Director of Merchandise Planning - Women's

Corporate J. Crew Group, LLC; Texas; Vor Ort; USD 153.000 - 201.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health & Well-being

Associate Discount

Summer Fridays

Community Impact

Winter Break

Zusammenfassung

J.Crew Factory seeks a Director of Merchandise Planning to set the financial and strategic planning direction across women's categories, guiding sales, margins, and inventory productivity. You will partner with Merchandising, Allocation, and the executive team to shape long-range assortment investment and pricing strategy.

You'll lead a planning team, define enterprise forecasting standards, and drive tools and processes that improve financial discipline across brands.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree and 12–15+ years in merchandise planning or financial analysis.
• Proven track record leading enterprise-wide planning strategy.
• Advanced analytical and financial modeling skills with Excel proficiency.
• Executive-level communication, presentation, and influencing abilities.
• Experience building and retaining senior leadership teams.

Aufgaben

• Set divisional strategic direction for sales, margin, and inventory plans.
• Synthesize performance signals to shape long-range priorities.
• Align enterprise financial goals with brand and product strategy.
• Forecasting standards and governance across divisions and brands.
• Lead enterprise reviews and partner with Finance on reforecasting.

Kenntnisse

Analytical & financial modeling

Excel proficiency

Executive communication

Leadership development

Problem solving

Strategic planning

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Jobbeschreibung

Our Story

J.Crew gets you dressed every day, for every occasion. Since 1983, we’ve been creating classics that feel familiar and refreshingly new, crafted with unbeatable quality and distinctive point of view—it’s no wonder we’ve been in your closet for four decades and counting. Today, we continue to do the classics our way, inspiring not only how you shop but how you define your personal style. Our commitment runs deeper than just making great clothes—we’re proud of our role in getting you dressed with confidence, character, and celebrating a distinctly American sensibility that makes us who we are. Our dedication to Diversity, Equity, Belonging & Sustainability has been celebrated with industry recognition, reflecting our commitment to fostering an inclusive and sustainable workplace.

The Role + Purpose

As Director, Merchandise Planning, you'll set the financial and strategic planning strategy across all women's categories—defining the long-range vision for sales, margin, and inventory productivity across brands and business units. You'll be a primary strategic partner to Merchandising, Allocation, and the executive team, shaping the company’s long-range assortment investment, pricing architecture, and flow strategy. This role requires the judgment to operate at the highest levels of the organization while retaining enough command of the details to challenge assumptions and catch what matters—someone equally comfortable driving alignment in the C-suite and stress-testing an OTB. You'll lead a team, own the talent strategy and bench strength for the planning function, and drive the enterprise-wide evolution of planning tools, processes, and financial discipline.

Preseason

• Set the divisional strategic direction for sales, margin, and inventory plans, establishing the framework senior managers and their teams build against across every division
• Synthesize performance and market signals across the enterprise to shape long-range investment priorities and enterprise risk posture
• Serve as a primary strategic partner to the executive team, aligning enterprise financial goals with brand and product strategy across the portfolio
• Present strategy and financial recommendations to the executive leadership team and board-level stakeholders, owning the narrative on assumptions, risk, and opportunity
• Architect multi-year strategies that drive enterprise sales, margin, and turn targets, with accountability for consistency and scalability across brands

In Season

• Own division-wide visibility into sales, margin, and inventory trends, surfacing systemic risks and opportunities to the executive team before they surface elsewhere
• Define the standard for forecasting, hindsight, and OTB governance, ensuring consistency and rigor across every division and brand
• Drive cross-functional alignment at the executive level to shape enterprise decisions on receipts, pricing, and promotional investment
• Partner directly with Finance leadership on enterprise reforecasting and long-range financial planning, connecting divisional performance to company-wide goals
• Lead enterprise hindsight and investment review forums, translating planning insight into strategic direction for the executive team

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree 12–15+ years of experience in merchandise planning, financial analysis, or related fields, including experience at a senior leadership level
• Proven track record leading planning strategy across an entire enterprise or portfolio of brands
• Advanced analytical and financial modeling skills, with expert-level Excel proficiency
• Executive- and board-level communication, presentation, and influencing skills
• Demonstrated success building, developing, and retaining a leadership team of senior managers/managers, with accountability for organizational design and succession planning
• Exceptional organizational and problem-solving skills, with the judgment to set enterprise strategy while remaining close enough to intervene on execution when needed

Preferred

• Experience leading planning across multiple brands or channels at true enterprise scale
• Deep expertise with enterprise planning systems and financial reporting infrastructure, including a point of view on future tooling investment
• Track record leading transformational, enterprise-wide initiatives (systems, org design, or process)
• Sophisticated, board-ready understanding of retail KPIs and their connection to enterprise profitability and growth

We make timeless clothes that last a lifetime…then pair them with of-the-moment styles season after season, decade after decade. We think that distinct heritage pairs perfectly with modern design and fabric technology. We believe in feel-good color… Even if black or navy makes you feel best, we’re here for that. We’re the experts in signature categories: cashmere, coats, blazers, pants—and we also collaborate with the coolest brands out there because we know that creativity is contagious. We consider leopard a neutral, speak stripes fluently and live for a great gingham. We believe in looking like a million bucks, not spending it—which is why we go the extra mile to source the absolute best fabrics at the most accessible prices. We also know that we have a responsibility to the planet and to humanity to choose eco-friendly fabrics and to support our factory workers, without compromise.

Benefits + Perks

• Health & Well-being - Eligible associates and family members receive medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance, family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support), fitness discounts, medical travel and more.
• Associate Discount - We love our products just as much as you do! That’s why we offer a great associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell).
• Summer Fridays - In addition to our hybrid work model, we also close our office at 1:00 PM every Friday during the Summer months.
• Community Impact - We support the communities where we live and work through our philanthropic efforts and the J.Crew Cares Program.
• Winter Break - In addition to our PTO package, J.Crew Group offers a winter break at the end of December to eligible full‑time associates at the Home Office to provide time to refresh and recharge.

Note: Availability of these benefits and perks may be subject to work location & employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements.

Salary Range: $152,800.00 - $201,400.00 At J.Crew Group (JCG) we aim to pay competitively for our company’s size and industry. The base salary offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region of work premises, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. The base salary is just one component of J.Crew Group’s competitive total rewards strategy that also includes the opportunity for bonus, competitive benefits and perks. One of our core focuses here at JCG is creating a community and culture that builds belonging.

We are deeply committed to our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, and we warmly welcome job applicants of all backgrounds. JCG is proud to affirmatively provide equal opportunity to all associates and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin or citizenship, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, legally protected physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected under applicable law.

Learn More Our workplace should be a safe haven, where you flourish and succeed both as an individual and teammate. Discrimination, harassment and intimidation have no place in our offices, stores, or contact and distribution centers. We will not tolerate it in any form, and furthermore, it is illegal. This applies not only to our associates but also to vendors and customers. We explicitly prohibit discrimination based on the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identification and expression, legally protected physical or mental disability, genetic information (including characteristics, testing and refusing to submit to a test), veteran status or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state or local law. Any behavior or acts that violate this policy will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.