Senior Planner, Central Planning – Outlets / Clearance

Brand: Victoria's Secret
Location: Reynoldsburg, OH, US
Location Type: Hybrid
Job Area: Planning and Allocation
Employment type: Full-time
Job ID: 044W8

Description

Your Role:

The Senior Planning / Financial Analyst is responsible for delivering sound financial and planning analysis related to sales, margin, pricing, and inventory for VS&Co outlet stores and, to a lesser extent, the VS&Co. clearance site.  This role works very cross-functionally with a broad partner group including finance, pricing, planning, real estate, store ops, field, digital, and the distribution center. 

Why You Belong Here:

At Victoria’s Secret, we acknowledge your value. We recognize that every associate has something unique to add to our brand and business. We strive to recruit, retain, and advance diverse talent that reflects the customers we serve and the communities where we live and work. We foster a culture where everyone belongs because we know our business thrives most when we look for, listen to, and amplify diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We place the customer at the heart of everything we do. We dream big, embrace curiosity and creativity while always learning from our mistakes. We lead with integrity, trust, and respect to achieve the best outcomes as one team.

Your Impact:

  • Prepare and analyze reporting that identify business risks/opportunities as they relate to sales, margin, and inventory management (outlet stores and clearance site).
  • Identify and action pricing opportunities at the category and item level
  • Maintain category-level forecast of sales, units, margin, and inventory levels… to identify opportunities for optimization and assess outlet store (and clearance site) selling capacity.  Analysis will include style and SKU level reviews and pricing/cost information.
  • Partner with planning teams to influence pre-outlet pricing/inventory strategy (e.g. MOOS targets)
  • Prepare monthly business review analysis as it relates to sales, margin, and inventory management to support key milestone meetings
  • Prepare monthly/seasonal budget and close responsibilities
  • Collaborate with many cross functional partners as noted above, including leading project initiatives from time to time
  • Complete special projects and ad hoc analysis as directed

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Minimum Salary : $95,000.00
Maximum Salary : $129,465.00

VS&Co provides an estimated range of compensation for this role as shown. Your actual compensation will be determined by a number of relevant factors, including but not limited to your specific skills, experience, & geographic location.

Qualifications

Your Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting preferred, MBA a plus
  • 3-5+ years financial analysis or merchandise planning experience in consumer products or specialty retail industries

Additional Preferred Experience:

  • Demonstrated commitment to excellence in delivering results as part of broader business
  • Ability to meet deadlines and handle multiple tasks/projects while working in a dynamic, fast changing environment
  • Ability to work effectively with various levels of management throughout the organization
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
  • Strong attention to detail and Microsoft Excel modeling / Power Point abilities
  • Excellent team building skills and comfort with environment of change and group decision making
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws. Please see links: California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Philadelphia Fair Chance Law, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance   

An equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected category recognized by state, federal or local laws. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States.