Distribution Planner
J.Crew Factory · New York, NY · 1 mo ago
Management$64k–$80k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes "Our Story" then "The Role + Purpose:" then details, then "Qualifications", then "Benefits + Perks", then "Salary Range". Also maybe "Our Story" could be considered "About the role"? But the instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content to those headings. The posting includes "Our Story" which is about company, not necessarily role. Could be "About the role"? Actually "Our Story" is about J.Crew, not role. Might be considered "About the role"? Not exactly. But we can include a section "About the role" with the role description (The Role + Purpose). The "Our Story" could be omitted as boilerplate? It's not boilerplate but it's company description. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep "Our Story" content somewhere. Could put it under a heading like "About the company"? Not in allowed headings list. But we could still use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content to those headings. The posting includes "Our Story" which is about company, not necessarily role. Could be "About the role"? Actually "Our Story" is about J.Crew, not role. Might be considered "About the role"? Not exactly. But we can include a section "About the role" with the role description (The Role + Purpose). The "Our Story" could be omitted as boilerplate? It's not boilerplate but it's company description. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep "Our Story" content somewhere. Could put it under a heading like "About the company"? Not in allowed headings list. But we could still use for any section heading; the examples are just examples, not exclusive? It says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Likely they expect those headings only. But we could still include other headings if needed? The instruction: "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It suggests those are typical but not exhaustive? It says "use for section headings (e.g. ...)" meaning we should use h3 for headings, and those are examples of possible headings. It doesn't forbid other headings. However later: "IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So we can create sections as needed.
Thus we can have sections: About the company (Our Story), About the role (The Role + Purpose), Responsibilities (maybe from role description), Qualifications, Benefits + Perks, Pay (Salary Range). Also maybe Schedule? Not present. Skills? Could be derived from qualifications but we have Qualifications section.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to turn lists into
- . The posting includes bullet-like sentences separated by line breaks. We'll need to parse.
Let's extract content:
Our Story paragraph: "Our Story J.Crew gets you dressed every day, for every occasion. Since 1983, we’ve been creating classics that feel familiar and refreshingly new, crafted with unbeatable quality and distinctive point of view—it’s no wonder we’ve been in your closet for four decades and counting. Today, we continue to do the classics our way, inspiring not only how you shop but how you define your personal style. Our commitment runs deeper than just making great clothes—we’re proud of our role in getting you dressed with confidence, character, and celebrating a distinctly American sensibility that makes us who we are. Our dedication to Diversity, Equity, Belonging & Sustainability has been celebrated with industry recognition, reflecting our commitment to fostering an inclusive and sustainable workplace."
The Role + Purpose: "The Distribution Planner provides support in creating, managing, and executing sales and inventory plans from investment through allocation at the product/category/item level. The Distribution Planner is responsible for providing to the teams relevant data and analysis throughout the product lifecycle."
Then bullet-like responsibilities:
- Financial Planning - Forecasting
Provide data and recommendations to influence the development of department/class level plans
Assist in the development of department/class level allocation strategies
Develop and execute strategies for packing, pre-packs, size balancing and inventory balancing
- Plan Management - Allocation:
Support in-season management of department/class level plans including ongoing assessments and updates
Execute initial inventory releases
Ensure receipt accuracy to support in-season allocation strategies
Execute in-season price strategies, store level exceptions, and new store allocations
- Business Process Management-Supply Chain Operations
Execute allocation and replenishment of Basics managed thru demand forecasting and management tools, as required
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
- 1-3 years of distribution planning or related analytical experience
- Strong analytic, financial and business acumen skills
- Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results; proficiency in retail math
- Systems and Tools Acumen: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and have aptitude to learn technical applications quickly
Benefits + Perks:
- Health & Well-being - Eligible associates and family members receive medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance, family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support), fitness discounts, medical travel and more.
- Associate Discount - We love our products just as much as you do! That’s why we offer a great associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell).
- Summer Fridays - In addition to our hybrid work model, we also close our office at 1:00 PM every Friday during the Summer months.
- Community Impact - We support the communities where we live and work through our philanthropic efforts and the J.Crew Cares Program.
