Store Planner and Allocator

Go! Retail Group • Austin, TX

151d

About The Position

Go! Retail Group is based in Austin, Texas, and is the world’s largest operator of holiday pop-up stores. We are the dominate retailer of calendars, games and toys products in shopping centers nationwide. We opened our first stores in 1993, and operate over 630 stores in malls, outlets, shopping centers, and lifestyle centers across the United States under Go! Calendars, Go! Games, and Go! Toys brands. Our business has grown to include year-round stores, in-house brands, e-commerce, 3PL services, and 380,000 square feet of warehouse space. Go! Retail Group is a family of brands comprised of Toys”R”Us Mall of America, Calendars.com, Go! Toys and Games, Calendar Club Australia/New Zealand, Calendar Club Canada, Calendar Club UK, Attic Salt, Snoozimals, NIQUEA.D, Carousel Worldwide, Tiny Headed Kingdom, and Kobioto. We are established retailers with a passion for innovation, operations, and community.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in merchandising, planning/allocation, buying or equivalent experience preferred
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Strong financial acumen and analytical skills, including the ability to read, analyze and interpret retail sales
• Advanced Excel skills and a knack for manipulating data
• Strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with merchandising, retail, and customer service
• Enthusiasm for planning and strategy
• Ability to work productively in a team environment
• Result driven, strategic, conceptual and innovative thinker

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience in a similar role is helpful but not required
• A good sense of humor is a big plus

Responsibilities

• Respond to store and customer requests
• Monitor and report sales trends to ensure that buy quantities and stock levels meet current trends
• Work with stores to actively manage inventory levels, including product requests and proactively increasing target orders on key core items
• Responsible for reviewing stock to sales ratios and ensuring plan sales, plan markups, and plan markdowns are achieved
• Assist in merchandising of stores and create store planograms; determine product and shelving needs per store
• Perform in-season and post-season reviews to identify opportunities to maximize sales and minimize loss
• Work with buyers and visual merchandisers to create productive store presentations, assorting merchandise across categories
• Manage allocation for incoming merchandise and maintain on-hand product targets by stores
• Collaborate with distribution manager to achieve inbound/outbound flow strategies
• Track shipments and resolve issues
• Review sales reports
• Some weekend work required

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• A generous employee discount to our retail stores
• Bonus opportunities
• Very relaxed dress code
• Strong 401K Match
• Generous PTO program
• Birthday Day Off
• Paid Maternity Leave
• Other fun perks
• Great working environment and team
• Open door environment
• Family atmosphere
• Good place to work and plan your career
• Fun company events

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees