Regional Planner: Data-Driven Inventory & Growth

1616 Holdings Inc; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Five Below is seeking a Regional Planner to drive profitable sales growth by partnering with Planning, Merchandising, Logistics, Store Operations and the Field. The role analyzes the product-location intersection to maximize ROI and ensures store inventory aligns with merchandising strategy to meet sales, margin and inventory goals.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s Degree with at least 2 years in planning or allocation, strong retail math, and excellent communication and presentation skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree; minimum 2 years in merchandise buying, allocation or planning
• Strong retail math acumen
• Excellent computer skills; proficient in MS Office Suite
• Knowledge of retail industry functionality and products
• Power BI knowledge is a plus
• Experience with Oracle planning system and JDA Allocation preferred
• Team player with data-driven decision skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong presentation skills; strategic thinking and active listening
• Flexible and able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Organized, detail-oriented; able to work independently
• Entrepreneurial spirit to drive localized sales

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Manager of Regional Planning on special projects to drive sales regionally
• Execute regional data analysis, validate analytic results, and recommend data-driven strategies to improve and maintain trends that focus on regional impacts
• Work ranges from tactical execution, analytical data analysis, preparation and population of reports, and interpretation/summary of findings
• Aid in developing hind-sighting processes and metrics to measure Store Planning effectiveness
• Aid in delivering new methods of store planning business analysis, process improvement, system efficiencies, and performance measurement to achieve work objectives
• Ensure timely communication of key timelines, deliverables, and expectations to cross-functional team members
• Partner and collaborate with cross-functional teams to strategize, develop, and manage sales and margin opportunities
• Participate in Company initiatives to evolve the Inventory Management, Store Planning and Logistics organization
• Prepare and deliver presentations, lead meetings, support training and documentation and delivery for Store Planning team
• Analyze sales at key location/clusters
• Review, identify, and determine proper course of action to maximize sales, gross margin and inventory goals
• Evaluate current trends to adjust future plans, adjust inventory and order strategy
• Collaborate with Buyer and Planner to create optimal location level allocations and establish store grade assortments based on key analytics
• Provide input to Sales, Merchandising and Supply Planning organizations in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products and product phase-outs
• Create, maintain, analyze weekly/monthly sales and inventory reports

Skills

Merchandise planning

Allocation

Data analysis

Retail math

Communication

Presentation

Strategic thinking

Active listening

Teamwork

Decision making

Adaptability

Detail oriented

Independent work

Entrepreneurial spirit

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Power BI

Oracle planning system

JDA Allocation

Job description

Five Below is seeking a Regional Planner to drive profitable sales growth by partnering with Planning, Merchandising, Logistics, Store Operations and the Field. The role analyzes the product-location intersection to maximize ROI and ensures store inventory aligns with merchandising strategy to meet sales, margin and inventory goals.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s Degree with at least 2 years in planning or allocation, strong retail math, and excellent communication and presentation skills.