Sr. Planner, Brand Planning

A&F Trading Co.; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Medical insurance

Paid time off

Onsite gym

Employee discounts

Job summary

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is seeking a Brand Planning Sr Planner for its Global Home Office in Columbus, Ohio. This role leads the Open to Buy process, owns data and models, and partners with Merchandising and regional teams to drive assortment strategy and financial targets.

Responsibilities include building financial models, maintaining planning inputs, and presenting insights to executives. 6+ years in retail planning and strong Excel/OTB skills are required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in retail or wholesale planning.
• Experience building and maintaining OTB models; hands-on planning skills.
• Exposure to global or multi-region planning environments preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with planning systems such as JDA, Blue Yonder, or Oracle a strong plus.
• Ability to build accurate and well-organized financial models.
• Ability errors in data and models before they affect decisions.
• Clear communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Setting and maintaining total Division financial targets pre-season including sales and margin.
• Reconciling with Regional Planning, Merchandising, and leadership partners.
• Establishing mid-level plan targets including attribute goals, largest volume items, sku count allocation, and costing.
• Partnering with cross functional team around the globe to deliver assortment strategies including Regional Planning, Global Merchandising, Sourcing, and more.
• Reading and reacting to global assortment performance including robust learning agenda.
• Brand fabric and trim liability management.
• Test financial model support - build scenario models for Director and VP review.
• Financial data maintenance - ensure accuracy of planning system inputs and report outputs.
• Key item creation and inventory commit management.
• Present financial data accessibly to merchant and regional planning audiences.
• Proactively identify process improvements and brings them to the Director.

Skills

OTB models

Advanced Excel

Global/multi-region planning

Financial modeling

Clear communication

Retail/wholesale planning

Tools

JDA

Blue Yonder

Oracle

Job description

Job Description: The Brand Planning Sr Planner executes the core financial planning work for assigned regions or categories. This role owns the data, the models, and the reporting that keeps the Open to Buy process running accurately. Planners are the operational engine of the global planning team — their work directly enables both Global Merchandising decisions and Regional Planning execution. This job is located at our Global Home Office in Columbus, Ohio.

What Will You Be Doing?

• Setting and maintaining total Division financial targets pre-season including sales and margin.
• Reconciling with Regional Planning, Merchandising, and leadership partners
• Establishing mid-level plan targets including attribute goals, largest volume items, sku count allocation, and costing
• Partnering with cross functional team around the globe to deliver assortment strategies including Regional Planning, Global Merchandising, Sourcing, and more
• Reading and reacting to global assortment performance including robust learning agenda
• Brand fabric and trim liability management
• Test financial model support - build scenario models for Director and VP review
• Financial data maintenance - ensure accuracy of planning system inputs and report outputs
• Key item creation and inventory commit management
• Present financial data accessibly to merchant and regional planning audiences
• Proactively identify process improvements and brings them to the Director

What Do You Need to Bring?

• 6+ years in retail or wholesale planning
• Experience building and maintaining OTB models- hands-on technical planning skills required
• Exposure to global or multi-region planning environments preferred
• Advanced Excel skills- experience with planning systems such as JDA, Blue Yonder, or Oracle a strong plus
• Ability to build accurate and well-organized financial models
• Ability errors in data and models before they affect decisions
• Clear communication skills

Our Company

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.) is a global retailer of five iconic, omnichannel lifestyle brands catering to the kid through millennial customer: Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie kids, Hollister, Gilly Hicks and Social Tourist. At A&F Co., we’re here for our associates, customers and communities on the journey to being and becoming who they are – and because no journey is the same, we strive to create an inclusive culture, where everyone is free to share ideas.

Our Values

We lead with purpose and always put our people first, which is evidenced by our Great Place to Work Certification, as well as being a 2021 recipient of Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Retail, and named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign for 16 consecutive years. We’re proud to offer equitable compensation and benefits, [including flexibility and competitive Paid Time Off], as well as education and engagement events, including various Associate Resource Groups, volunteer opportunities and additional time off to give back to our global communities.

What You’ll Get

• Incentive bonus program 401(K) savings plan with company match
• Annual companywide review process
• Flexible spending accounts
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Associate assistance program
• Paid parental and adoption leave
• Access to fertility and adoption benefits through Carrot
• Access to mental health and wellness app, Headspace
• Paid Caregiver Leave
• Mobile Stipend
• Paid time off & one paid volunteer day per year, allowing you to give back to your community
• Work from anywhere (Mondays and Fridays are "work from anywhere" days for most roles & six work from anywhere weeks per year)
• Seven associate wellness half days per year
• Onsite fitness center
• Merchandise discount on all of our brands
• Opportunities for career advancement, we believe in promoting from within
• Access to multiple Associate Resource Groups
• Global team of people who will celebrate you for being YOU!

Company Description

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.) is a global, digitally led omnichannel specialty retailer of apparel and accessories catering to kids through millennials with assortments curated for their specific lifestyle needs. The company operates a family of brands, including Abercrombie brands and Hollister brands, each sharing a commitment to offer products of enduring quality and exceptional comfort that support global customers on their journey to being and becoming who they are. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. operates stores under these brands across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as the e-commerce sites abercrombie.com, abercrombiekids.com and hollisterco.com. Learn more about A&F Co. by visiting our corporate website here.

ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Join us as we team up around the globe and grow to a $5+ billion family of brands—powered by purpose and the belief that we are all leaders.