Sr. Merchandise Planner

Job description

At Crocs, Inc., every career offers a chance to make a real impact. No two journeys look the same. And that's exactly how we like it. Whether you’re welcoming customers into our stores, collaborating with global teams at our headquarters, or keeping operations moving at our distribution centers, your impact is real and valued. At Crocs, Inc. you’re not expected to fit a mold. You’re encouraged to break it and create something better. Overview A world leader in innovative, casual footwear, Crocs, Inc., is dedicated to the future of comfort. Our original and most famous style, the Classic Clog, is instantly recognized around the world — and for good reason: since 2002, we’ve sold more than 600 million pairs in over 90 countries! We achieved our status as a global leader in the casual footwear category by taking an inherently simple approach to uniting style, modern comfort, and value. Every day, we make a choice to have an open mind and look on the bright and colorful side of life. We embrace and celebrate the uniqueness in everyone, inviting the world to Come As You Are! Crocs, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Planner, eTail & Marketplaces . The Sr. Planner, eTail & Marketplaces will support 2P and 3P etail accounts such as CA (Canada) Amazon and Etail to ensure coordination of activity across the functional and time spectrums to deliver the mid/long term Demand Plan to ensure profitable business growth and in-stock levels for Core product. This role is responsible for driving cross-functional collaboration with key commercial partners to align upon demand review/consolidation plan, in season coordination, and MFP process seasonal hand off to the channel. What You'll Do Create, maintain, and communicate product/account forecast by generate a detailed sales plan by material for each key account. Collaborate with Sales, Finance, and Merchandising teams to achieve revenue goals. Support and execute the collaborative account planning process for North America’s key accounts with Sales. Partner with the sales team to ensure the material level forecast supports the account targets. Responsible for routine reporting to sales representatives including ATP, channel excess, bookings by season, shipments by month, open orders, etc. Prepare sales meeting materials and forecast templates for sales representatives to input seasonal plans by assisting the channel team in developing seasonal financial targets. Roll up data to validate top-down targets. Manage reconciliation between bottom-up plans and targets in order to monitor and evaluate the performance of account plans. Analyze POS data to assist Accounts in managing their business—ensuring margin and turn goals are met by identifying opportunities and liabilities in customer inventory. Monthly and seasonal analysis of account consumption against plan (pre-books and at-once) to then leverage forecast accuracy metrics and customer metrics to drive forecast improvements. Utilize and measure key category, marketing/merchandising, and customer information as inputs to the planning process. Conduct quantitative analysis and insights to optimize pre-season planning and manage demand shifts in-season. Provide input to the development of wholesale planning reporting and analytics activities to ensure account productivity and optimal inventory investment. Acquire a deep understanding of demand drivers and ensure that plans are calibrated accordingly. Compile quarterly hindsight reports by account for use in future assortment planning and replenishment forecasting. Develop, maintain, and assess the financial health of the account plan (season/monthly levels). Work closely with Demand Planning to understand inventory risks and opportunities. Ensure that Supply Planning constraints are appropriately accounted for in the Sales Forecast. Provide an executive overview of the plans to the merchandising, planning, and management teams, identifying deviations, potential risks, or opportunities in the business. Develop and update seasonal account profiles collaboratively with internal and external teams. What You'll Bring to the Table Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Analytics, or a related field preferred. At least 5+ years in planning OTB / Demand within a digital environment; highly desirable to be within an Omni Channel setting particularly in the apparel / footwear business. Direct-to-consumer experience preferred, preferably in ecommerce. Understanding of Digital Customer experience and key players (Amazon, Zappos, eBay, etc.) Understanding of demand, supply, service, and other S&OP / IBP principals. Strong analytical capabilities using both systemic and Excel based tools. Validated experience communicating highly involved analytical work to less analytical problem solvers. Strong social skills shown in a highly collaborative setting. Extensive experience using Excel, Power BI a plus. #LI-Onsite #LI-AF1 The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We accept applications on an ongoing basis. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability, or any other classification protected by law. Title: Sr. Merchandise Planner Salary or Pay Range: $98,000 - $108,000 Pay offered will vary based on job-related factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities. At Crocs, Inc. we believe in the power of a blend of in-person and virtual collaboration to drive creativity and strengthen relationships. Your participation in this flexible schedule plays a key role in building a connected and successful team. In-office requirements vary by our work personas: Resident (5 days), Collaborator (4 days), Connector (2-3 days), Explorer (fully remote). This role has been aligned to the Collaborator persona. This position is eligible to participate in a company incentive program. This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits. The application window is 45 days, but applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible after the posting date in order to ensure optimal consideration. The posting will be removed if the job is filled before the application window deadline. Job Category: Corporate