Retail Planning Manager

24 Hour Fitness

1d • Remote

About The Position

The Retail Planning Manager oversees retail planning and allocation for 24 Hour Fitness, ensuring accurate forecasting, inventory management, and promotional execution across 230+ clubs. This role is responsible for driving financial results through data-driven strategies and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• Superior analytical and retail math skills to support fact-based decisions and recommendations.
• Strong budgeting and forecasting expertise with proven ability to manage financial planning processes.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint).
• Experience with merchandise reporting, planning, and allocation systems.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare and deliver presentations.
• Ability to build and maintain professional relationships across diverse audiences and organizational levels.
• Skilled at balancing priorities and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Solution-oriented and results-driven; comfortable with ambiguity.
• Bachelor's Degree in business or merchandising or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of direct experience in Retail/Merchandise Planning, Allocation, and Inventory Management for a fast-paced retailer.
• Proven history of increasing responsibility and developing a broad base of business and leadership skills.
• Strong experience partnering with Category Management/Merchandising and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive business results.

Responsibilities

• Develop the Retail Annual Operating Plan, including department-level sales, margin, and inventory budgets aligned with product strategies and club-level targets.
• Maintain dynamic SKU-level forecasts for multiple distributors using real-time sales, inventory, and receipt data.
• Manage Open-to-Buy (OTB) process, month-end reconciliations, and margin reporting to support financial planning.
• Identify risks and opportunities to the business and recommend strategies to achieve financial goals.
• Lead monthly reforecasting and present financial scenarios to senior leadership for review and approval.
• Execute the full promotion process, including forecasting, purchasing, allocation planning, performance recaps, and credit requests.
• Analyze slow-turning SKUs and recommend edits, markdowns, or promotional strategies to optimize inventory and reduce reserve risk.
• Maintain pricing integrity through markdown management and cost/retail updates.
• Support new SKU onboarding, including forecast integration, system settings, and allocation planning.
• Drive allocation processes in Mi9, ensuring accurate inventory status, clearance management, and purchase order authorizations.
• Manage club-level reporting to make recommendations and influence allocation strategies and oversee item replenishment settings in Mi9 to ensure accurate allocation processes.
• Deliver weekly and monthly reporting, including sales dashboards, inventory status, promotional performance, and margin analysis.
• Develop and deliver retail performance reporting for sales, margin, inventory, and OTB.
• Create and maintain reporting frameworks across daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal cadences.
• Analyze merchandise and location-level data to provide actionable recommendations.
• Track and report on tests and new initiatives, providing clear performance results and guidance.
• Build strong partnerships and maintain clear communication with key stakeholders, including Operations, Allocations, Inventory Accounting, Finance, and IT.
• Collaborate with Operations and Field Leadership to support initiatives and resolve challenges.
• Strengthen relationships with distributor and vendor partners to optimize Inventory and purchasing strategies based on various initiatives and timeline
• Drive process improvements to increase efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
• Partner with cross-functional teams on tool implementations and reporting innovations.
• Support system upgrades, integrations, and testing to ensure smooth adoption.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation in planning and reporting.

Benefits

• paid time off
• medical and dental coverage
• 401k with match for qualifying positions
• a free gym membership
• discounts on products and personal training
• Employee Resource Groups that you can connect with to participate in community events both in-person and virtually

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees