Associate Planner, Retail Custom

Associate Planner, Retail Custom

About us:  

vineyard vines is a highly successful, privately held, American clothing and accessory retailer founded in 1998 on Martha’s Vineyard by brothers, Shep & Ian Murray. With Shep & Ian still at the helm today, vineyard vines has experienced exponential year over year growth and now operates over 120 retail locations including an outlet division, a successful e-commerce business, domestic distribution center, and expanding corporate headquarters. In addition, vineyard vines is carried in major department stores such as Nordstrom and Bloomingdales as well as numerous specialty boutiques across the US.   

vineyard vines was founded on a state of mind that Every day should feel this good.  

You don’t need to be on a beach, by the ocean or on vacation to have Every day should feel this good moments. It’s a state of mind that we all experience, and one where everyone is invited. At vineyard vines, we don’t just live an #EDSFTG life away from our desks—we bring it to work with us, too.   

In our stores, at our Harbor Drive headquarters or working remotely, our company culture is fun, encouraging and welcoming to all. We work hard and play harder, and we never take ourselves too seriously. And while we have many company goals, our number one priority is making vineyard vines a great place to work for all employees.   

Our team is our family, and we’d never have grown to where we are today without them.  

We’re committed to building an inclusive team across all channels, departments and stores within our community. We hope you’ll join us and see what the smiling pink whale is all about

Overview: 

The Associate Planner, Retail Custom is responsible for identifying, analyzing and communicating sales and inventory opportunities by location. This is a critical role providing financial  recommendations pre-season and in season to support the merchandising strategy and financial objectives. The RC Associate Planner will report directly to the Senior Manager, Merchandise Planning.

Key Responsibilities:

Pre-Season -

• Provide seasonal hindsight analysis and partner with merchandising on future product positioning and opportunities
• Create preseason department and category plans for all financial components
• Ownership of bottoms up SKU plans, buy quantification and product life cycle by location
• Present financial buy strategies to leadership for Investment Review

In Season-

• Communicate financial results, forecasts and action plans to leadership and cross-functional team on a weekly basis
• Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities by category and style
• Present monthly re-forecast and supporting action plans at OTB
• Identify inventory risks and opportunities and work cross-functionally to solve

What You Bring:

• Possess a clear understanding of financial measurements: sales, gross margin, weeks of supply, inventory turn, sell through, etc. and how to impact them
• Knowledge and experience with analyzing large data sets
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel – pivot tables, v-lookups, index match, etc.
• Strong interpersonal communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Ability to negotiate with and influence peers, members of a cross-functional team, and management
• Strong time management, prioritization and organizational skills to achieve on-time deliverables with accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to effectively receive and communicate feedback
• An understanding and adherence to all policies related to the organization
• Passion for the vineyard vines brand

Every-day will feel this good because:

• We have a fun-spirited entrepreneurial culture filled with truly "good" people
• We offer a generous employee discount so you can rep our lifestyle on-and-off the boat
• We offer a competitive salary package, 401-K, commuter benefits, and paid-family leave, health savings, flex spending accounts, life & disability insurance
• We have an onsite gym as well as health & financial wellness programs to keep you active
• We offer 2 summer Fridays to take off in addition to a competitive vacation policy & holiday calendar