Planner, Ecommerce
About The Position
The Planner, ECommerce will be responsible for building the annual demand budget by forecasting key e-commerce metrics such as daily traffic, conversion, Average Order Value (AOV), and Units Per Transaction (UPT). This role requires close collaboration with digital marketing, digital experience, site, and data teams to understand growth drivers, customer behaviors, and historical demand patterns. The position also involves managing the monthly Open to Buy (OTB) forecast, partnering with other planning teams to create a DTC Promotional Calendar, establishing receipt budgets, developing SKU plans, and creating seasonal, monthly, and weekly sales plans by department. Additionally, the role includes managing replenishment forecasts, identifying and implementing strategic business opportunities, assisting in reporting automation, and creating regular business analysis reports.
Requirements
- At minimum 3-5 years of experience in planning or buying.
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree.
- Able to manage own priorities and set own work objectives and proactively identify business issues and develop creative solutions.
- Must be a quick learner that is flexible and adaptive to changing priorities.
- Must be an excel master with the ability to build excel models.
- Excellent retail math and mathematical skills.
- Strong communication/multi-tasking skills.
- Ability to work cross functionally in a collaborative environment.
Nice To Haves
- E-commerce background preferred but not required.
- Experience using Anaplan MFP, Assortment, Allocation & Replenishment Apps a plus.
Responsibilities
- Build annual demand budget by forecasting daily traffic, conversion, AOV, and UPT for the e-commerce business by partnering with digital marketing, digital experience, site, and data teams by understanding expected growth by channel, site, and customer behaviors, selling patterns by department, and other marketing, promotional historical demand.
- Manage and update monthly OTB (Open to Buy Forecast for Net Sales, Gross Margin, Returns, Markdown vs. Full Price based on the demand forecast).
- Partner with Retail Store Planner and Wholesale teams to create DTC Promotional Calendar to forecast promotional sales plans including sales, margin, inventory while executing strategic promotional pricing and proposing strategies to liquidate excess inventory.
- Establish annual/seasonal classification level receipt budget by month and develop SKU plans.
- Create seasonal, monthly, and weekly plans by department.
- Manage and update replenishment style sales and on-order forecast bi-monthly.
- Identify, communicate, and implement strategic business opportunities.
- Assist in automating reporting process, run ad hoc reporting as needed.
- Creation of Monday reports and recaps used to analyze business and direct actions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional business partners on business needs.
Benefits
- Robust healthcare options for medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, and health savings account with employer funding
- 401(k) with employer match
- Generous paid time off plans for vacation, sick, and personal, volunteer time, as well as company holidays
- Hybrid and flexible work options available for roles that can be done remotely
- Clothing allowance & merchandise discounts
- $400 annual gym reimbursement
- Monthly data/phone stipend for eligible roles
- Mental health support tools and telehealth psychology and psychiatry
- Family and caregiving benefits including a competitive paid parental leave program as well as supplemental infertility coverage
- Life, accidental death & dismemberment, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance
- Supplemental hospital indemnity, specified disease, and accident coverage
- Pre-tax commuter benefits including transit and parking
- Discounted pet, home & auto, and legal insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
