Senior Retail Custom Planner

About us:

vineyard vines is a highly successful, privately held, American clothing and accessory retailer founded in 1998 on Martha’s Vineyard by brothers, Shep & Ian Murray. With Shep & Ian still at the helm today, vineyard vines has experienced exponential year over year growth and now operates over 120 retail locations including an outlet division, a successful e-commerce business, domestic distribution center, and expanding corporate headquarters. In addition, vineyard vines is carried in major department stores such as Nordstrom and Bloomingdales as well as numerous specialty boutiques across the US.

vineyard vines was founded on a state of mind that Every day should feel this good.

You don’t need to be on a beach, by the ocean or on vacation to have Every day should feel this good moments. It’s a state of mind that we all experience, and one where everyone is invited. At vineyard vines, we don’t just live an #EDSFTG life away from our desks—we bring it to work with us, too.

In our stores, at our Harbor Drive headquarters or working remotely, our company culture is fun, encouraging and welcoming to all. We work hard and play harder, and we never take ourselves too seriously. And while we have many company goals, our number one priority is making vineyard vines a great place to work for all employees.

Our team is our family, and we’d never have grown to where we are today without them.

We’re committed to building an inclusive team across all channels, departments and stores within our community. We hope you’ll join us and see what the smiling pink whale is all about.

Overview:

The Senior Retail Custom Planner is primarily responsible for analyzing, identifying, and communicating sales and inventory opportunities to key partners and providing risk-mitigation recommendations. In addition, the Planner will be expected to meaningfully contribute to broader strategic and resource planning conversations across the company including development of a long range growth plan, partnership with store planning on space allocation, and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Independently develop, execute, and communicate Merchandise Financial Plans
  (OTB) and strategies to support company Merchandise, Marketing, and Financial
  objectives
• Communicate financial results, forecasts, and action plans to management and cross-
  functional team on a weekly basis
• Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities by
  department and category
• Drive seasonal hindsight analysis. Partner with Merchandising on future product
  positioning and opportunities
• Develop pre-season financial targets and scorecards by store. Manage buy
  projections by door by sku
• Present financial forecast and supporting action plans in monthly Open to Buy
  meetings. Manage throughout lifecycle
• Manage inventory through to markdowns and liquidation
• Manage Core inventory levels and forecast replenishment buys to support in-season
  sales forecast
• Ad hoc analysis to support Retail Custom strategies

What you bring:

• Prior experience managing Open to Buy and speaking in monthly forecasts to senior
  management and cross-functional partners
• 2-3 years of dedicated planning experience and managing an OTB
• Possess a clear understanding of financial measurements: sales, gross margin, weeks
  of supply, inventory turn, sell through, etc. and how to impact them
• Ability to negotiate with and influence peers, members of a cross-functional team, and
  management
• Self-starter - Curious, motivated and eager to develop new processes, efficiencies and
  tools
• Agile & flexible - Adept at managing & aiding others through the ambiguous
• Advanced Excel skills, with fluency in analyzing large, sku-intensive data sets
• Detail-oriented, with self-accountability for data integrity and accuracy
• Strong interpersonal communication & team collaborator
• Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills. Able to handle
  multiple projects and deadlines
• Ability to effectively receive and provide feedback

Every day will feel this good because:

• We have a fun-spirited entrepreneurial culture filled with truly “good” people
• We have flexible working hours and work from home days to accommodate your personal life
• We offer a generous employee discount so you can rep our lifestyle on-and-off the boat
• We offer a competitive salary package, 401-K, commuter benefits, and paid-family leave, health savings , flex spending accounts, life & disability insurance
• We have an onsite gym as well as health & financial wellness programs to keep you active
• We offer 2 summer Fridays to take off in addition to a competitive vacation policy & holiday calendar

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