Global Line Planner

Patagonia • Ventura, IA

2d • $125,000 - $135,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Global Line Planner is responsible for seasonal global sales and inventory planning. They will evaluate current sales trends, sales history, and the competitive landscape to build accurate pre-season sales and inventory plans by region for select product categories, ensuring alignment to the Business Unit strategy and in support of the Merchandise Financial Plans. The Global Line Planner provides insights regarding product sales trends, sales opportunities, inventory risk and the state of the global business to leadership and relevant cross-functional partners.

Requirements

• College degree in a related field preferred or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of merchandise planning/demand forecasting/ buying experience
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Working knowledge of personal computers with experience in the use of such programs as Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Advanced Excel, database, and reporting tools (i.e. Tableau/Power BI) required.
• Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to prioritize workload.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Extreme attention to detail.
• Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships.
• Must be a self-starter with ability to work in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage pre-season sales and inventory plans by region to provide accurate style and color plans to support Merchandise Financial Plans, Business Unit Strategy, and Factory projections
• Participate in pre-season assortment planning process to assess product costs, anticipated margins, volumes, and retail prices to ensure the financial viability of the product line.
• Work closely with Product Line Managers to build style and color assortment targets that bring product strategy to fruition
• Consolidate, analyze, and reconcile monthly regional pre-season forecasts to identify risks and opportunities, making recommendations for necessary adjustments relative to strategic initiatives and inventory positions.
• Work closely with regional planning partners to understand their level of adoption to the global assortment and appropriately reflect this in the global pre-season projections
• Partner with Supply Planning to manage global monthly inventory buys, based off regional sales and inventory forecasts
• Manage and make recommendations on MOQ and MCQ (minimum style and color quantity) to minimize excess inventory and markdowns.
• Develop and maintain monthly, and seasonal performance reporting as needed, leveraging Company-supported tools.
• Identify opportunities to create process improvement and efficiencies.
• Present findings and operational results cross-functionally.
• Ad hoc reporting and projects as required.

Benefits

• Patagonia offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, retirement and leave of absence plans.
• Benefit plans may vary slightly depending on the nature of your employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees