Assistant Sales Planner

CosmoProf • Plano, TX

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Assistant Sales Planner works with merchandising and coordinates with vendors, BSG merchants and buyers, stores, management, and franchisees to determine appropriate monthly purchase quantities for promotional and sell-through products by vendor. The role partners with Planning & Allocation to support product flow for franchise needs. It also supports promotional ordering, including accurate manufacturer order recaps, promotional order schedules, appropriate SKU setup, and order changes to help ensure timely shipment.

The planner analyzes product sales and factors affecting results, recommends sales targets and order quantities, and determines purchase quantities for existing and new products. The role negotiates and executes promotional details and vendor funding support, forecasts and tracks co-op funding, enters monthly orders and future forecasts, and maintains communication with stakeholders about product information, trends, needs, and plan adjustments.

This is a hybrid position based at the Sally Beauty Support Center in Legacy West, Plano, Texas. The schedule is onsite Monday through Wednesday and remote Thursday and Friday. The typical work environment is a support-center office, and the work is sedentary, with occasional walking, standing, bending, carrying light items, or driving to a store location.

Requirements

• 2–3 years of relevant work experience in customer service or administrative assistant-related fields.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, and Outlook, and Adobe.
• Experience with ERP systems.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate recaps for manufacturer promotional orders, establish promotional order schedules, ensure product SKUs are set up appropriately, and make changes to promotional orders to support timely shipping.
• Coordinate with vendors, BSG merchants and buyers, stores, management, and franchisees to determine optimal monthly purchase quantities for promotional and sell-through products by vendor.
• Partner with Planning & Allocation to ensure appropriate product flow for franchise needs.
• Analyze product sales history and factors that influence successful and unsuccessful sales results.
• Partner with Merchandising and Marketing on Shopping Guide or magazine placement by SKU, based on strongest ROI and unit turns.
• Recommend sales targets and order quantities for sales out and receipts in for contract negotiations.
• Determine purchase quantities for existing products based on sales history and likely continuation of product appeal.
• Determine purchase quantities for new products based on product features, differentiation from existing products, and anticipated demand.
• Negotiate, secure, and execute promotional details.
• Negotiate, create, and forecast co-ops for vendor funding support.
• Work with Merchant Finance Partners to provide co-op forecast visibility.
• Create and negotiate AMLP co-ops; communicate with buyers and Merchant Finance and track and process co-ops.
• Assist AMLP planners with franchise business practices as needed.
• Enter monthly order placements and future forecasts.
• Maintain communication with key stakeholders, including vendors, merchandising staff, stores, management, and FS management.
• Gather and consolidate stakeholder input on product information, trends, needs, and plan adjustments.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Paid vacation and sick days.
• Paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Access to an in-house salon with complimentary services.
• Varied food options at the corporate campus.
• Merchandise discount at onsite Sally Beauty and CosmoProf Professional stores.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level