Manager, Assortment Planning
Dollar Tree•Chesapeake, VA
•$110,000 - $118,000•Onsite
About The Position
As a Manager, Assortment Planning at Dollar Tree’s corporate office, you’ll provide guidance, direction, and training to assortment planners to drive sales and margin by establishing appropriate assortments by dept, category, and/or subcategory.
Requirements
- Experience managing at least 3-5 direct reports
- Bachelor’s degree (BA / BS / BFA) or equivalent
- Assortment planning or merchandising background
- Relevant experience and understanding of key retail operations, such as Merchandising, Store Operations, Logistics, Finance, Information Systems, and Planning
- Proven and successful experience in the creation and presentation of item plans
- Ability to consolidate, analyze, and communicate data into actionable direction
- Ability to drive business decisions based on numerous data to drive sales, profit, and product assortment efficiencies, supporting business objectives
- Proven ability to lead others and function effectively in a team environment
- Possesses strong organizational skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities
- Ability to train, manage, and motivate direct reports
- Excellent communication skills
Responsibilities
- Training best practices and standardized processes for assortment planning, including but not limited to: Cluster establishment by category, Number of SKUs per category, Number of SKUs per category per cluster, Minimum presentation quantities for SKU / cluster, Total SKU receipt quantities and flow by cluster, Analysis for premarket, Asst planning tool usage
- Tying back to the top-down merchandise financial plan to the Department and Category level, which ties to corporate financial strategy and financial plans
- Overseeing the training and development of the Assortment Planning organization
- Implementing strategy to incorporate space and presentation standards into assortment process
- Partnering closely with Merchant partners to understand/drive category/product direction and sales plans
- Partnering with Inventory Management team to ensure receipt flow generated from assortment planning is smooth across weeks
- Partnering with Merchandise Planning to ensure plans and inventory management activities are aligned
- Participating in Category Level Merchandise Strategy Reviews
- Participating in the monthly performance review process
Benefits
- medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement plans with matching contribution
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Educational Assistance
- Access to PerkSpot, an employee discount platform for goods and services
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
