Manager, Assortment Planning

Dollar Tree•Chesapeake, VA

7d•$110,000 - $118,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, Assortment Planning provides guidance, direction, and training to assortment planners to drive sales and margin by establishing appropriate assortments by department, category, and/or subcategory. The role is based at Dollar Tree’s corporate office in Chesapeake, Virginia. The manager trains the team on assortment-planning best practices and standardized processes, ties merchandise financial plans to department and category plans, and oversees the training and development of the Assortment Planning organization. The position works closely with Merchant partners, Inventory Management, and Merchandise Planning to align category direction, sales plans, receipt flow, inventory management, and broader business plans. It also participates in category-level merchandise strategy reviews and monthly performance reviews.

Requirements

Experience managing at least 3–5 direct reports.
Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS, or 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 successful experience creating and presenting item plans.
Ability to consolidate, analyze, and communicate data into actionable direction.
Ability to drive business decisions using data to support sales, profit, product assortment efficiencies, and business objectives.
Proven ability to lead others and function effectively in a team environment.
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

Train assortment planners on best practices and standardized processes, including category clustering, SKU counts by category and cluster, minimum presentation quantities, SKU receipt quantities and flow by cluster, premarket analysis, and assortment-planning tool usage.
Tie top-down merchandise financial plans to department and category plans in alignment with corporate financial strategy and financial plans.
Oversee the training and development of the Assortment Planning organization.
Implement strategies to incorporate space and presentation standards into the assortment process.
Partner with Merchant partners to understand and drive category and product direction and sales plans.
Partner with Inventory Management to ensure receipt flow generated by assortment planning is smooth across weeks.
Partner with Merchandise Planning to align plans and inventory management activities.
Participate in Category Level Merchandise Strategy Reviews.
Participate in the monthly performance review process.