Strategic Merchandise Planner Lead

6 days ago


Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, United States Duluth Trading Company Full time

The Duluth Trading Company seeks a skilled Strategic Merchandise Planner Lead to drive the development and execution of financial plans and forecasts at various levels, supporting merchandise strategies and initiatives. This role is responsible for the bottoms-up validation of the end-to-end business process from pre-season strategies to in-season OTB management.

Key Responsibilities
  • Pre-Season Planning: Collaborate in the development of brand, division, and category-level pre-season sales and margin plans that align with Duluth's financial goals and open-to-buy targets.
  • OTB Management: Lead monthly OTB financial plans at division and category levels by season, month, and week, ensuring brands and categories ladder up to total corporate financial targets.
  • Sales and Risk Monitoring: Proactively monitor and track changes to sales and OTB levels, reporting on risks and opportunities to merchandising strategies and key KPIs.
  • Financial Analysis: Analyze selling trends, taking action to maximize selling potential and minimize risk to sales, inventory, and profitability.
Requirements
  • A 4-year degree or minimum 5 years of inventory management and/or planning/forecasting experience.
  • Equivalent work experience considered.
  • 7+ years of Merchandise Planning experience, including 3+ years of leading teams and developing direct reports in a planning role.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and manage strategy and execution for multiple business areas with high complexity and change.
  • Experience transitioning from legacy systems to best-in-class merchandise planning practices.
  • Demonstrated success leading teams to significant profitable growth through analysis, vision, partnership, cross-functional leadership, execution, and measurement.
Benefits
  • A competitive salary range of $83,000 to $105,000 per year.
  • A comprehensive benefits package, including 12-week full-pay parental leave, paid holiday time, and more.
  • A dynamic work environment at our headquarters near Madison, WI, with flexible remote work options.


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