Planning Manager, Essentials

About the role

The Planning Manager is responsible for driving the financial performance, inventory strategy, and replenishment execution of Peter Millar’s Essentials business. This role owns both planning and buying responsibilities for core styles across multiple channels, ensuring exceptional in-stock rates while optimizing inventory productivity, margin, and working capital.

Responsibilities

• Develop annual, seasonal, and monthly sales, inventory, and receipt plans for the core business.
• Create and maintain demand forecasts at the style, color, size, and channel level.
• Analyze trends, customer demand, and historical performance to identify opportunities and risks.
• Partner with Finance and Merchandise Planning leadership to align forecasts with company objectives.
• Present business performance, forecasts, and inventory strategies to senior leadership.
• Own inventory health and availability across all distribution channels.
• Establish and manage safety stock targets, reorder points, and service-level objectives.
• Monitor inventory productivity metrics including weeks of supply, sell-through, fill rate, and stock-to-sales.
• Identify inventory risks and proactively implement mitigation plans.
• Drive inventory optimization initiatives that improve in-stock performance while reducing excess inventory.
• Execute purchase orders and replenishment buys for core styles.
• Collaborate with Sourcing and Production teams to manage lead times, capacity, and delivery schedules.
• Evaluate vendor performance and identify opportunities to improve supply chain responsiveness.
• Recommend inventory investments based on demand trends and business priorities.
• Support long-range capacity planning for strategic core programs.
• Analyze performance by style, category, channel, and customer segment.
• Identify opportunities for assortment expansion, inventory productivity, and revenue growth.
• Build reporting and dashboards that provide visibility into core business performance.
• Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to support decision-making.
• Partner with Merchandising to define and maintain the core assortment strategy.
• Collaborate with Wholesale, Retail, and E-commerce teams to understand channel demand drivers.

Requirements

• Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel proficiency.
• Experience operating within modern planning systems.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with detailed execution.
• Comfortable driving structure and governance in a growing environment.
• Strong cross-functional communication and influence skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to build and refine processes.

Qualifications

• Advanced or Expert in Microsoft Excel (familiar with: creating variables, power query editor, and data models).
• Familiarity with forecasting methodologies and statistical models.

Skills

• Desired Education And Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Analytics, Merchandising, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in merchandise planning, inventory planning, buying, replenishment, or supply chain planning.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen.
• Proven ability to manage large SKU assortments and inventory investments.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to build and refine processes.

Benefits

Peter Millar & G/FORE are equal opportunity employers. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. Both Peter Millar & G/FORE prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and they afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, genetic information, marital status, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. Both Peter Millar & G/FORE comply with applicable state, county and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment.

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