Associate Planner

Guess?, LLC.•Los Angeles, CA

11d•$72,384 - $75,000

About The Position

The Associate Planner assists with the development, planning, execution, and communication of product strategies and assortments designed to meet or exceed financial goals. The role monitors sales and inventory performance, helps create seasonal and pre-season plans, and recommends actions to support sales, gross margin, and inventory-turn targets. Within GUESS?, LLC's Merchandise Planning department, Planners examine past style and classification performance, forecast future results, and manage inventory levels. They work closely with Buying and Allocation teams to optimize merchandise buy quantities and store allocations, and collaborate across functions to support replenishment, store assortment, and inventory planning.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree.
0–2 years of experience.

Responsibilities

Review actual sales performance weekly or monthly, re-project in-season sales and inventories, and recommend strategies to achieve financial goals.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on basic replenishment styles to optimize sales and inventory.
Assist in presenting forecasted sales and inventory plans.
Plan inventory levels to maximize sales and monitor sales and inventory to ensure optimal store assortments.
Analyze open-to-buy (OTB) and take action as necessary by reviewing sales and inventory against financial goals and recommending changes to future order quantities, deliveries, pricing, or markdown strategies.
Develop seasonal strategies and plans that meet or exceed sales, gross margin, and inventory-turn targets for one or more departments.
Create pre-season sales and inventory plans by department, class, and style, and recognize risks and opportunities within each plan.
Communicate with stores to address individual store needs and ensure optimal new-store assortment plans and proper inventory levels.