Planner

Fanatics • Miramar, FL

137d

About The Position

The Planner is responsible for owning category-level business performance through thoughtful pre-season planning, in-season management, open-to-buy, and SKU-level planning. This role partners closely with the product team to align inventory, assortment, and financial plans with customer demand and seasonal trends. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, detail-oriented, and exceptionally comfortable in Excel, with a track record of building tools, improving reporting, and turning data into clear action.

Requirements

• Experience with pre-season planning, in-season management, open-to-buy, and SKU-level planning.
• Deep understanding of seasonality, demand trends, and inventory management.
• Comfort working closely with product, buying, and other cross-functional teams.
• Experience with ad hoc analysis, forecasting, recapping, and translating data into action.
• Familiarity with markdowns, pricing, and margin optimization.
• Reporting and visualization experience preferred; Domo experience is a plus.
• 3–5 years of experience in merchandise planning, retail planning, inventory management, or a related analytical function.
• A bachelor’s degree is required.
• Highly proficient in Excel with experience building tools, models, and reporting frameworks from scratch or improving existing ones.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Comfort evaluating and applying AI-enabled solutions to streamline planning workflows and enhance productivity.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.

Nice To Haves

• Domo experience is preferred for reporting and visualization support.

Responsibilities

• Own category-level performance across sales, margin, inventory, receipts, and open-to-buy, ensuring plans support financial and operational goals.
• Build and maintain pre-season plans and SKU-level plans that reflect business goals, seasonality, and product strategies.
• Manage in-season performance through weekly forecasting, business recaps, and plan adjustments based on sales trends, inventory position, and risk/opportunity.
• Partner closely with the product team to support assortment decisions, launch timing, and inventory investments.
• Analyze category and SKU performance and develop actionable recommendations to improve sell-through, inventory productivity, and margin.
• Perform ad hoc analysis to answer business questions, identify trends, and support decision-making across the organization.
• Build and maintain Excel-based tools, templates, and reporting models to support planning and business management.
• Create reporting that improves visibility into performance, seasonality, risks, and opportunities; Domo experience is preferred for reporting and visualization support.
• Support markdown, pricing, and inventory actions in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Present clear, concise insights and recommendations to the Director of Planning and other key stakeholders.

Benefits

• Join a team where analytical thinking, collaboration, and ownership are valued every day.
• Opportunity to own a meaningful category business and shape planning processes, tools, and reporting.
• Work closely with leadership and cross-functional partners to influence business outcomes and improve decision-making.

What This Job Offers

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