- Winter Break - In addition to our PTO package, J.Crew Group offers a winter break at the end of December to eligible full-time associates at the Home Office to provide time to refresh and recharge.
- Note: Availability of these benefits and perks may be subject to work location & employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements.
Salary Range: "$64,200.00 - $79,600.00 At J.Crew Group (JCG) we aim to pay competitively for our company’s size and industry. The base salary offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region of work premises, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. The base salary is just one component of J.Crew Group’s competitive total rewards strategy that also includes the opportunity for bonus, competitive benefits and perks. One of our core focuses here at JCG is creating a community and culture that builds belonging. We are deeply committed to our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, and we warmly welcome job applicants of all backgrounds. JCG is proud to affirmatively provide equal opportunity to all associates and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin or citizenship, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, legally protected physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected under applicable law."
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The EEO statement at end is boilerplate; we should remove it. Also the note about benefits eligibility maybe keep? It's part of benefits. The note about availability of benefits may be kept as part of benefits. The EEO statement at end should be removed.
Also remove "We welcome you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes..." That's application encouragement; maybe considered boilerplate? It's not exactly legal but could be considered application instructions. The instruction says remove application instructions. So we should remove that paragraph.
Also remove "Our passion is scouting life-long learners..." etc. That's also encouraging; maybe remove.
Thus we keep substantive: Our Story, Role purpose, responsibilities (list), Qualifications (list), Benefits (list), Pay (salary range and explanation). We'll keep the salary explanation but not the EEO.
Now format.
We'll produce:
About the company
Our Story J.Crew gets you dressed every day, for every occasion. Since 1983, we’ve been creating classics that feel familiar and refreshingly new, crafted with unbeatable quality and distinctive point of view—it’s no wonder we’ve been in your closet for four decades and counting. Today, we continue to do the classics our way, inspiring not only how you shop but how you define your personal style. Our commitment runs deeper than just making great clothes—we’re proud of our role in getting you dressed with confidence, character, and celebrating a distinctly American sensibility that makes us who we are. Our dedication to Diversity, Equity, Belonging & Sustainability has been celebrated with industry recognition, reflecting our commitment to fostering an inclusive and sustainable workplace.
About the role
The Distribution Planner provides support in creating, managing, and executing sales and inventory plans from investment through allocation at the product/category/item level. The Distribution Planner is responsible for providing to the teams relevant data and analysis throughout the product lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Financial Planning - Forecasting
- Provide data and recommendations to influence the development of department/class level plans
- Assist in the development of department/class level allocation strategies
- Develop and execute strategies for packing, pre-packs, size balancing and inventory balancing
- Plan Management - Allocation
- Support in-season management of department/class level plans including ongoing assessments and updates
- Execute initial inventory releases
- Ensure receipt accuracy to support in-season allocation strategies
- Execute in-season price strategies, store level exceptions, and new store allocations
- Business Process Management - Supply Chain Operations
- Execute allocation and replenishment of Basics managed thru demand forecasting and management tools, as required
But note: we should not nest ul inside li? It's okay but maybe better to keep flat list with each responsibility as li. However the instruction: use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Could treat each bullet as li. We'll keep simple flat list.
Thus:
Responsibilities
- Financial Planning - Forecasting: Provide data and recommendations to influence the development of department/class level plans; Assist in the development of department/class level allocation strategies; Develop and execute strategies for packing, pre-packs, size balancing and inventory balancing.
- Plan Management - Allocation: Support in-season management of department/class level plans including ongoing assessments and updates; Execute initial inventory releases; Ensure receipt accuracy to support in-season allocation strategies; Execute in-season price strategies, store level exceptions, and new store allocations.
- Business Process Management - Supply Chain Operations: Execute allocation and replenishment of Basics managed thru demand forecasting and management tools, as required.
That's fine.
Qualifications:
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 1-3 years of distribution planning or related analytical experience
- Strong analytic, financial and business acumen skills
- Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results; proficiency in retail math
- Systems and Tools Acumen: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and have aptitude to learn technical applications quickly
Benefits:
Benefits & Perks
- Health & Well-being - Eligible associates and family members receive medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance, family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support), fitness discounts, medical travel and more.
- Associate Discount - Great associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell).
