Associate Planner

About the RoleAs Associate Planner you will directly influence your buying office’s ability to meet financial plans and ensure customer satisfaction. You will build brand category plans from the bottom up, analyze historical data to forecast trends and capture them through inventory deployment strategies. You will work in multiple seasons at a time, offer insights into current results and recommend future actions to drive profitable sales.What You’ll DoWork collaboratively with the merchandising team for your category of business to provide financial plans and projections for your product assortmentsBuild, update and maintain Enterprise Planning (EP), KP2 web-based application and Vendor Performance Summaries (VPS)Update Open-to-Buy (OTB) after the first pass is completedVendor and Brand managementForm and recap populationManage inventory flow; push, cancel and chaseKPIs include: Sales, Margin and TurnPartner with teams such as merchants, product development, supply chain, space planning and digital to drive overall strategy and results Coach others in more junior roles to evaluate weekly replenishment and inventory flow strategiesAdditional tasks may be assignedWhat Skills You HaveRequiredStrategic thinker and creative problem solver Effective communicator Adept multitasking skillsExperience creating and manipulating spreadsheetsThis role is based at our Corporate Office in Menomonee Falls, WI. You’ll work onsite from Monday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Fridays.Job SummaryJob number: R472461Profession: Buying, Planning & Purchasing