Sr Planner

Tailored Brands, Inc.; Dublin (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k match

Paid time off

Employee merchandise discounts

Job summary

Tailored Brands in Dublin, California, is seeking an experienced Senior Planner to lead merchandise planning and forecast/open-to-buy strategies. You will partner with Merchandising, Planning, and Replenishment to optimize inventory and drive sales and margins.

The role requires 12+ years of planning experience in retail apparel, a bachelor's degree, and strong analytical skills. Proficiency in Excel and reporting tools is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 12+ years planning experience in retail apparel preferred.
• Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail with ability to analyze data down to the lowest level.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Develops merchandise open-to-buy and inventory plans.
• Creates merchandise financial plans aligned with top-down goals.
• Leads planning projects and partners with Merchandising and Replenishment.
• Monitors sell-through, margins, and inventory to meet targets.
• Provides data-driven recommendations to optimize inventory investments.
• Leads and collaborates with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Analytical thinking

Strategic thinking

Team leadership

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MicroStrategy

Blue Yonder EP Planning

Replenishment systems

Job description

Tailored Brands is a leading specialty retailer of menswear, including suits, formalwear, sportswear, and a broad selection of business casual offerings. Our brands include Men's Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank, Moores and K&G Fashion Superstore, which offers merchandise for the entire family. We help people love the way they look and feel for their most important moments by delivering personalized products and services through our convenient network of stores and e-commerce sites.

About the Job

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Senior Planner to join our Merchandise Planning team. In this role, you will be responsible for the development of merchandise plans and the creation and management of forecast and open-to-buy strategies. This role works as an integral part of the Merchandising, Planning, and Replenishment teams by identifying risks and opportunities and making recommendations to ensure that we are maximizing our inventory investment. The Senior Planner is responsible for achieving sales, margin, and inventory objectives for the Company and working in conjunction with the Merchant team. This role also serves as a team leader as well as a point person for planning projects.

What You’ll Do | Key Accountabilities

• Develops merchandise open-to-buy and inventory plans
• Assists Merchandising in the development of strategic and assortment plans
• Develops merchandise financial plans and ensures reconciliation with top-down goals
• Ensures plans reconcile and meet brand/ company objectives
• Manages business to help meet company targets on sales, gross margin performance, sell-through, markdowns, inventory levels and turn
• Analyzes performance data and provides business and analytical support to merchant teams
• Drives allocation strategy to ensure the right level of products are allocated to stores based on trend and historical performance
• Manages execution of the day-to-day merchandise allocation and replenishment processes that support desired inventory levels and sales/margin objectives
• Monitors sell-thru performance and suggest appropriate product movement and markdown tactics where appropriate
• Monitors business/item performance and highlights exceptions to merchandising team
• Performs quantitative end-of-season analysis and provides information and key highlights to merchants

What You’ll Bring | Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree
• 12+ years of experience in a planning role preferred
• Retail Apparel experience with Direct Sourced products a plus
• Sound analytical, financial, strategic, and problem-solving skills
• Extremely detail oriented and willing to analyze down to the lowest level
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office including extremely strong ability in Microsoft Excel
• Microstrategy reporting ability a plus
• Blue Yonder EP Planning a plus
• Replenishment proficiency a plus
• Ability to build partnerships, manage teams, and work closely with a diverse group of people

Please note that you do not need to qualify for all requirements to be considered.

Work Environment, Physical & Mental Demands

• Ability to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time
• Ability to stoop, kneel, bend at the waist, and reach daily
• Able to lift and move up to 25 pounds occasionally
• Must utilize visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment
• Hours regularly 40 hours per week, as work dictates, from our Dublin, California office.

Benefits

This role is eligible for healthcare including medical, dental and vision, retirement savings (401k with a company match), income protection programs such as life, accident and disability insurance, paid time off for sick leave, vacation, bereavement, jury duty, and holidays, wellbeing program, commuter, adoption assistance, education assistance, legal services, and employee merchandise discounts. For more detailed information go Tailoredbrands.com/working-here/people-culture.

Work-Life Balance

We understand the demands of work, school, family, and personal responsibilities. Through our work-life resources and programs we offer services for every stage of life to help you manage the day-to-day needs. We offer programs such as:

• Meeting-Free Fridays (encouraged) | so you can catch up on work and self-development
• Summer Fridays | from Memorial Day to Labor Day so you can enjoy a head-start to the weekend
• Holiday Early Departure | close out early the business day before a company observed holiday

The starting salary for this position is $133,494 - $175,000. Actual compensation within this range will be determined based on factors such as skills, experience, and qualifications. Over time, and subject to performance, tenure, and evolving responsibilities, total compensation for this role may grow to as much as $190,000. Other compensation may include a 15% Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) bonus paid out according to policy. Base pay information is based on market location and may be subject to prevailing wage laws, if applicable.

Note: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or qualifications associated with this job.