Senior Manager, Retail and Replenishment Planning

About the role

Centric Brands is looking for a dynamic, creative and resourceful Senior Manager of Retail and Replenishment Planning to join its team. This individual must be a self-starter and team player who takes initiative, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is excited about joining a team on a journey to accelerate transformation across Centric Brands. This role will be heavily supporting our growing Amazon e-commerce business. The Senior Manager of Replenishment Planning will be responsible for supporting planning activities for Centric Brands Kids Division’s ecommerce accounts. The scope of the Planning function is to collaborate with the sales partners to drive the business through account centric assortment, sales and receipt planning, in season and post season hindsighting. Replenishment product comprises a significant portion of this business and requires thoughtful sku level forecasting and inventory management along with coordination with production colleagues for procurement and capacity forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Senior Director and SVP of Sales to manage the retail business performance of key accounts on a weekly and seasonal basis.
• Maintain and monitor business plans for each key account by department to plan and control the sales, markdowns and receipt flows with a goal of achieving goal metrics for sales performance and profitability.
• Participate in the development of bottoms-up ladder plans for major accounts to ensure optimal assortments
• Maintain and monitor monthly replenishment sku level retail sales and wholesale shipping projections resulting in a well-managed Open to Buy and timely procurement requisitions.
• Analyze actual product performance and recommend next actions surrounding product lifecycle
• Maintain and analyze all wholesale and retail account level reporting including but not limited to: Style Selling, Sales to Stock, Delivery Sell Thru and Weekly Top-line and Partner performance reports
• Contribute to the development of ad-hoc analytical reports and tools to meet the changing needs of the business
• Support the preparation for market appointments as needed.

Requirements

• 8+ years retail planning experience
• Demonstrated experience in retail data analysis and OTB management
• Previous experience with Amazon account base is strongly preferred
• Strong retail math skills
• Experience in SAP a plus
• Experience with AI Systems (Claude, ChatGPT) a plus
• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Advanced knowledge and capabilities in Excel
• Intermediate experience with remaining office software
• Demonstrated Financial and Business Acumen
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills

Benefits

• Industry-competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision)
• Matching 401(k)
• Summer Fridays
• Generous PTO
• Merchandise discounts
• Excellent career development opportunities
• Work environment reflecting industry leadership
• Social impact program (Centric Cares) focused on volunteerism
• D&I committee shaping diversity, equity and inclusion through workshops, resources and inspiring conversation

Pay

Salary Range: $140,000 - $150,000