Demand Planner 3

Integrated Resources, Inc ( IRI ); Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Integrated Resources, Inc (IRI) is seeking a Lead Assortment Planner to establish clear end-to-end bottom-up merchandise plans that meet consumer demand and support healthy pull market growth.

You will develop a robust assortment planning framework with product depth, flow and SKU efficiency, build bottom-up forecasts for pre-season decisions, and analyze weekly sales to identify risks and opportunities while collaborating with marketplace team and retail partners.

Qualifications

• 4+ years retail planning experience, in a vertical retail or wholesale environment.
• Merchandise planning experience is highly desirable
• Strong Excel skills are essential
• Comprehensive understanding of retail math required
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management experience
• Ability to work across a matrixed environment

Responsibilities

• Develop a robust assortment planning framework that includes product depth, flow and SKU efficiency, providing marketplace consumer insights to curate the optimal product line.
• Build bottom-up forecasts to inform pre-season decisions.
• Conduct weekly sales analysis to identify risk and opportunity.
• Collaborate with marketplace team and retail partners to manage performance.
• Provide post-season assortment insights and recommendations to key stakeholders.

Skills

Retail forecasting

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Excel proficiency

Tools

Excel

Job description

We are looking for a Lead Assortment Planner to establish clear end-to-end bottom-up merchandise plans to ensure consumer demand is met and a healthy pull market is maintained.

The success of our team relies on collaborative and detail-oriented assortment planners who manage style and/or franchise plans to optimize sales, margin and profitable sustainable growth across the marketplace. Our assortment planners step up to address difficult issues, operate effectively when the way forward isn't clear, develop innovative ideas, and they win with consumers by understanding their business to drive success.

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON

If this is you, you'll develop a robust assortment planning framework that includes product depth, flow and SKU efficiency, whilst providing marketplace consumer insights to curate the optimal product line. In a typical day/week, you will building bottom-up forecasts to inform pre-season decisions, weekly sales analysis to identify risk and opportunity, collaboration with your marketplace team and retail partners to manage performance and providing post-season assortment insights and recommendations to key stakeholders.

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH

You will report to a NSW Planning Director and will be working closely with cross functional teams (Sales & Merchandising) as well as engaging marketplace planning teams in weekly and seasonal conversations. You'll also stay connected to other planners and succeed through your ability to collaborate and drive action and results both internally and externally.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 4+ years retail planning experience, in a vertical retail or wholesale environment
• Merchandise planning experience is highly desirable
• Strong Excel skills are essential
• Comprehensive understanding of retail math required
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management experience
• Ability to work across a matrixed environment