PAR Director - Licensed Apparel

DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.; McAlisters Crossroads (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DICK'S Sporting Goods is seeking a leader for Planning, Allocation, and Replenishment. You will mentor teams, align inventory and financial strategies, and drive cross-functional decisions with senior leadership.

This role focuses on financial planning, forecasting, and open-to-buy management across several stores and channels in a dynamic, sports-driven business. Strong collaboration with merchandising and eCommerce is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years business experience (Retail buying, planning, and allocations preferred).
• Candidates with other applicable experience may also be considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop Planning, Allocation, and Replenishment teams, partnering with eCommerce planning colleagues.
• Establish priorities, own category performance, oversee day-to-day execution across teams with varying levels of expertise.
• Promote innovative problem-solving and support organizational change adoption.
• Partner with merchandising leadership to align inventory and financial strategies across a broad vendor portfolio.
• Prioritize improvements to reporting and planning processes; drive enterprise-wide process and tech improvements to boost sales and inventory productivity.
• Lead pre-season and in-season financial planning with focus on short-cycle decisions in a sports-driven business.
• Deliver assortments, vendor, ladder, and financial plans supporting merchandising priorities.
• Manage open-to-buy and weekly forecasting to maintain fiscal discipline throughout the buying cycle.
• Translate data into timely, actionable recommendations for merchandising and senior leadership.
• Support SKU-reduction and in-stock strategies while aligning inventory and financial plans with growth priorities.
• Maintain inventory by store and channel to achieve sales and margin goals.
• Develop allocation and replenishment strategies reflecting regional, seasonal, and new-store needs.
• Monitor new-store performance and coordinate corrective inventory actions with field and support teams.
• Partner with Buyers, Planners, DCs, and Supply Chain to optimize product flow and rebalance inventory.
• Identify opportunities to improve inventory productivity across store segments.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

At DICK'S Sporting Goods, we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve.

OVERVIEW:

Team Leadership & Enterprise Partnership:

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Planning, Allocation, and Replenishment teams, partnering with separately managed eCommerce planning colleagues.
• Proactively establish priorities, own category performance, and oversee day-to-day execution across teams with varying levels of expertise without waiting for direction.

• Promote innovative problem-solving and support the adoption of organizational change.

• Serve as a close partner to merchandising leadership, aligning inventory and financial strategies and taking ownership of cross-functional decisions and senior-level vendor meeting materials as needed across a broad vendor portfolio.
• Prioritize improvements to business reporting and planning processes as the division evolves, including adapting to business transitions and new initiatives; partner on enterprise-wide process and technology improvements that increase sales, profitability, and inventory productivity.

Financial Planning & Leadership:

• Lead pre-season and in-season financial planning using historical performance and emerging business trends, with a strong emphasis on short-cycle, in-season decisions in a sports-driven business.

• Deliver item-assortment, vendor, ladder, and financial plans that support merchandising priorities.
• Manage open-to-buy and weekly forecasting to maintain fiscal discipline throughout the buying cycle.

• Translate reporting, analysis, and current and future trends into timely decisions and actionable recommendations for merchandising and senior leadership, moving beyond business recaps to drive execution.
• Support SKU-reduction, key-item intensification, comparable-sales growth, and priority-store in-stock strategies while aligning inventory and financial plans with ambitious growth priorities.

Inventory & Allocation:

• Maintain appropriate inventory by store and channel to achieve sales, margin, turn, and in-stock goals.

• Develop allocation and replenishment strategies reflecting regional, seasonal, and new-store needs, with rapid adjustments for team performance, postseason opportunities, and hot-market demand.
• Monitor new-store performance and coordinate corrective inventory actions with field and support teams.
• Partner with Buyers, Planners, distribution centers, and Supply Chain to optimize product flow and rebalance inventory.
• Identify opportunities to improve inventory productivity across store segments.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

• 10+ years business experience (Retail buying, planning, and allocations preferred)

• Candidates with other applicable experience may also be considered

VIRTUAL REQUIREMENTS:

At DICK'S, we thrive on innovation and authenticity. That said, to protect the integrity and security of our hiring process, we ask that candidates do not use AI tools (like ChatGPT or others) during interviews or assessments.

To ensure a smooth and secure experience, please note the following:

• Cameras must be on during all virtual interviews.

• AI tools are not permitted to be used by the candidate during any part of the interview process.

• Offers are contingent upon a satisfactory background check which may include ID verification.

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