Associate Planner - Luggage

Macy's•Long Island City, NY

About The Position

The Associate Planner partners closely with the Director of Planning to develop location-specific financial plans and recommend strategies for core vendor plans in an assigned area of business. The role manages the business throughout the season by evaluating sales activity and trends, managing location inventory levels and replenishment, and driving sales, margin, and turn across stores and online channels. Using analytics and business intuition, the Associate Planner helps ensure products are available in the right place at the right time while meeting customer expectations and the sales and profitability goals for the assigned business. The Associate Planner ensures that financial strategies support national and localized assortments by store and channel, with appropriate receipt and inventory levels. The ideal candidate is analytical and strategic, collaborates effectively, balances multiple projects, and adapts to changing priorities. The role also involves communication, collaboration, use of office and computer systems, reviewing written and electronic information, and moving within the work environment to perform job responsibilities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree.
2–3 years of relevant analytical experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to read, write, and interpret reports and procedure manuals.
At least average mathematical skills, including the ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
Strong analytical and strategic skills, including the ability to identify data trends and present risks and opportunities.
Ability to manage workflow independently and effectively with minimal direction.
Ability to balance multiple projects and adapt to changing priorities.
Self-motivated, with a proactive approach to work responsibilities.
Strong team player who leverages others to make better decisions.
Strong PC skills, particularly in Excel, including VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and SUMIFS.
Ability to influence and collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

Provide independent and strategic recommendations to drive business outcomes.
Execute pre-season financial planning for a specific business unit, including department and vendor plans, VMTs, and daily sales and forecast plans.
Provide the Buyer with analytics and recommendations to support assortment decisions by channel and location.
Use analytics to guide merchants on vendor strategies that drive opportunities and minimize risks.
Attend vendor meetings related to planning to negotiate location and strategy plans, and advocate for location distribution of brands, items, and expanded replenishment offerings.
Perform quarterly hindsight analysis to inform future strategy.
Create pre-season daily sales plans by department and channel based on the marketing calendar, holiday shifts, markdowns, and promotional cadence.
Forecast daily sales and stock by channel and location to support the ROF process.
Allocate product orders to maximize business by channel and location.
Where appropriate, determine fixture plans and capacities by door and brand, manage inventory levels to fulfill customer needs, and balance fixture needs with business needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.