johnnie-O is a branded lifestyle apparel company, founded in 2005 in Santa Monica, CA, that embodies living your best life. Its blend of Southern California lifestyle coupled with a hint of East Coast tradition and Midwest grit creates a truly distinct point of view within the lifestyle apparel industry. johnnie-O is a unique lifestyle apparel brand providing classic, casual pieces for men and boys. The brand fills a niche in the apparel marketplace between the traditional East Coast “preppy” brands and West Coast “surf” brands. The johnnie-O brand is both a personality and an experience that can be described as fun, fresh, tongue-in-cheek, accessible, active and family-oriented.
johnnie-O is a fast-growing multi-channel apparel company. We seek to attract highly motivated individuals that want to work as a team and share in the commitment, responsibility and discipline required to achieve our vision. johnnie-O management philosophy is based on responsibility and mutual respect. We are a fun and dynamic bunch that are motivated in working to get the company to the next level. Our employees are smart, creative, and passionate individuals who meet the same superior standards we set for our products. We embrace talented people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. It is our goal to hire high-energy, diverse, bright, creative, and flexible individuals who thrive in a fast-paced work environment.
The Role
johnnie-O is looking for an amazing Sr. Manager of Planning to join our team Planning team! Our ideal candidate is enthusiastic, a team player, extremely detail-oriented and committed to ensuring that the planning process operates smoothly and efficiently. We’re also looking for someone who wants to grow, learn, and to strategize ways to make the process smoother, and ultimately play a major role in the success of the company. This is an incredible opportunity to make a large impact for the right person.
Responsibilities
- Assist VP of Planning in developing and implementing the Merchandise Planning strategy for the company across all channels and product categories
- Develop, consolidate, and communicate comprehensive pre-season & in season planning strategies that identify opportunities and risks across company departments.
- Responsible for creating, leading and reporting the budget forecast for Sales, Margin, Inventory, Productivity and all other relevant KPIs (weekly, monthly and seasonally).
- Direct monthly OTB meetings, maintain by department, seasonal OTB, recommend necessary receipt flow/markdowns and follow through with CFTs.
- Manage in-season profitability to achieve or exceed seasonal plans.
- Recommend future receipt adjustments, capitalize on future growth opportunities.
- Ability to forecast as well as run day-to-day operations.
- Collaborate with key cross functional partners to realize optimal profits for the Division, Company
- Understand the competitive landscape in the U.S and drive innovation in our product plans and strategies.
- Provide feedback and insight leveraging your expertise and data analysis and make recommendations as needed.
- Proactively drive initiatives, identify opportunities to build processes and performance improvements to optimize reporting, workflow and all other areas to maximize efficiencies and achieve the company’s financial & channel targets.
- Present findings/feedback to senior and executive leadership
- Monitor and analyze inventory performance metrics to identify issues, optimize stock turnover, and reduce excess inventory; adjust inventory flows monthly.
- Leverage analysis to Implement advanced inventory forecasting models that incorporate historical data and market analysis to predict future inventory needs accurately.
- Complete other duties as assigned
Location: Raleigh, NC
Position: Full Time
Reports To: VP of Planning
Skills/Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in Omni Channel Planning including inventory or merchandise planning, allocation, supply chain planning, inventory management and/or financial planning and analysis.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Operations, Statistics, or related field.
- Demonstrated success of taking initiative and developing thoughtful, proactive inventory strategies
- Proficient with forecasting methodologies and statistical modeling.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills - concisely presents complex information and recommendations to all levels throughout the organization.
- High proficiency in Excel, along with substantial exposure to relevant planning, finance, analytical, data management systems.
- Analytical thinker and self-motivated problem solver.
- Adapts to situational demands, flexible and capable of managing competing priorities.
- Extremely detail oriented.
- Able to thrive in ambiguity.
- Team player - ability to work well with others in fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy in preparing and entering information
- Prior Experience with Full Circle, Blue Cherry or similar ERP a plus
- Prior Experience with Power BI a plus
- Apparel experience a plus
Benefits & Compensation
· Salaried position plus bonus opportunities, paid time off, and paid holidays
· Health/Dental/Vision/FSA/Life Insurance benefits
· Employee discounts
Aside from a fun and unique working environment, johnnie-O offers a challenging career coupled with a competitive compensation and benefits package. We value our employee’s time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by our competitive compensation and extensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision insurance, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, a generous time off policy including vacation, paid sick time, a retirement savings plan, bonus opportunities, and a generous employee discount. Casual dress policy, potential career growth and a family oriented working environment.
To apply for this exciting job opportunity, please send your resume to:
planning@johnnie-o.com
We appreciate your interest in our company and look forward to hearing from you!
