Central Planning Manager - Remote
Company: Claire's Accessories
Location: Chesapeake
Posted on: August 7, 2022
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Job Description:
Manager, Central Planning
The Manager, Central Planning contributes to Claire's success by
leading the target setting, channel management and merchandise
analytics for the company. This role has influence on sales, margin
and inventory goal setting.
* Own and drive the annual/seasonal/quarterly pre-season planning
process on behalf of Merchant Leadership. This includes, but not
limited to comp drivers, and key initiatives that will be used to
set top-down sales, margin and inventory targets for total company,
division, and channel.
* Collaborate with finance and merchandise planning to ensure plans
are aligned with company margin and EBIDTA targets.
* Manage the monthly planning meeting process, reviewing
merchandise plans with SVP and Merchandise Leadership. Mine for
areas in quarterly plans for comp sales opportunities and margin
improvement.
* Create and maintain value-add analysis that will support senior
leadership's decision making to help maximize sales and profit.
Examples of this may include: inventory productivity, price point
analysis and receipt flow management.
* Provide strategic and analytical leadership working with the
planners and buyers on category deep dives, localization
opportunities and promotional performance.
* Develop, prepare and present KPIs for evaluation of business
initiatives, trends using internal and external data
* Initiate deep dives into the business by division to uncover
country specific opportunities.
* Provide direction for calendar shifts by geography/channel
(holidays, BTS shifts, promotional shifts, etc) to incorporate in
to merchandise financial plans
* Develop and own best-in-class pricing framework, practices and
tools to be used by Category Leaders
* Drive analytical projects in-support of strategic initiatives
with consistent and accurate information.
* Create a planning calendar that aligns with finance and key
milestones within the corporate calendar.
* Identify areas of opportunity to streamline processes to enable
continues productivity increases.
About You
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
* 5 to 10 years of planning and inventory management experience
* Creative problem solver, with strong math and analytical
skills
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Superior proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Access, and business
intelligence tools such as Power BI, Microstrategy, etc.
* Demonstrate collaborative skills and ability to work well within
cross functional teams
* Sense of urgency with ability to work in a fast-paced and
deadline-oriented environment
* Strong project and time management skills and the ability to
organize and assist team members in the prioritization of
workload
* Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines and
reporting
* Prior global retail experience preferred
Claire's is an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment
to diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination on the basis
of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran
status, marital status, or any other legally protected status.
Applications by members of all underrepresented groups are
encouraged.
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