Sr Director Planning and Allocation

BJ's Wholesale Club

94d • $179,000

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 experience 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

• BJ’s pays weekly.
• Eligible for free BJ's Inner Circle and Supplemental membership(s).
• Generous time off programs to support busy lifestyles including Vacation, Personal, Holiday, Sick, Bereavement Leave, Jury Duty.
• Benefit plans for your changing needs including three medical plans, Health Savings Account (HSA), two dental plans, vision plan, flexible spending.
• 401(k) plan with company match (must be at least 18 years old).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees