Location:

Secaucus, New Jersey

Job Summary:

The Planner will be responsible for the complete financial management of assigned area of responsibility, including the creation of financial and merchandise plans, actualization of results, and a keen ability to identify, communicate, and implement strategic business opportunities at the division, category, and season code levels. The Planner will forecast sales, markdowns, and inventory levels on a regular basis and identify risks to the business and develop action plans in cooperation with their merchandising partner to mitigate risks profitably.

Responsibilities:

Key Accountabilities :

• Create monthly financial plans at division and category level for fiscal time periods

• Reforecast sales, gross margin, and inventory for fiscal time periods

• Recap end of season performance at division, category, season, and style levels for merchandise buy period

• Conduct basic stock replenishment (order quantity by style, color, and size)

• Key item planning for all basic styles (sales, margin, inventory)

• Conduct daily, monthly, quarterly, and seasonal sales reporting

• Manage inventory flow on fashion receipts

• Develop size curve and pre-pack definitions

• Partner with merchant to support the buy process

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree

• 3+ years of experience in retail planning and analysis

Skills and Behaviors:

• Proven track record of financially astute business management

• Expertise in retail math with strong analytical skills/ learning agility

• Strong problem solving and decision making skills

• Ability to identify and clearly communicate business opportunities and risks/ analytical and data reasoning

• Good organization and workload prioritization skills/ detail-orientation and accuracy

• Proficient in planning systems and Microsoft Office

• Strong team player/relationship-building

• Proven process of improvement and problem solving

make our PLACE yours

Being a part of our team takes collaboration and hard work. We are seeking top talent who are eager to contribute to a high-performing team!

We are proud to be the largest pure-play children’s specialty apparel retailer in North America and continue to celebrate the success of our collection of brands, including The Children’s PLACE, Gymboree, Sugar & Jade and PJ PLACE.

If you are eager to learn and work in a diverse, inclusive, fast-paced and engaging work environment, please review our current list of openings and apply today!

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