Director of Planning

Seeking a highly motivated and experienced Director of Planning. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the pre- and in-season planning of sales, inventory, and margin. You are expected to use analytics to solve complex problems and work closely with cross-functional teams to maximize the business as well as build templates, reports and processes in order to evolve the planning process and report results to upper management.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Oversee, support, and develop the inventory planning team to accomplish company and department goals.
Take a leading role in managing inventory.
Balance workload priorities across in-season and pre-season planning deliverables to ensure successful execution of inventory management (including buy planning, pre-season forecasting and bi-weekly re-forecasting).
Reconcile top-down & bottom-up department plans to division plans and forecasts.
Analyze pre-season plan and merchandising strategies for significant changes against previous year.
Create category level quarterly hindsight reports to drive strategic assortment decisions for future quarters and in-season management.
Own and drive the OTB planning process as well as work with the OTB platform vendor when needed to evolve the OTB based on changing business needs.
Identify, communicate, and execute tool and process improvement opportunities to the VP of Inventory Planning and Replenishment Buying.
Execution of site promotions as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree required (in Business or Finance preferred).
Minimum of 8-10 years of retail apparel planning and OTB management experience.
Minimum of 4 years of experience managing and motivating a team of at least 3.
Strong excel skills, including (at a minimum) formulas such as sumifs, vlookups, etc. and pivot tables.
Experience with NetSuite a Must
Strong analytical skills and ability to understand financial metrics and reporting.