- Summer Fridays - Office closes at 1:00 PM every Friday during the Summer months (in addition to hybrid work model).
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Likely they expect those headings only. But we could still include other headings if needed? The instruction: "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It suggests those are typical but not exhaustive? It says "use for section headings (e.g. ...)" meaning we should use h3 for headings, and those are examples of possible headings. It doesn't forbid other headings. However later: "IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So we can create sections as needed.
Thus we can have sections: About the company (Our Story), About the role (The Role + Purpose), Responsibilities (maybe from role description), Qualifications, Benefits + Perks, Pay (Salary Range). Also maybe Schedule? Not present. Skills? Could be derived from qualifications but we have Qualifications section.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to turn lists into
- . The posting includes bullet-like sentences separated by line breaks. We'll need to parse.
Let's extract content:
Our Story paragraph: "Our Story J.Crew gets you dressed every day, for every occasion. Since 1983, we’ve been creating classics that feel familiar and refreshingly new, crafted with unbeatable quality and distinctive point of view—it’s no wonder we’ve been in your closet for four decades and counting. Today, we continue to do the classics our way, inspiring not only how you shop but how you define your personal style. Our commitment runs deeper than just making great clothes—we’re proud of our role in getting you dressed with confidence, character, and celebrating a distinctly American sensibility that makes us who we are. Our dedication to Diversity, Equity, Belonging & Sustainability has been celebrated with industry recognition, reflecting our commitment to fostering an inclusive and sustainable workplace."
The Role + Purpose: "The Distribution Planner provides support in creating, managing, and executing sales and inventory plans from investment through allocation at the product/category/item level. The Distribution Planner is responsible for providing to the teams relevant data and analysis throughout the product lifecycle."
Then bullet-like responsibilities:
- Financial Planning - Forecasting
Provide data and recommendations to influence the development of department/class level plans
Assist in the development of department/class level allocation strategies
Develop and execute strategies for packing, pre-packs, size balancing and inventory balancing
- Plan Management - Allocation:
Support in-season management of department/class level plans including ongoing assessments and updates
Execute initial inventory releases
Ensure receipt accuracy to support in-season allocation strategies
Execute in-season price strategies, store level exceptions, and new store allocations
- Business Process Management-Supply Chain Operations
Execute allocation and replenishment of Basics managed thru demand forecasting and management tools, as required
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
- 1-3 years of distribution planning or related analytical experience
- Strong analytic, financial and business acumen skills
- Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results; proficiency in retail math
- Systems and Tools Acumen: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and have aptitude to learn technical applications quickly
Benefits + Perks:
- Health & Well-being - Eligible associates and family members receive medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance, family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support), fitness discounts, medical travel and more.
- Associate Discount - We love our products just as much as you do! That’s why we offer a great associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell).
- Summer Fridays - In addition to our hybrid work model, we also close our office at 1:00 PM every Friday during the Summer months.
- Community Impact - We support the communities where we live and work through our philanthropic efforts and the J.Crew Cares Program.
- Winter Break - In addition to our PTO package, J.Crew Group offers a winter break at the end of December to eligible full-time associates at the Home Office to provide time to refresh and recharge.
- Note: Availability of these benefits and perks may be subject to work location & employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements.
Salary Range: "$64,200.00 - $79,600.00 At J.Crew Group (JCG) we aim to pay competitively for our company’s size and industry. The base salary offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region of work premises, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. The base salary is just one component of J.Crew Group’s competitive total rewards strategy that also includes the opportunity for bonus, competitive benefits and perks. One of our core focuses here at JCG is creating a community and culture that builds belonging. We are deeply committed to our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, and we warmly welcome job applicants of all backgrounds. JCG is proud to affirmatively provide equal opportunity to all associates and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin or citizenship, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, legally protected physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected under applicable law."
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The EEO statement at end is boilerplate; we should remove it. Also the note about benefits eligibility maybe keep? It's part of benefits. The note about availability of benefits may be kept as part of benefits. The EEO statement at end should be removed.
Also remove "We welcome you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes..." That's application encouragement; maybe considered boilerplate? It's not exactly legal but could be considered application instructions. The instruction says remove application instructions. So we should remove that paragraph.
