Planner
J.Jill•Quincy, MA
•$75,000 - $100,000•Onsite
About The Position
The Planner will be responsible for the complete financial management of assigned areas of responsibility, including the creation of financial and merchandise plans, actualization of results, and a keen ability to identify, communicate, and implement strategic business opportunities at the category, style/choice, and season code levels. The Planner will forecast sales, markdowns, and inventory levels on a regular basis and identify risks to the business and develop action plans in cooperation with their merchandising partner to mitigate risks profitably.
Requirements
- Proven track record of financially astute business management
- Expertise in retail math with strong analytical skills and learning agility
- Strong problem solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to identify and clearly communicate business opportunities and risks (analytical and data reasoning)
- Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate with cross functional team
- Good organization and workload prioritization skills
- Proficient in planning systems and Microsoft Office
- Proven process of improvement and problem solving
- Bachelor’s degree
- 3+ years of experience in retail planning and analysis
Responsibilities
- Creates monthly financial plans at the category level for fiscal time periods
- Presents Reforecast of sales, gross margin, and inventory at Monthly Business Meetings (MBR)
- Plans all Basics, Seasonal Basics and Fashion styles by choice
- Reforecasts all Basic and Seasonal Basic Key Items for all choices (sales, margin, inventory)
- Partners with Allocation on all basic stock replenishment (order quantity by style, color, and size)
- Partners with Sourcing on all basic receipt shifts based on sales trends
- Recaps end of season performance at season, category, and style levels for merchandise buy period
- Conducts daily, monthly, quarterly, and seasonal sales reporting
- Merchant and Planner relationships are critical to the success of the business, so high level of collaboration is a must
- Connectivity to the product and creating product relationships versus history is important
Benefits
- Bonus eligible
- 401(k) retirement plan with discretionary match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Medical, dental, vision
- Company paid LTD/STD
- Generous amount of paid time off
- Generous associate discount
- Group discounts on auto, pet and homeowner insurance
- Discount Marketplace for travel, consumer products, food, auto buying, etc.
- Associate resource groups
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
