Senior Planner - Kids

Fanatics; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Commerce seeks a Senior Planner to own seasonal league/category plans, driving open-to-buy discipline and cross-functional alignment with Merchandising, Finance, and Supply Chain.

You will mentor Planners, translate targets into actionable plans, and deliver sales, margin, and productivity goals while leveraging data and AI-enabled insights to enhance fan experiences.

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years of experience in merchandise or financial planning.
• Proven ability to lead large, complex planning projects across Merchandising, Finance, and Supply Chain.
• Recognized subject matter expertise in planning metrics, seasonal calendar execution, and vendor partnership management.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Oracle or comparable enterprise planning systems.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with experience presenting planning recommendations to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and coach junior team members, building planning capability.
• Experience managing open-to-buy and in-season inventory reallocation across a multi-category or multi-league portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional planning efforts across Merchandising, Finance, and Supply Chain to meet seasonal targets and milestones.
• Mentor Planners and Analysts, developing planning expertise across the team.
• Translate seasonal targets into actionable assortment, sales, and inventory plans to maximize fan impact.
• Oversee open-to-buy management and in-season adjustments to buys, pricing, and inventory repositioning.
• Own vendor plans and ensure milestone and productivity commitments are met.
• Proactively identify and solve planning challenges with data-driven solutions.
• Support travel for vendor or business reviews as needed.
• Partner with leadership to drive process improvements and raise team capability.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Financial planning

Cross-functional leadership

Open-to-buy

Vendor management

Excel

Oracle

Communication skills

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field

Tools

Oracle

Excel

Job description

Fanatics Commerce is the global leader in licensed sports merchandise, operating a vertically integrated platform that designs, manufactures, and delivers officially licensed apparel, jerseys, headwear, and collectibles for major leagues, teams, and events worldwide. With more than 900 e-commerce sites and a global omnichannel presence across digital, in-venue, and retail, Fanatics Commerce reaches fans in over 180 countries and powers official fan experiences for many of the world's most iconic sports properties.

At Fanatics, we bring our BOLD Leadership Principles to life every day - building championship teams, obsessing over fans, acting with entrepreneurial speed, and delivering with a determined and relentless mindset.

As we continue to scale our global platform, the Senior Planner will play a critical role in driving seasonal planning, open-to-buy discipline, and cross-functional alignment across leagues and categories.

Role Overview

The Senior Planner is a strategic planning leader responsible for owning league or category seasonal plans, driving open-to-buy discipline, and ensuring cross-functional alignment with Merchandising, Finance, and Supply Chain. Recognized as a subject matter expert, this role is accountable for delivering sales, margin, and productivity goals while coaching Planners and Analysts to build expertise across the team, operating with wide latitude for judgment as the key point of contact for category or vendor-level planning deliverables presented to leadership. The Senior Planner delivers business and fan impact through BOLD leadership and execution excellence, leveraging data, automation, and AI-enabled insights.

How Will You Drive Impact

Success is measured by the ability to deliver results through BOLD capabilities and measurable outcomes.

Team & Leadership Impact (Build Championship Teams)

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the internal consultant to Merchandising, Finance, and Supply Chain on complex or nuanced planning challenges, ensuring alignment across functions at every seasonal milestone.
• Lead critical seasonal milestones - including tops/down plans, bottoms-up reconciliations, line freezes, SIM inputs, and PO deadlines - coordinating deliverables across the business with precision and accountability.
• Represent category and vendor-level planning to DMMs, GMs, and senior leadership, communicating recommendations and results with clarity and confidence.

People Leadership

• Mentor and coach Planners and Analysts, providing structured feedback and developing planning expertise across the team.
• Model SME-level standards in planning metrics, seasonal calendar execution, and vendor partnership management, raising the overall capability bar of the planning organization.

Fan & Customer Impact (Obsessed with Fans)

• Translate high-level seasonal targets into actionable assortment, sales, and inventory plans that ensure the right product is available to fans at the right time.
• Drive in-season open-to-buy management by reconciling targets against actuals and making timely recommendations on pricing, buys, and inventory reallocation to sustain fan-facing product availability.
• Own vendor plans across assigned partners, aligning productivity and seasonal milestone commitments to support a consistent and compelling fan experience.
• Ensure planning decisions are grounded in performance data, enabling the business to respond quickly to shifts in fan demand across leagues and categories.

Innovation & Problem Solving (Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit)

• Identify and resolve complex or subtle planning challenges across category and vendor portfolios, bringing creative, data-driven solutions to cross-functional teams.
• Leverage enterprise planning systems - including Oracle and advanced Excel - to build scalable planning models and improve the quality of business insights.
• Continuously evaluate in-season performance trends and proactively recommend strategic adjustments to buys, assortments, and inventory positioning.
• Champion process improvements and planning best practices that increase team efficiency and decision-making speed across the seasonal calendar.

Ownership & Execution (Determined & Relentless Mindset)

• Own end-to-end seasonal planning for assigned leagues and categories, from initial target-setting through final reconciliation, with full accountability for sales, margin, and inventory productivity outcomes.
• Manage vendor-level plans with rigor, ensuring all partners meet seasonal milestone and productivity commitments on schedule.
• Operate with wide latitude for judgment, making sound, timely decisions on complex planning matters without requiring escalation.
• Support limited travel as needed for vendor or business reviews, maintaining strong external relationships that underpin planning accuracy and execution.

AI & DIGITAL CAPABILITY

We are building a future-ready organization. This role is expected to:

• Apply AI and technology to improve efficiency, quality, and outcomes
• Use data and digital tools to inform decisions and enhance performance
• Demonstrate curiosity and adaptability in adopting new technologies and ways of working
• Contribute to a culture of innovation and continuous improvement

Required Qualifications

CAPABILITIES & EXPERIENCE YOU BRING

• 6-8+ years of experience in merchandise or financial planning, ideally within multi-category or multi-brand environments.
• Proven ability to lead large, complex planning projects across Merchandising, Finance, and Supply Chain functions.
• Recognized subject matter expertise in planning metrics, seasonal calendar execution, and vendor partnership management.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Oracle or comparable enterprise planning systems, with the ability to build and interpret complex planning models.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with demonstrated experience presenting planning recommendations and results to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and coach junior team members, building planning capability across a team.
• Experience managing open-to-buy and in-season inventory reallocation across a multi-category or multi-league portfolio.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or a related field.

WORK LOCATION

Hybrid: The primary place of performance of this role is the Company's office located in Jacksonville, Florida or New York City , subject to the Company's current hybrid work policy. This role currently requires in-office presence 3 days per week.

At Fanatics, we operate with a BOLD mindset - We Build Championship Teams, we're Obsessed with Fans, we embrace a Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit, and we approach every challenge with a Determined & Relentless Mindset. If you're ready to contribute to a dynamic, fast-paced environment that thrives on collaboration and growth, we want you to be part of our team.

The salary range represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation. This salary range is specific to New York City and may not be applicable to other locations. When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/

NYC Salary Range

$107,500 - $140,000 USD

At Fanatics, we operate with a BOLD mindset - We Build Championship Teams, we're Obsessed with Fans, we embrace a Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit, and we approach every challenge with a Determined and Relentless Mindset. If you're ready to contribute to a dynamic, fast-paced environment that thrives on collaboration and growth, we want you to be part of our team.

About Us

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.

About The Team

Fanatics Commerce is a leading designer, manufacturer, and seller of licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods. It operates a vertically-integrated platform of digital and physical capabilities for leading sports leagues, teams, colleges, and associations globally - as well as its flagship site, www.fanatics.com