Merchandise Planner

Rothy's•San Francisco, CA

2d•$82,000 - $99,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Merchandising Planning team is always on top of the latest trends—using data, research, exceptional taste and expert analytical skills to ensure we’ve got the right product in the right places at the right time. They work closely with partners in Production, Marketing and Merch to forecast, plan and manage our inventory—ensuring we delight our customers with products they love. As a Merchandise Planner at Rothy’s, you’ll own the creation, management and execution of end-to-end sales, gross margin and merchandise planning strategies to achieve or exceed seasonal plans. You’ll collaborate with the Merchandising team to ensure each seasonal assortment maximizes sales and gross margin while optimizing inventory. You’ll partner closely with Production to support their needs and influence delivery timing to maximize both sales and gross margin. You’ll also support the Planning Manager of Growth Areas to shape company-wide plans and forecasts.

Requirements

A strong drive to maximize sales and Gross Margin while optimizing inventory levels.
The ability to read and react to business results and understand how decisions impact them.
Clear and influential communication skills across written, verbal and visual formats, with the ability to present to both peers and senior leadership.
Strong self-management skills, including the ability to prioritize, manage up and maximize your contribution.
Proficiency using financial metrics to measure business performance.
The ability to quickly develop tool and system proficiency.

Nice To Haves

Curious and proactive - a self starter with a bias for action.
A collaborative team player who enjoys working with cross-functional teams.
Detail-oriented and organized, with strong follow-through on competing priorities.
A clear communicator who can translate data and analysis into easy-to-understand narratives for a range of audiences.
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to stay nimble in a fast-moving environment.
Solutions-oriented - you approach challenges as opportunities and bring a point of view to the table.
Energized by working for an innovative, purpose-driven brand.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary owner for all things related to Kids & Accessories - spanning sales, gross margin, inventory and receipts.
Maximize sales and gross margin while optimizing inventory levels through rigorous hindsighting to identify risks and opportunities at a monthly and quarterly level—including assortment content across multiple product attributes, optimal colorway breadth, optimal depth and optimal total receipt levels.
Influence cross-functional partners using clearly synthesized analysis from hindsight work on breadth, depth and content.
Develop pre-season category financial targets that align with seasonal product strategy—covering sales, gross margin and inventory.
Own, negotiate and communicate financial targets vs. bottom-up roll across OTB, Investment Review and Hindsight processes for your functional area.
Track weekly, monthly and quarterly sales and inventory performance vs. plan to identify and communicate opportunities and risks through OTB meetings.
Recognize macro-economic or socio-cultural events that can impact demand, and recommend how to respond from an investment or in-season management perspective.
Partner with Production and Logistics to communicate replenishment and initial order needs and timelines—and influence optimal delivery timing.
Develop, run and publish reporting for the cross-functional team as the single source of truth.
Develop and evolve planning tools with the Head of Merchandise Planning and cross-functional partners.