Sr Director Planning and Allocation

BJ's Wholesale Club • BJ's Club Support Center Marlborough, MA

11d • $206,375 - $261,125 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Director of Planning and Allocation is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction in Planning and Allocation with the goal of meeting/exceeding sales, margin, inventory turn and most importantly deliver high member in-stock. Providing support and partnership to the Merchant team to execute the merchandising strategies and achieve the financial goals. Promoting a collaborative team culture between P&A, Merchants, and Operations. Driving high team member engagement in service of our members. Leading the strategic roadmap for people, processes and technology.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 10 - 15 years of progressive and demonstratable in Retail Management
• Drive and resilience to effectively manage a large scope of responsibility to achieve financial targets based on a sound knowledge of merchandising concepts
• Thinks conceptually and strategically
• Builds and maintains productive cross-functional relationships
• Crafts targeted and effective executive level verbal and written communications
• Fosters a strong team environment and works effectively with all levels of management
• Adapts to shifting circumstances in a business environment
• Exhibits a continuous learning mindset to grow new capabilities
• Provides direction, counseling and coaching to team
• Develops creative solutions to business problem solving and takes intelligent risks
• Works effectively with cross-functional leaders to achieve sound financial and merchandising solutions based on data, analysis, and experience

Responsibilities

• Leads long-range planning process with Key suppliers and gives insight to DC’s and Clubs on inventory flow variations.
• Leads the bottoms-up demand planning process and reconciles top-down merchandise financial planning targets for sales, gross margin and inventory.
• Executes the replenishment process to ensure sales, margin and inventory targets meet corporate goals and expectations and resolves differences as appropriate
• Oversees by-Club demand planning and inventory management for the core assortment and seasonal allocation strategies and item life cycle management.
• Supports Merchant team during product planning processes (hind-sighting, merchandise strategy, assortment & buy planning) with analytics and reconciliations to merchandise plans and inventory strategies
• Develops a high-quality team through leading, coaching and providing constructive feedback with a focus on acquiring, developing, and retaining talent
• Leads transformation of new systems and tools that enable continued improvements in efficacy and efficiency of the assortment planning and allocation process

Benefits

• Weekly Pay: Get paid every week so that you can manage your money on your terms.
• Free BJ’s Memberships: Enjoy a complimentary The Club Card Membership, plus a free Supplemental Membership for someone in your household.
• Generous Paid Time Off: Take the time you need with vacation, personal, sick days, holidays, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Flexible and Affordable Health Benefits: Choose from three medical plans, and access optional dental, vision, Health Savings Account (HSA), and flexible spending account options to fit your lifestyle.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan: Build your financial future with a company match (available to team members 18 and older).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Accumulate funds through after-tax payroll deductions that can be used to purchase shares of BJ’s common stock at a 15% discount.

What This Job Offers

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