Planner, Accessories

The Children's Place; United States; On-site; USD 50,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligible

Employee Discount

401(k) and company match

Wellness Reimbursement

Adoption Assistance

Backup care

Health insurance plans

Company-paid life/AD&D

Short and long term disability

Employee assistance program

Job summary

The Children’s Place in Secaucus, New Jersey is seeking a Planner responsible for the complete financial management of an assigned area, including creating financial and merchandise plans, forecasting sales, markdowns, and inventory, and identifying strategic opportunities to improve profitability. The role partners with merchandising to develop plans, monitor results, and communicate risks.

A bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of retail planning experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• 3+ years of experience in retail planning and analysis.
• Strong analytical and data reasoning skills.

Responsibilities

• Create monthly financial plans at division and category level for fiscal time periods.
• Reforecast sales, gross margin, and inventory for fiscal time periods.
• Recap end of season performance at division, category, season, and style levels for merchandise buy period.
• Conduct basic stock replenishment (order quantity by style, color, and size).
• Key item planning for all basic styles (sales, margin, inventory).
• Conduct daily, monthly, quarterly, and seasonal sales reporting.
• Manage inventory flow on fashion receipts.
• Develop size curve and pre-pack definitions.
• Partner with merchant to support the buy process.

Skills

Retail planning

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Decision making

Organization

Microsoft Office

Team player

Planning systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Location:

Secaucus, New Jersey

Job Summary

The Planner will be responsible for the complete financial management of assigned area of responsibility, including the creation of financial and merchandise plans, actualization of results, and a keen ability to identify, communicate, and implement strategic business opportunities at the division, category, and season code levels. The Planner will forecast sales, markdowns, and inventory levels on a regular basis and identify risks to the business and develop action plans in cooperation with their merchandising partner to mitigate risks profitably.

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities :

• Create monthly financial plans at division and category level for fiscal time periods
• Reforecast sales, gross margin, and inventory for fiscal time periods
• Recap end of season performance at division, category, season, and style levels for merchandise buy period
• Conduct basic stock replenishment (order quantity by style, color, and size)
• Key item planning for all basic styles (sales, margin, inventory)
• Conduct daily, monthly, quarterly, and seasonal sales reporting
• Manage inventory flow on fashion receipts
• Develop size curve and pre-pack definitions
• Partner with merchant to support the buy process

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of experience in retail planning and analysis

Skills and Behaviors

• Proven track record of financially astute business management
• Expertise in retail math with strong analytical skills/ learning agility
• Strong problem solving and decision making skills
• Ability to identify and clearly communicate business opportunities and risks/ analytical and data reasoning
• Good organization and workload prioritization skills/ detail-orientation and accuracy
• Proficient in planning systems and Microsoft Office
• Strong team player/relationship-building
• Proven process of improvement and problem solving

Hourly/Salary

$50,000.00 - $125,000.00 Salaryo Benefits include: Bonus eligible (depending on role), Paid Time Off, Employee Discount, 401(k) and company match, Wellness Reimbursement, Adoption Assistance, free backup care (for kids, pets & the elderly), choice of health insurance plans, company-paid life/AD&D, short and long term disability, a variety of voluntary benefits and an employee assistance program. Benefit offerings are subject to change and vary by role/level for each position. Respective waiting periods may apply to certain benefit offerings.

The Children’s Place is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.