Planner, RFNA

Tory Burch • New York, NY

19d

About The Position

The Planner, Retail Planning is responsible for analyzing and forecasting the North America Retail business through strategic merchandise planning, controlled inventory management, and actionable reporting and insights. The planner maintains monthly divisional open-to-buy (OTB) plans for select categories and communicates both pre-season and in-season plans. The role calls for strong retail math and analytical skills, planning experience, creative problem-solving, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The planner develops and maintains financial plans, forecasts sales, margin, receipts, and inventory, and identifies risks and opportunities that require action. The role partners with buying, corporate merchandise planning, and production teams to shape assortments, manage key-item plans, support buying decisions, and ensure inventory is positioned to meet business goals. The planner also evaluates promotional and seasonal performance, pricing and markdowns, and sales and inventory results, translating analysis into recommendations and reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• At least 4 years of experience in a planning- or finance-related field.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills paired with strategic business acumen.
• Detail-oriented, results-driven, highly motivated, and entrepreneurial.
• Strong organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with planning and business reporting applications.
• Prior ecommerce experience is highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Maintain monthly and yearly OTB plans, including reforecasting sales, margin, receipts, and inventory.
• Review plans and forecasts, identify risks and opportunities, and drive action plans.
• Communicate business performance in weekly meetings and monthly OTB meetings.
• Recommend actions to maximize sales and margin, optimize inventory, and mitigate risk.
• Ensure on-order and committed receipts deliver on time to support forecasts; recommend chasing or reflowing receipts when appropriate.
• Create annualized financial plans for assigned categories, including sales, gross margin, receipt, and inventory targets, aligned with the merchandise financial plan.
• Manage buy tools and complete buys in collaboration with the buying team.
• Ensure key-item plans are factored into assortments and that final assortments and inventory buys support sales and sell-through targets, including key ecommerce event periods.
• Review and manage key-item planners weekly, communicate demand requirements to corporate merchandise planning and production based on the buy calendar, and report key-item performance and trends in weekly business meetings.
• Collaborate with buying to understand stock needs for fashion best sellers and key marketing messages.
• Prepare for promotional and seasonal periods by ensuring sufficient stock overall and in expected best sellers.
• Analyze event performance against forecast and last year, and communicate results.
• Review pricing and markdown analysis with Buying and support price-change and promotional-strategy decisions.
• Analyze sales and inventory reports and develop strategies to achieve plan.
• Complete analysis supporting the buy process, including size-level analysis.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and rewards for high performance.
• Generous benefits supporting mental and physical health, financial security, and wellness.
• Employee discount and access to exclusive sample sales.
• Free on-demand executive coaching.
• Paid volunteer days and opportunities to give back through the Tory Burch Foundation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level