Retail Planning Analyst - Intimate Apparel

Dana-Co; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid vacation

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Short-term disability

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Education reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

Dana-co in New York seeks a Retail Planning Analyst to support strategic planning by delivering reports on retail performance, budgets, and opportunities. You will collaborate across management, sales, merchandising, design, finance, production and forecasting.

The role requires deep retail metrics knowledge, data trend analysis, accuracy, and teamwork. Prior lingerie/retail planning experience is a plus; strong Excel and reporting skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Advanced understanding of retail metrics and data analysis.
• Ability to spot trends and validate opportunities.
• Experience with inventory and retail forecasting data.
• Experience in lingerie/intimates is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Track retail sales and stock, publish weekly reports.
• Maintain POS style selling database and season analyses.
• Support revenue budgets and givebacks spreadsheets.
• Analyze profit by account and present to management.
• Collaborate across departments and provide ad-hoc reporting.

Skills

Excel

Pivot tables

V-lookup

Macros

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Dana-co, a leading design company of luxury lingerie, is looking for a Retail Planning Analyst to join our Strategic Planning team that provides reports and information to management, sales, merchandising, design, finance, production, and forecasting for day to day running of the business and the execution of sales strategies and initiatives. The process includes maintaining and validating data collection and analyzing retail performance to develop strong conclusions about business trends and opportunities.

Necessary qualities of a Retail Planning Analyst include a full understanding of retail metrics, how to spot data trends, accuracy, knowledge of the competitive landscape, and innovative analysis to validate business opportunities.

Primary Responsibilities

Retail Sales data

• Track retail sales and stock
• Maintain POS style selling database
• Publish weekly selling reports
• Seasonal market share analysis
• Create management reports
• Facilitate best seller meetings
• Monthly reports of new product launches

Profit Tracking

• Maintain detailed log of allowances
• Maintain projected markdown liabilities by account
• Provides detailed accrual at month end
• Track and report on Allowances, Givebacks and Gratis

Revenue Budgets

• Maintain budget, shipping forecast process including gross shipment and dilution budgets, channel, basic to fashion ratios by account/brand, and flow by month
• Assist with researching and creating annual revenue and giveback budget spreadsheets
• Publish annual budgets to sales team and research exceptions

Retail Account Profitability

• Review and analyze financial reports from accounts by brand (OTB)
• Recommend actions and/or suggest alternatives by creating ‘what if’ scenarios
• Present to management

Additional responsibilities

• Communicate between departments as needed
• Provide support to management (ad-hoc reporting)
• Provide support to Sales (ad hoc reporting)
• Partner with Forecasting to provide retail sales data as a check and balance against the forecast

Requirements

• 5 years of professional experience as a planner, analyst, or buyer in department store industry
• Bachelor’s degree
• Advanced understanding of Excel, pivot tables, V-lookup, Macros & Microsoft Office
• Highly analytical, data-driven individual
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Excellent Math skills
• Accuracy
• Hands‑on experience with inventory management and planning
• Excellent at teaming and collaboration
• Ability to meet deadlines and handle multiple tasks/projects
• Background in lingerie/intimates is a plus

Benefits for full-time employees includes:

• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid Vacation, Sick, Personal time
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) with a company match
• Parental leave (non-birthing parents included)
• Short-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Bereavement Support
• Education Reimbursement
• Voluntary benefits include term life insurance, short-term disability, AD&D, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, and group legal services
• Employee discounts

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Dana-co is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. We provide a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected characteristic, including, but not limited to, an individual’s sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

Full Time: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week

Work Location: In-office 4 days and remote 1 day