Planning Manager

Tapestry • New York, NY

3d

About The Position

Having keen analytical insight to manage sales, margin, and inventory forecasting while mitigating risk to drive sales growth for North America stores and ecommerce channels. The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in planning to lead monthly sales, margin, and inventory reforecasting by category, identifying risks and opportunities to achieve financial targets across categories and channels. They will analyze historical trends and in-season performance to understand business drivers and provide actionable insights to key stakeholders. This role also owns weekly and monthly promotional event planning, partnering with Buying to determine optimal discount strategies that balance sales and margin objectives, and reviews and approves seasonal markdowns, ensuring pricing strategies align with financial goals. The Planning Manager will manage the seasonal purchase budget process, collaborating with Buying and Global Planning to develop aligned category and channel sales, margin, and inventory plans. They will deliver quantitative and qualitative insights during business reviews, seasonal hindsight meetings, and investment reviews. Additionally, they will partner cross-functionally (Global Planning, Store Operations, Outlet, Wholesale, etc.) to optimize inventory management and support business strategies, oversee weekly product reporting for cross-functional teams, ensuring accuracy and visibility to key KPIs, and conduct ad-hoc analyses to deliver clear conclusions and recommended actions. The role also involves continuously evaluating and enhancing planning processes, systems, and reporting to drive efficiency and improve decision-making.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of prior planning experience, especially in a vertical retail organization.
• Strong communication skills
• Able to multi-task effectively through excellent time management and organizational skills
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills, both quantitative and qualitative
• Advanced proficiency with Excel (pivot tables, vlookup, sumif)

Nice To Haves

• Experience using a planning system, with an aptitude to quickly learn system functionality.
• Ability to manage working in fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly sales, margin, and inventory reforecasting by category, identifying risks and opportunities to achieve financial targets across categories and channels.
• Analyze historical trends and in-season performance to understand business drivers and provide actionable insights to key stakeholders.
• Own weekly and monthly promotional event planning, partnering with Buying to determine optimal discount strategies that balance sales and margin objectives.
• Review and approve seasonal markdowns, ensuring pricing strategies align with financial goals.
• Manage the seasonal purchase budget process, collaborating with Buying and Global Planning to develop aligned category and channel sales, margin, and inventory plans.
• Deliver quantitative and qualitative insights during business reviews, seasonal hindsight meetings, and investment reviews.
• Partner cross functionally (Global Planning, Store Operations, Outlet, Wholesale, etc.) to optimize inventory management and support business strategies.
• Oversee weekly product reporting for cross-functional teams, ensuring accuracy and visibility to key KPIs.
• Conduct ad-hoc analyses to deliver clear conclusions and recommended actions.
• Continuously evaluate and enhance planning processes, systems, and reporting to drive efficiency and improve decision-making.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401 (K)
• Paid Paternity and Maternity leave
• Commuter Benefits
• Disability insurance
• Tuition assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed