability to learn and apply platform-specific processes required.
- Accountable & Self-Directed: Manages assigned work through completion, follows through on commitments and proactively communicates progress and challenges.
- Analytical & Commercially Minded: Interprets business data, identifies trends and develops supported recommendations within established strategies.
- Detail-Oriented, Accurate & Strategic: Produces reliable, validated work and demonstrates precision in financial analysis and execution.
- Collaborative Communicator: Builds effective working relationships and communicates clearly with leader and cross functional partners.
- Organized & Adaptable: Prioritizes effectively, meets deadlines and adjusts to changing business needs.
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Applicants must be currently authorized to work full-time in the United States. PHOENIX does not sponsor applicants for work visas (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this position.
An equal opportunity employer, PHOENIX does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or any other terms and conditions of employment hiring on the basis of any federal, state, or locally protected characteristic. PHOENIX only hires individuals authorized for employment in the United States. PHOENIX is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to search and apply for a job position due to a disability, please call 1-800-964-9793 and say 'Associate Relations' or send an e-mail to AssociateRelations@Express.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
Please note that PHOENIX does not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, PHOENIX will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.
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