Also remove "Our passion is scouting life-long learners..." etc. That's also encouraging; maybe remove.
Thus we keep substantive: Our Story, Role purpose, responsibilities (list), Qualifications (list), Benefits (list), Pay (salary range and explanation). We'll keep the salary explanation but not the EEO.
Now format.
We'll produce:
About the company
Our Story J.Crew gets you dressed every day, for every occasion. Since 1983, we’ve been creating classics that feel familiar and refreshingly new, crafted with unbeatable quality and distinctive point of view—it’s no wonder we’ve been in your closet for four decades and counting. Today, we continue to do the classics our way, inspiring not only how you shop but how you define your personal style. Our commitment runs deeper than just making great clothes—we’re proud of our role in getting you dressed with confidence, character, and celebrating a distinctly American sensibility that makes us who we are. Our dedication to Diversity, Equity, Belonging & Sustainability has been celebrated with industry recognition, reflecting our commitment to fostering an inclusive and sustainable workplace.
About the role
The Distribution Planner provides support in creating, managing, and executing sales and inventory plans from investment through allocation at the product/category/item level. The Distribution Planner is responsible for providing to the teams relevant data and analysis throughout the product lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Financial Planning - Forecasting
- Provide data and recommendations to influence the development of department/class level plans
- Assist in the development of department/class level allocation strategies
- Develop and execute strategies for packing, pre-packs, size balancing and inventory balancing
- Plan Management - Allocation
- Support in-season management of department/class level plans including ongoing assessments and updates
- Execute initial inventory releases
- Ensure receipt accuracy to support in-season allocation strategies
- Execute in-season price strategies, store level exceptions, and new store allocations
- Business Process Management - Supply Chain Operations
- Execute allocation and replenishment of Basics managed thru demand forecasting and management tools, as required
But note: we should not nest ul inside li? It's okay but maybe better to keep flat list with each responsibility as li. However the instruction: use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Could treat each bullet as li. We'll keep simple flat list.
Thus:
Responsibilities
- Financial Planning - Forecasting: Provide data and recommendations to influence the development of department/class level plans; Assist in the development of department/class level allocation strategies; Develop and execute strategies for packing, pre-packs, size balancing and inventory balancing.
- Plan Management - Allocation: Support in-season management of department/class level plans including ongoing assessments and updates; Execute initial inventory releases; Ensure receipt accuracy to support in-season allocation strategies; Execute in-season price strategies, store level exceptions, and new store allocations.
- Business Process Management - Supply Chain Operations: Execute allocation and replenishment of Basics managed thru demand forecasting and management tools, as required.
That's fine.
Qualifications:
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 1-3 years of distribution planning or related analytical experience
- Strong analytic, financial and business acumen skills
- Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results; proficiency in retail math
- Systems and Tools Acumen: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and have aptitude to learn technical applications quickly
Benefits:
Benefits & Perks
- Health & Well-being - Eligible associates and family members receive medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance, family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support), fitness discounts, medical travel and more.
- Associate Discount - Great associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell).
- Summer Fridays - Office closes at 1:00 PM every Friday during the Summer months (in addition to hybrid work model).
for section headings (e.g. ...)" meaning we should use h3 for headings, and those are examples of possible headings. It doesn't forbid other headings. However later: "IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So we can create sections as needed.
Thus we can have sections: About the company (Our Story), About the role (The Role + Purpose), Responsibilities (maybe from role description), Qualifications, Benefits + Perks, Pay (Salary Range). Also maybe Schedule? Not present. Skills? Could be derived from qualifications but we have Qualifications section.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to turn lists into
- . The posting includes bullet-like sentences separated by line breaks. We'll need to parse.
Let's extract content:
Our Story paragraph: "Our Story J.Crew gets you dressed every day, for every occasion. Since 1983, we’ve been creating classics that feel familiar and refreshingly new, crafted with unbeatable quality and distinctive point of view—it’s no wonder we’ve been in your closet for four decades and counting. Today, we continue to do the classics our way, inspiring not only how you shop but how you define your personal style. Our commitment runs deeper than just making great clothes—we’re proud of our role in getting you dressed with confidence, character, and celebrating a distinctly American sensibility that makes us who we are. Our dedication to Diversity, Equity, Belonging & Sustainability has been celebrated with industry recognition, reflecting our commitment to fostering an inclusive and sustainable workplace."
