Wholesale Planning Analyst: Drive Growth & Profitability

FP Movement; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Employee discounts

PTO

Retirement plan

Job summary

URBN is seeking a Wholesale Planner to join their team in New York. The Wholesale Planner will provide planning support to the wholesale sales team and develop and execute sound financial plans for maximum profitability.

Responsibilities include analyzing sales data, managing OT B and market reporting, forecasting monthly submissions, and collaborating with accounts to drive top-line growth. Requires 3+ years in planning, strong Excel skills, and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of planning experience, preferably in wholesale.
• Strong forecasting and analytical skills.
• Must have strong Excel skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills and work well on a team.

Responsibilities

• Providing sales with the analytics to pitch strategies to drive the business and/or problem solve and go after opportunities.
• Be account-facing during market appointments - prepared to speak to past, present and future financial data.
• Create hindsight reporting for each delivery by accountwith summary of findings and suggested go-forward actions.
• Manage Location selling for each account by obtaining and entering weekly, MTD & STD sales and stock data, then making suggestions to drive sales and/or highlight potential opportunities/issues.
• Manage Market Share reporting and regional opportunities
• Create and maintain class selling reports
• Manage internal and account profitability
• Create preseason sales, margin, and inventory plans for key accounts
• Manage OTB for key accounts
• Provide analytics for key accounts deep dive looking for opportunities to distort business
• Provide support to the sales team and account partners
• Support forecasting submission on a monthly basis with the sales team
• Develop ad-hoc analytical reports and tools to meet the changing needs of the business
• Provide account recommendations on inventory to sales and account partners
• Recap weekly selling by classification, style & color; highlighting best sellers

Skills

Forecasting

Analytics

Excel

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Communication

Tools

Skypad

Blue Cherry

PowerPoint

Job description

URBN is seeking a Wholesale Planner to join their team in New York. The Wholesale Planner will provide planning support to the wholesale sales team and develop and execute sound financial plans for maximum profitability.

Responsibilities include analyzing sales data, managing OT B and market reporting, forecasting monthly submissions, and collaborating with accounts to drive top-line growth. Requires 3+ years in planning, strong Excel skills, and team collaboration.