STRATEGIC PLANNER at Sandpoint

Job Description

Relocation Provided

The Strategic Planning team is a critical piece of the overall Inventory Planning function within Coldwater Creek. This team connects the corporate financial objectives (set by Financial Planning & Analysis) to the merchandise-level action plans developed by and managed within Inventory Planning. Often referred to as top down planning this team is responsible for developing sales, margin and inventory targets for each channel which are carefully aligned to the total company fiscal expectations.

What Youll Do

• Owns the development and management of top down merchandise planning by week and by channel (through the entire selling lifecycle):
• For full price, markdown & total company metrics
• For sales, margin and inventory metrics
• In Retail Dollars, Cost Dollars and Units
• At the sub-category / week / season / channel level
• Behave as a business co-owner, through the relentless identification of opportunities and risks
• Active monitoring of and responsiveness to open to buy conditions
• Development of improved processes and/or tools aimed at meeting the demands of an evolving business model

Job Requirements

• The ideal candidate will have a bachelor degree in business, logistics or related field
• 3 to 5 years inventory planning and/or buying experience in a multi channel retail environment
• Strong analytical skills
• Proven multi-dimensional mathematical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable leading cross-functional team members through the execution of a wide variety of activities
• Highly flexible with a demonstrated enthusiasm for constant improvement
• Superb multi-tasker, with exceptional organizational skills
• Intermediate Excel and Word skills

COLDWATER CREEK, INC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Country: USA, State: Idaho, City: Sandpoint, Company: Coldwater Creek.