Manager Store Planning

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

The Manager, Store Planning will partner with the Sr. Manager Store Planning

to oversee the store level planning processes for financial targeting across all Concept Stores and Factory Outlets. This individual will be involved in pre-season planning, in-season forecasting, and post season hindsighting. They will maintain strong relationships with store teams to understand risks and opportunities on a store-by-store basis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create financial plans at the door level that sync directly to the total financial targets.
• Identify and elevate risks and opportunities that may arise throughout the year at the store, district and region levels.
• Maintain regular communication with store teams (Senior Director of Stores, Regional Directors, District Managers, Store Managers in particular)
• Forecast sales trends using a blend of recent performance, historical data, and store input.
• Push stores to peak performance by challenging historical sales, exploring potential, and driving towards ambitions
• Partner with Visual Merchandising teams to ensure store capacities align with sales goals.
• Manage sales contests to include creation, validation, reporting and payout
• Provide input into the long term strategic ambition plan of each store
• Provide business insights regarding geographical differences and nuances in the business
• Provide input into the annual budgeting process, ensure fleet can appropriately support growth targets.
• Track and report on store productivity; understand the balance between store capacities, potential sales, and turn targets
• Deliver accurate and timely management reporting products (historical results, forecasts, budgets) on an ad-hoc, monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Build and leverage relationships with cross-functional teams (e.g. Store teams, Financial Planning, Merch Planning, Finance, Buying, Planning, Allocation) to obtain information necessary to achieve business objectives
• Create a supportive work environment in which employees are coached, trained and provided with career opportunities through development.
• Provide team members with clear direction and targets that are aligned with business needs and objectives.

Key Relationships:

• Financial Planning and Analytics
• Merchandise Buying, Planning and Allocation
• Finance
• Store teams (Senior Director of Stores, Regional Directors, District Managers, Store Managers in particular)
• Visual Merchandising
• Retail Activation and Marketing
• Store Operations
• Retail Training
• Global Sales & Retail Operations teams

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills and organization
• Strong influencer and natural collaborator who thrives on teamplay
• Empathetic leader that is fair yet firm in driving towards common goals
• Ability to present information and respond to questions in stressful situations
• Ability to manipulate large amounts of data and create reporting tools from data
• Ability to successfully multi-task and problem-solve while managing multiple projects at the same time
• Ability to travel as needed, in some cases with limited or no notice
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams
• Proven financial acumen and inventory management
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite and familiarity with merchandising systems/applications; advanced Excel skills

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in business, finance or a related field or equivalent professional experience
• 6 years relevant work experience
• Fluent in English

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• COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
• OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
• INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
• TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
• INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company's standards.
• RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

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Job Title: Manager Store Planning

Brand:

Location: Portland

TEAM: Merchandising & Planning

State: OR

Country/Region: US

Contract Type: Full time

Number: 526544

Date: Apr 3, 2025