IM Planner, ON Sport - Mens and Boys

About the Role

What You'll Do

• Evaluate inventory strategy and adjust to react to changes in in-season business. 

• Partner with manager to create and align seasonal allocation strategies that supports the inventory investment, and develop contingency plans to minimize risks 

• Forecast, track, and communicate inventory levels throughout product pipeline to ensure execution of strategies 

• Owns allocations, inventory and positioning for Vendor Managed Inventory/Basics including collaborating on receipts with cross functional team and vendors. 

• Shares out weekly and seasonal business review  

• Drive size and pack process to optimize inventory levels; use hindsight to build strategy to improve performance  

• Ability to evaluate financial indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results 

• Identifies, communicates and resolves inventory callouts, DC capacity constraints, or other business issues in a timely manner 

• Provide insight at milestones meetings and be a partner on solutions 

• Evaluate style performance and own inventory adjustments to support sales forecast in conjunction with marketing events and seasonality. 

• Assist with onboarding new team members 

Who You Are

• Possess and demonstrate expert analysis and problem-solving skills, driving for innovative approaches to meet objectives with speed and conviction
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well as part of a cross functional team
• Comfortable with complex systems and large data sets
• Experience in advanced Microsoft Excel
• 3+ years work experience, preferably in Allocation, Planning, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Stores 

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with proficiency in retail math