Sr Retail Planner

Job Description

Job Summary

This Sr. professional role is responsible for developing a tops-down seasonal financial target and a bottoms-up sales plan for a designated retail channel. The retail planner will leverage collaborative cross-functional relationships to enable the Retail Pod to meet quarterly sales and margin objectives, ensure GTM strategies come to life in the market, and inventory sell-through is managed to target.

Key Accountabilities and Scope of Role

20% - Retail Financial Planning

• Partner with Retail POD lead, Retail Ops, Merch & Finance to develop Financial Targets.
• Translate financial targets to seasonal plans broken out by Retail KPI’s as well as by Category for assigned Retail channel that support the long-term strategic growth plan for the Region
• Utilize Sales Plan to identify opportunities and risks to the Financial Target at monthly OTB meetings
• Communicate potential target adjustment opportunities and risks as they arise

35% - Pre-Season Planning

• Partner with Regional Merch, and POD lead to define category growth plans and define seasonal line architecture aligned with financial targets and Retail POD strategy
• Set & track performance against SKU Targets for assortment that yields productivity while still offering Segmentation in the market
• Manage space and capacity plans of stores and align with Merch on optimal product mix in this
• Leverage Regional Merch partner to gain strong command of seasonal product strategies, big stories, distribution segmentation, etc.

35% - In-Season Planning

• Guide allocations team in volumes necessary to achieve sales targets and build up stock for peak periods
• Track sell through per category and seasonality and advise on actions needed including but not limited to, replenishment advise, marketing/VM suggestions and price promotional activities
• Support business with like for like performance analysis on store as well as category level.
• Reporting & Analysis such as WSSI, OTB, Sell-through and revenue reporting
• Build and maintain Account Group-Level Sales Plans that substantiate financial targets
• Drive stabilization of the Sales Plan from pass to pass, and reconcile Sales Plans to Retail Channel needs
• Consults with Retail POD lead & Merchandising partners to develop pre-season and in-season strategies to include merchandise assortments, segmentation, promotions, markdowns, and returns to optimize business results.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Finance, Mathematics or another relevant field preferred.

Experience: 3+ years of experience in Sales or Merch Planning, Demand Planning, or Replenishment Planning.

Licenses/ Certifications: None required

Critical Skills

• Strong business acumen specific to Retailers’ Sales, Margin, Inventory & Service
• Proven Planning capability
• Ability to build cross-functional relationships through strong communication and interpersonal skills

Travel Requirements: This position may be required to travel within the region up to 25% of the time

Under Armour is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are committed to diversity in the workplace. We encourage qualified diverse candidates to apply. Under Armour does not discriminate against any candidate on the basis of race, gender, disability, religion, national origin, age, or any other protected category.

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