Manager Wholesale Planning

Crocs, Inc.•Westminster, CO

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager Wholesale Planning is responsible to read business trends and react with actionable plans to deliver profitable growth and inventory turns. This role coordinates cross-functional teams to achieve consensus demand plans, translating sell-in and sell-out data into seasonal and monthly plans that will drive purchase requirements. Will be a key contributor driving in-season strategies as well as instrumental to Pre -Season Merchandising milestones providing data driven direction and guidance.

Requirements

An undergraduate degree in business, supply chain, buying, planning, or a related field is required; however, candidates with significant and relevant work experience may be considered as exceptions.
5+ years planning OTB / Demand; highly desirable to be within a multichannel setting particularly in the apparel / footwear business
Forecasting & Demand Planning experience required
OTB experience required
Familiarization with Inventory Management and Service level planning
Experience in Merchandising Financial Planning process and/or Integrated Business Planning
Must have advanced experience in Excel tools and functionality
Experience with Integrated Planning systems
Use of AI innovation to develop tools and streamline process

Nice To Haves

Power BI Experience desired with focus on dashboard development

Responsibilities

Lead WHSL Demand Planning Team across all Monthly Processes
Drive Revenue vs. Supply Needs while balancing Commercial and Financial Targets
Approve the Monthly Channel Plan by-material, including WOS and Inventory Policies
Maintain Core weeks of supply In-Stock requirements by size
Wholesale Subject matter expert in-system across Pre-Season and Monthly planning modules
Balance Demand/Sales and Receipts to Planned Inventory KPI’s targets
Evaluate Forecast Accuracy monthly across Core and NPI
Drive monthly S&OP process with input from Key Accounts and Commercial Leaders
Collaborate & Approve Rolling 18 mos. Open– to-Buy, focusing on major class turn, driving capacity and strategy to maximize revenues
Create effective strategies within the team to consistently achieve weekly, monthly, and seasonal goals with accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to scope.
Mentor, Develop and Guide team members to professional success
Own Team Calendar and optimization of workflow
Work with Global Planning, Regional Merchants, Finance and Commercial Team to determine best seasonal goals aligning with channel KPI targets
Develop channel/classification targets with Sales leaders including full price and Tier 4
Approve channel splits by country and warehouse to ensure in-stock and revenue goals attained