Senior Merchandise Planner
Brand: Victoria's Secret
Location: Reynoldsburg, OH, US
Location Type: Hybrid
Job Area: Planning and Allocation
Employment type: Full-time
Job ID: 04A36
Your Role:
The Senior Merchandise Planner is a leader within the Planning organization. The ability to influence both peers and managers is critical for success in this role. Sr Planners are accountable for analysis of in-season business and the development of future financial strategies that support financial goals. Through their analysis and development of financial strategies, the Sr Planner will collaborate with Merchandising, Production, Deployment and Demand Planning.
Why You Belong Here:
At Victoria’s Secret & Co, you’ll join a world-leading specialty retail brand recognized globally for innovation and excellence in lingerie and fashion. You’ll work alongside industry leaders to set the standard for what a retail brand can achieve, placing customers at the center of everything we do to create products and experiences that bring them joy.
We believe everyone deserves a place where they truly belong. We celebrate individuality and know that your passion, experience, and unique perspective strengthen our team and business. Here, you’ll be empowered to perform, grow, and engage through unmatched opportunities to develop your skills, gain real-world experience, and learn from the best in the business.
Your Impact:
- Drives and owns the Pre-Season Planning- Connecting statistical analysis, assortment architecture, and merchant vision into a pre-season view of a merchandise plan.
- Seasonal Planning- Develop seasonal architecture aligned with Brand strategies and calendars; incorporate distortions, targets and relationship of regular to promotion sales sensitivities and demand.
- Assortment architecture- Balance assortment by driving top line sales and profit growth through focus on key product, while incubating new product assortment.
- Develop weekly sales, markdown and receipt plans at the style level based on both trend and historical performance.
- Inventory Management- Manage floorset/monthly receipts to approved levels by scrutinizing buys and focus on optimal inventory turn, while taking into consideration the varying seasonal sales curves and receipt flow to facilitate floorset set-up
- Manage the critical assessment and hindsight of merchandise strategy to inform future planning and execution activities.
- Executes key Monday morning reporting utilized by cross-functional teams to analyze the business.
- Function as project manager for ad hoc projects, system implementations and updates, merchandise initiatives, etc.
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Minimum Salary : $96,500.00
Maximum Salary : $131,775.00
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.
Your Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree, in Business, Finance, Operations or Statistics. Advanced degree in quantitative analysis, finance or business administration preferred.
- 7+ years of retail merchandise planning; inventory management; financial planning or financial analysis experience
- Management experience a plus
Additional Preferred Experience:
- Flexible and able to perform in a very fast paced, changing environment
- Builds collaborative partnerships cross-functionally and resolves conflict productively
- Business acumen: understands and executes against business strategy
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to work independently but knows when to request a partner in key decision-making situations
- Ability to synthesize large quantities of data, and develop a recommendation to drive business decisions
- Communicate to all levels with a clear, concise point of view, both verbally and in writing
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.
