Expanded Assortment Planners are responsible for the overall financial direction of eCommerce & Expanded Assortment with the goal of meeting / exceeding sales, margin, and EBITDA targets. Additionally, Expanded Assortment Planners are responsible for developing seasonal merchandise financial plans for eCommerce & Expanded Assortment. Expanded Assortment Planners must have a strong business acumen and understanding of Merchandising, Planning, Ecommerce and Supply Chain.

Job Functions:

Develop seasonal financial plans that support financial goals for sales, gross margin, and EBITDA.Analyze in-season performance of expanded assortment product and vendors.  Communicate strategies to support site-wide objectives.Provide assortment and vendor recommendations based on profitability and productivity of owned inventory Vendors and Drop Ship vendors.Analyze sales, margin, and EBITDA as part of the weekly operational meetings and make recommendations for actions needed to further maximize sales and margin.Evaluate promotional activity and profitability of sales promotions and coupons and provide recommendations to future events to maximize gross margins and EBITDA.Work cross-functionally with Drop Ship and Digital Merchant teams to monitor vendor performance and make recommendations to maximize profitability.Effectively communicate and present business strategies and direction to various levels of management across all categories of business.Work cross functionally and partner with Supply Chain, Ecommerce, Marketing and Merchants groups to support strategic and financial objectives.Provide Ad Hoc reporting on a daily/weekly basis to support and provide direction on business needs.Process and organize large volumes of raw financial data to support expanded assortment business processes and reports.Develop creative solutions to business opportunities.

Position Contribution Level :

Intermediate Level

Minimum Education & Experience:

Bachelors degree strongly preferred or equivalent years of comparable experience4-7 years of retail experience; 3-5 years in merchandising or financial planning or forecasting in a multi-channel retail environment.Previous Experience with Drop Ship Vendor management preferred.Previous experience in Omni-Channel preferredExperience with SAS, JDA, Oracle or similar planning system.

Knowledge & Skills

Proficient in business-related Microsoft 365 suite products (Microsoft Windows, Word, PowerPoint, etc). Advanced Excel and Access experience required.Proficient in Microsoft TeamsExpertise running queries against data (preferably with SQL) is preferred.

Physical

  Hybrid – In office Tuesday thru Thursday mandatory, Remote work Monday & Friday.

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