The Role + Purpose: "The Distribution Planner provides support in creating, managing, and executing sales and inventory plans from investment through allocation at the product/category/item level. The Distribution Planner is responsible for providing to the teams relevant data and analysis throughout the product lifecycle."
Then bullet-like responsibilities:
- Financial Planning - Forecasting
Provide data and recommendations to influence the development of department/class level plans
Assist in the development of department/class level allocation strategies
Develop and execute strategies for packing, pre-packs, size balancing and inventory balancing
- Plan Management - Allocation:
Support in-season management of department/class level plans including ongoing assessments and updates
Execute initial inventory releases
Ensure receipt accuracy to support in-season allocation strategies
Execute in-season price strategies, store level exceptions, and new store allocations
- Business Process Management-Supply Chain Operations
Execute allocation and replenishment of Basics managed thru demand forecasting and management tools, as required
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
- 1-3 years of distribution planning or related analytical experience
- Strong analytic, financial and business acumen skills
- Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results; proficiency in retail math
- Systems and Tools Acumen: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and have aptitude to learn technical applications quickly
Benefits + Perks:
- Health & Well-being - Eligible associates and family members receive medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance, family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support), fitness discounts, medical travel and more.
- Associate Discount - We love our products just as much as you do! That’s why we offer a great associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell).
- Summer Fridays - In addition to our hybrid work model, we also close our office at 1:00 PM every Friday during the Summer months.
- Community Impact - We support the communities where we live and work through our philanthropic efforts and the J.Crew Cares Program.
- Winter Break - In addition to our PTO package, J.Crew Group offers a winter break at the end of December to eligible full-time associates at the Home Office to provide time to refresh and recharge.
- Note: Availability of these benefits and perks may be subject to work location & employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements.
Salary Range: "$64,200.00 - $79,600.00 At J.Crew Group (JCG) we aim to pay competitively for our company’s size and industry. The base salary offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region of work premises, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. The base salary is just one component of J.Crew Group’s competitive total rewards strategy that also includes the opportunity for bonus, competitive benefits and perks. One of our core focuses here at JCG is creating a community and culture that builds belonging. We are deeply committed to our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, and we warmly welcome job applicants of all backgrounds. JCG is proud to affirmatively provide equal opportunity to all associates and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin or citizenship, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, legally protected physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected under applicable law."
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The EEO statement at end is boilerplate; we should remove it. Also the note about benefits eligibility maybe keep? It's part of benefits. The note about availability of benefits may be kept as part of benefits. The EEO statement at end should be removed.
Also remove "We welcome you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes..." That's application encouragement; maybe considered boilerplate? It's not exactly legal but could be considered application instructions. The instruction says remove application instructions. So we should remove that paragraph.
Also remove "Our passion is scouting life-long learners..." etc. That's also encouraging; maybe remove.
Thus we keep substantive: Our Story, Role purpose, responsibilities (list), Qualifications (list), Benefits (list), Pay (salary range and explanation). We'll keep the salary explanation but not the EEO.
Now format.
We'll produce:
About the company
Our Story J.Crew gets you dressed every day, for every occasion. Since 1983, we’ve been creating classics that feel familiar and refreshingly new, crafted with unbeatable quality and distinctive point of view—it’s no wonder we’ve been in your closet for four decades and counting. Today, we continue to do the classics our way, inspiring not only how you shop but how you define your personal style. Our commitment runs deeper than just making great clothes—we’re proud of our role in getting you dressed with confidence, character, and celebrating a distinctly American sensibility that makes us who we are. Our dedication to Diversity, Equity, Belonging & Sustainability has been celebrated with industry recognition, reflecting our commitment to fostering an inclusive and sustainable workplace.
