Free People Assistant Planner / Allocator - Beauty
Free People•Philadelphia, PA
•Onsite
About The Position
Free People is looking for an Assistant Planner / Allocator to support the Planning & Allocation team in driving sales, inventory productivity, and profitability through effective merchandise planning, allocation, and business analysis to achieve financial objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Fashion, Business, or a related field.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Flexible and adaptable to changing business needs.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Collaborative team player with a proactive approach.
- Resourceful and solutions-oriented mindset.
Responsibilities
- Own planning and allocation for assigned product classes.
- Analyze business performance to identify sales, inventory, and profitability opportunities for both Direct and Retail
- Build, maintain, and distribute weekly, month-end, and ad hoc reporting
- Identify regional and attribute-level trends and recommend actions
- Ensure accuracy and integrity of forecasts, reports, and planning tools
- Apply retail math and financial metrics to evaluate business performance
- Prepare for, and participate in, re-forecasting, buys, and inventory management for both assortment reviews and OTB processes
- Become an expert on the business and work with your manager on strategy to find comp opportunity
- Partner with Buying and other cross functional partners to execute merchandise strategies
- Create clear, actionable analyses and presentations for business partners and leadership
- Collaborate with planning and allocation group to share best practices and drive process improvements
- Translate data into insights and recommendations that support business decisions
- Own store in-stock rules and reporting
- Analyzing sales to stock ratios and product flow management, new purchase orders and backstock allocations
- Ensure the right product is delivered to stores at the right time
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- PTO
- generous employee discounts
- retirement savings
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
