Associate Planner, International Joint Venture

Skechers USA Ltd.; Manhattan Beach (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Skechers U.S.A., Inc. in Southern California seeks an Associate Planner to support the Joint Venture team with analysis and direction for Merchandisers and JV Partners across gender, division, style and sku levels.

You will analyze historical sales and inventory, plan seasonal assortments, identify misses and opportunities, and communicate strategies across Normal stores, Outlet stores, and Ecommerce channels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 2+ years planning/analyst experience.
• On-site work capability.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience with data integrity and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Partner with JV team to ensure data integrity for sales, inventory, and discounts.
• Forecast inventory levels based on weekly/monthly/quarterly results.
• Plan pre-season assortments and maintain in-season data via OTB.
• Analyze booking reports and provide regional projections by channel.
• Communicate quarterly recaps and inventory levels to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with IT to automate reports and refine planning tools.
• Drive multiple business plans with minimal direction.
• Participate in brand initiatives as appropriate.

Skills

Data analysis

Strong analytical skills

Communication

Forecasting

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Apropos

Meta Cube

MicroStrategy

Microsoft Office

Job description

WHO WE ARE:

Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers—the Comfort Technology Company®—has spent over 30 years helping men, women, and kids everywhere look and feel good. Comfort innovation is at the core of everything we do, driving the development of stylish, high-quality products at a great value. From our diverse footwear collections to our expanding range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

To support the Joint Venture team providing constructive analysis and direction to Merchandisers & JV Partners at the total/gender/division/outsole/style/sku level. The Associate Planner is responsible for analyzing country’s historical sales and inventory to ensure optimal quarterly/seasonal assortments, identify/react to in-season misses/opportunities and communicating/executing strategies at the business channel level (Normal stores-Retail/Franchisees/Wholesale, Outlet stores- Retail/Franchisees/Wholesale, and Ecommerce).

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Partner with JV team focusing intensely on data integrity (sales, inventory, AUR, discount %, etc) for each business channel


• Partner with JV team regarding sales budget/target, projected door count, sku plans in order to plan sales and forecast inventory levels based on weekly/monthly/quarterly sales results


• Plans pre-season (via quarterly recaps, assortment audits) and maintains in-season data (via monthly OTB) by reviewing sales, skus, inventory and identifying opportunities and risks at the gender/category/division/style/sku level


• Analyze booking reports to identify opportunity and make projections at the divisional level per channel


• Provides constructive analysis of monthly/quarterly recaps at the business channel level by country


• Partner with Merchandisers and JV team to communicate quarterly recaps, inventory levels, and months of supply


• Take initiative to hold conference calls with the JV team on a monthly/quarterly basis or as needed


• Work closely with Merchandisers on key initiatives, providing recaps where necessary


• Ensure business needs are being met and execute planning calendar where necessary


• Liason and work closely with IT to identify systems, automate reports, continuous development and refining of planning systems and tools (reporting enhancements)


• Drive execution on multiple business plans and projects and propose solutions whereas necessary with minimal direction


• Participate in company and brand initiatives as appropriate

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Bi-Annual Global Conferences (normal work schedule will be extended; so will need to be flexible on working hours)

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Ability to work on-site


• Excellent knowledge of systems, such as Apropos, Meta Cube, MicroStrategy and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel- advanced user, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)


• Strong analytical skills


• Strong problem solving skills


• Ability to be flexible and work in a fast paced environment with shifting priorities


• Excellent communication, presentation, organizational skills


• Proactive, assertive, takes initiative to drive business and think outside of the box


• Product and systems knowledge

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 2+ years planning/analyst experience

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The pay range for this role is $70,304-$80,000/yr USD.

About Skechers

Skechers, a global Fortune 500® company, developsand markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,300 Skechers retail locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Skechers is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic established by local, state or federal law.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants for employment who require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job should request appropriate accommodation by emailing [e-mail].
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily. The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.