About the role
The Distribution Planner provides support in creating, managing, and executing sales and inventory plans from investment through allocation at the product/category/item level. The Distribution Planner is responsible for providing to the teams relevant data and analysis throughout the product lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Financial Planning - Forecasting
- Provide data and recommendations to influence the development of department/class level plans
- Assist in the development of department/class level allocation strategies
- Develop and execute strategies for packing, pre-packs, size balancing and inventory balancing
- Plan Management - Allocation
- Support in-season management of department/class level plans including ongoing assessments and updates
- Execute initial inventory releases
- Ensure receipt accuracy to support in-season allocation strategies
- Execute in-season price strategies, store level exceptions, and new store allocations
- Business Process Management - Supply Chain Operations
- Execute allocation and replenishment of Basics managed thru demand forecasting and management tools, as required
But note: we should not nest ul inside li? It's okay but maybe better to keep flat list with each responsibility as li. However the instruction: use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Could treat each bullet as li. We'll keep simple flat list.
Thus:
Responsibilities
- Financial Planning - Forecasting: Provide data and recommendations to influence the development of department/class level plans; Assist in the development of department/class level allocation strategies; Develop and execute strategies for packing, pre-packs, size balancing and inventory balancing.
- Plan Management - Allocation: Support in-season management of department/class level plans including ongoing assessments and updates; Execute initial inventory releases; Ensure receipt accuracy to support in-season allocation strategies; Execute in-season price strategies, store level exceptions, and new store allocations.
- Business Process Management - Supply Chain Operations: Execute allocation and replenishment of Basics managed thru demand forecasting and management tools, as required.
That's fine.
Qualifications:
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 1-3 years of distribution planning or related analytical experience
- Strong analytic, financial and business acumen skills
- Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results; proficiency in retail math
- Systems and Tools Acumen: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and have aptitude to learn technical applications quickly
Benefits:
Benefits & Perks
- Health & Well-being - Eligible associates and family members receive medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance, family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support), fitness discounts, medical travel and more.
- Associate Discount - Great associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell).
- Summer Fridays - Office closes at 1:00 PM every Friday during the Summer months (in addition to hybrid work model).
- . The posting includes bullet-like sentences separated by line breaks. We'll need to parse.
Let's extract content:
Our Story paragraph: "Our Story J.Crew gets you dressed every day, for every occasion. Since 1983, we’ve been creating classics that feel familiar and refreshingly new, crafted with unbeatable quality and distinctive point of view—it’s no wonder we’ve been in your closet for four decades and counting. Today, we continue to do the classics our way, inspiring not only how you shop but how you define your personal style. Our commitment runs deeper than just making great clothes—we’re proud of our role in getting you dressed with confidence, character, and celebrating a distinctly American sensibility that makes us who we are. Our dedication to Diversity, Equity, Belonging & Sustainability has been celebrated with industry recognition, reflecting our commitment to fostering an inclusive and sustainable workplace."
The Role + Purpose: "The Distribution Planner provides support in creating, managing, and executing sales and inventory plans from investment through allocation at the product/category/item level. The Distribution Planner is responsible for providing to the teams relevant data and analysis throughout the product lifecycle."
Then bullet-like responsibilities:
- Financial Planning - Forecasting
Provide data and recommendations to influence the development of department/class level plans
Assist in the development of department/class level allocation strategies
Develop and execute strategies for packing, pre-packs, size balancing and inventory balancing
- Plan Management - Allocation:
Support in-season management of department/class level plans including ongoing assessments and updates
Execute initial inventory releases
Ensure receipt accuracy to support in-season allocation strategies
Execute in-season price strategies, store level exceptions, and new store allocations
- Business Process Management-Supply Chain Operations
Execute allocation and replenishment of Basics managed thru demand forecasting and management tools, as required
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
- 1-3 years of distribution planning or related analytical experience
- Strong analytic, financial and business acumen skills
- Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results; proficiency in retail math
- Systems and Tools Acumen: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and have aptitude to learn technical applications quickly
Benefits + Perks:
- Health & Well-being - Eligible associates and family members receive medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance, family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support), fitness discounts, medical travel and more.
- Associate Discount - We love our products just as much as you do! That’s why we offer a great associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell).
- Summer Fridays - In addition to our hybrid work model, we also close our office at 1:00 PM every Friday during the Summer months.
- Community Impact - We support the communities where we live and work through our philanthropic efforts and the J.Crew Cares Program.
