Inventory Planner, Outdoor

Responsibilities

• Lives Our Vision, Values and Beliefs every day
• Develops a vision for the business and effectively communicates the needs in order to move forward
• Suggests strategies to drive sales on key categories / items
• Maintain focus on the bottom line while simultaneously handling multiple tasks, information and responsibilities
• Analyzes historical data and current trends to identify opportunities and risks by department, subclass, collection and sku
• Create and present department level plans that support division and department level strategies
• Develop and build collection and sku level sales plan with supporting investment quantities and accurate flow forecasts
• Manage the reconciliation of top down to bottom up financial plans
• Balance workload priorities to ensure successful execution of inventory management initiatives
• Collaborate with Merchandising to support product strategies and vision
• Takes ownership of additional projects that support company initiatives
• Demand forecasting at the department, subclass, collection and sku level
• Forecast sales and inventory and develop strategies to maximize opportunities and mitigate risk
• Calculate receipt needs based on inventories and rate of sale and present buying strategies and inventory investments to senior leadership team
• Complete open-to-buy activities at the department and subclass level for all key metrics and present action plans during monthly OTB meetings
• Manage the on order pipeline of goods and negotiate flow requirements with vendors
• Focus on top volume collection/skus to maximize in-stocks, bottom-line revenue and promise to the customer
• Manage and develop team through mentoring and fostering an efficient and results-oriented environment
• Owes an element of the on-boarding process for new hires

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience preferably in inventory management
• 1-2 years of supervisory experience, preferred
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Multi-Channel (Direct to consumer and brick and mortar) planning experience a plus
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret meaningful trends from quantitative and qualitative data
• Solid grasp of retail math and inventory planning concepts
• Able to maintain and build effective relationships with cross-functional team
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills with focus on driving positive results to the bottom line
• Possess strong organizational and time management skills
• Advanced knowledge of Excel with aptitude to learn new systems quickly