Senior Planner

Centric Brands • New York, NY

5d • $80,000 - $110,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Wholesale Planner will actively manage the life cycle of brands in Centric Brands’ Men’s Luxury wholesale and DTC business. This individual will work with the Director of Planning and collaborate with Sales, Production, Finance, account partners, and other cross-functional teams to proactively manage the business and achieve financial goals. The role involves sales reporting and analysis, account-level forecasting and open-to-buy management, seasonal planning, and ownership of the DTC buy process. The successful candidate is self-starting, analytical, collaborative, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in wholesale or retail planning.
• Strong analytical skills and high attention to detail.
• Strong understanding of retail math, including sales, gross margin, markup, and markdown rates.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and advanced Excel skills, including SUMIF, LOOKUP formulas, and pivot tables.
• Ability to draw conclusions and make insightful recommendations.
• Ability to solve problems independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to prioritize workload amid changing priorities.
• Comfort working with standardized recaps and reporting formats, and ability to create ad hoc reports to clearly present business information.
• Ability to balance the needs and demands of multiple accounts, sales leads, and senior management as business needs change frequently.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of SAP and/or Tillerman.

Responsibilities

• Create, update, and publish weekly retail sales results reports in Excel for the Leadership team, including actionable takeaways.
• Set up and actualize daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal reporting.
• Analyze reporting results and discuss issues or opportunities in weekly sales meetings.
• Maintain forward-looking projections for Core Replenishment SKUs and size orders, and coordinate timing with Production.
• Create and maintain monthly Excel projection files forecasting account-level sales, gross margin, receipts, and markdowns.
• Own and maintain account-level seasonal open-to-buy plans to analyze sales, markdowns, receipts, and stock levels and support business decisions.
• Prepare seasonal hindsight analyses of assortment performance to inform future strategies.
• Build future-season budget files and partner with Sales to identify opportunities and strategies to optimize product assortments.
• Own the DTC buy process, including style selection, country distribution, and open-to-buy.
• Participate in product reviews with Sales, Merchandising, and Design to ensure alignment.
• Partner with Digital Marketing on promotions, email selections, and site merchandising.
• Create and distribute reports and visualizations on DTC sales, promotions, and inventory performance.
• Provide ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed.
• Establish strong relationships with key internal and external cross-functional partners.
• Foster a collaborative, positive, results-driven work environment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Matching 401(k).
• Summer Fridays.
• Generous paid time off.
• Merchandise discounts.
• Career development opportunities.
• Volunteerism opportunities through the Centric Cares social impact program.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion workshops, resources, and conversations through the D&I committee.

What This Job Offers

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