- Winter Break - In addition to our PTO package, J.Crew Group offers a winter break at the end of December to eligible full-time associates at the Home Office to provide time to refresh and recharge.
- Note: Availability of these benefits and perks may be subject to work location & employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements.
Salary Range: "$64,200.00 - $79,600.00 At J.Crew Group (JCG) we aim to pay competitively for our company’s size and industry. The base salary offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region of work premises, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. The base salary is just one component of J.Crew Group’s competitive total rewards strategy that also includes the opportunity for bonus, competitive benefits and perks. One of our core focuses here at JCG is creating a community and culture that builds belonging. We are deeply committed to our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, and we warmly welcome job applicants of all backgrounds. JCG is proud to affirmatively provide equal opportunity to all associates and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin or citizenship, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, legally protected physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected under applicable law."
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The EEO statement at end is boilerplate; we should remove it. Also the note about benefits eligibility maybe keep? It's part of benefits. The note about availability of benefits may be kept as part of benefits. The EEO statement at end should be removed.
Also remove "We welcome you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes..." That's application encouragement; maybe considered boilerplate? It's not exactly legal but could be considered application instructions. The instruction says remove application instructions. So we should remove that paragraph.
Also remove "Our passion is scouting life-long learners..." etc. That's also encouraging; maybe remove.
Thus we keep substantive: Our Story, Role purpose, responsibilities (list), Qualifications (list), Benefits (list), Pay (salary range and explanation). We'll keep the salary explanation but not the EEO.
Now format.
We'll produce:
About the company
Our Story J.Crew gets you dressed every day, for every occasion. Since 1983, we’ve been creating classics that feel familiar and refreshingly new, crafted with unbeatable quality and distinctive point of view—it’s no wonder we’ve been in your closet for four decades and counting. Today, we continue to do the classics our way, inspiring not only how you shop but how you define your personal style. Our commitment runs deeper than just making great clothes—we’re proud of our role in getting you dressed with confidence, character, and celebrating a distinctly American sensibility that makes us who we are. Our dedication to Diversity, Equity, Belonging & Sustainability has been celebrated with industry recognition, reflecting our commitment to fostering an inclusive and sustainable workplace.
About the role
The Distribution Planner provides support in creating, managing, and executing sales and inventory plans from investment through allocation at the product/category/item level. The Distribution Planner is responsible for providing to the teams relevant data and analysis throughout the product lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Financial Planning - Forecasting
- Provide data and recommendations to influence the development of department/class level plans
- Assist in the development of department/class level allocation strategies
- Develop and execute strategies for packing, pre-packs, size balancing and inventory balancing
- Plan Management - Allocation
- Support in-season management of department/class level plans including ongoing assessments and updates
- Execute initial inventory releases
- Ensure receipt accuracy to support in-season allocation strategies
- Execute in-season price strategies, store level exceptions, and new store allocations
- Business Process Management - Supply Chain Operations
- Execute allocation and replenishment of Basics managed thru demand forecasting and management tools, as required
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Could treat each bullet as li. We'll keep simple flat list.
Thus:
Responsibilities
- Financial Planning - Forecasting: Provide data and recommendations to influence the development of department/class level plans; Assist in the development of department/class level allocation strategies; Develop and execute strategies for packing, pre-packs, size balancing and inventory balancing.
- Plan Management - Allocation: Support in-season management of department/class level plans including ongoing assessments and updates; Execute initial inventory releases; Ensure receipt accuracy to support in-season allocation strategies; Execute in-season price strategies, store level exceptions, and new store allocations.
- Business Process Management - Supply Chain Operations: Execute allocation and replenishment of Basics managed thru demand forecasting and management tools, as required.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 1-3 years of distribution planning or related analytical experience
- Strong analytic, financial and business acumen skills
- Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results; proficiency in retail math
- Systems and Tools Acumen: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and have aptitude to learn technical applications quickly
Benefits & Perks
- Health & Well-being - Eligible associates and family members receive medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance, family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support), fitness discounts, medical travel and more.
- Associate Discount - Great associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell).
- Summer Fridays - Office closes at 1:00 PM every Friday during the Summer months (in addition to hybrid work model).
- Financial Planning - Forecasting