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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 4+ years of experience in merchandise planning, allocation, or financial analysis.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and Excel skills.
• Ability to translate data into insights and influence cross-functional partners.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong presentation abilities.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience planning across multiple categories or channels.
• Advanced proficiency with planning tools and retail analytics systems.
• Demonstrated success managing OTB and seasonal investment strategies.
• Understanding of retail metrics such as sell-through, turn, and inventory-to-sales ratio.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the manager to develop preseason financial strategy that connects to and supports total JCG goals.
• Build preseason sales, margin, and inventory plans by department and class using historical data and current trend insights.
• Develop a bottoms-up style plan with Merchandising, recommending rank, depth of buy, and flow timing.
• Summarize tops-down versus bottoms-up plans, incorporating metrics such as markup, average unit cost, margin rate, available inventory, discount rates, and sell-through.
• Present preseason plans and financial recommendations during investment and line review meetings.
• Provide weekly updates on sales, margin, and inventory performance versus forecast at both high and style levels.
• Partner with Merchandising, Allocation, and Assortment Planning to make data-driven decisions that optimize product flow, pricing, and receipt management.
• Prepare in-season forecasts and lead monthly OTB meetings, recommending forecast adjustments based on trend analysis.
• Analyze sell-through and inventory-to-sales ratios and propose pricing and promotional actions to maximize profitability.
• Partner with Merchandising on opportunities to chase into or adjust future on-order to maximize margin outcome.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, prescription, and vision insurance for eligible associates and family members.
• Family planning support, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support.
• Fitness discounts and medical travel benefits.
• Associate discount across J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell brands.
• Summer Fridays, with the office closing at 1:00 PM every Friday during summer months.
• Community philanthropic efforts through the J.Crew Cares Program.
• Winter break at the end of December for eligible full-time Home Office associates, in addition to PTO.
• Opportunity for bonus.