Role overview

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree
3+ years of experience in retail planning and analysis
Proven track record of financially astute business management
Expertise in retail math with strong analytical skills

Responsibilities

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 daily, monthly, quarterly, and seasonal sales reporting

Key facts

Remote from: United States
Full time
Mid-level (2-5 years)
English

Hard skills

Financial Management Retail Operations Sales Forecasting Inventory Management Comprehensive Planning Organizational Structure

Other skills

Analytical Skills
Problem Solving
Microsoft Office
Decision Making
Communication
Teamwork

About the company

The Children's Place

Retail – Apparel & Fashion

The Children’s Place is the largest pure-play children’s specialty apparel retailer in North America. The Company designs, contracts to manufacture, sells and licenses to sell fashionable, high-quality merchandise at value prices, primarily under the proprietary “The Children’s Place”, "Place" and "Baby Place" brand names. As of November 3, 2018, the Company operated 988 stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, an online store at www.childrensplace.com, and had 211 international points of distribution open and operated by its eight franchise partners in 20 countries.

Company details

Company typeXLarge

IndustryRetail – Apparel & Fashion

Company size5001 - 10000

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Job description

Location:

Secaucus, New Jersey

Job Summary:

The Amazon 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:

Job Description

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

Hourly/Salary

$50,000.00 - $125,000.00 Salary

o Benefits include: Bonus eligible (depending on role), Paid Time Off, Employee Discount, 401(k) and company match, Wellness Reimbursement, Adoption Assistance, free backup care (for kids, pets & the elderly), choice of health insurance plans, company-paid life/AD&D, short and long term disability, a variety of voluntary benefits and an employee assistance program. Benefit offerings are subject to change and vary by role/level for each position. Respective waiting periods may apply to certain benefit offerings.

The Children's Place is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.