Analysis Skills, Best Practices, Brand Strategy, Budgeting, Business Skills, Business-to-Business (B2B), Channel Strategies, Communication Skills, Consulting, Consumer Branding, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Entrepreneurship, Exceeded Sales Goal, Financial Planning, Forecasting, Inventory Levels, Inventory Management, Inventory Planning, Mathematics, Multitasking, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Process Development, Procurement Planning, Quantitative Analysis, Retail, Retail Sales, Risk Analysis, Sales, Stock Purchase Plans, Storytelling, Strategic Planning, Team Player, Wholesale Industry, Willing to Travel
Merchandise Planner - Wholesale
Full time 55 Thomas Street, New York, NY, US 10013
As Wholesale Planner, you will create a financial roadmap aligned with brand strategy and customer needs. You are passionate about using your qualitative and quantitative skillset in a wholesale retail environment, finding joy and creativity in forecasting and financial planning. You are curious, innovative, and focused on executing an amazing customer experience while delivering/exceeding financial targets. Strong analytical and storytelling skills will serve you well, and a collaborative mindset is a must. This role blends financial planning, inventory strategy, and product insight. It is ideal for someone who enjoys data-driven decision-making, cross-functional collaboration, influencing partners, and driving financial outcomes in a dynamic retail environment.
What you'll do includes:
- Preseason, formulate top-down account and brand level retail sales/wholesale buy targets and strategies for annual budgets and quarterly plans
- In season, reforecast sales plans and identify risk/opportunities to plans; collaborate with cross functional teams to develop action plans to achieve financial goals
- Seasonal hindsight including partner risks/opportunities at the brand level and collaborate with cross-functional team to develop future seasonal strategy and influence partner buys
- Responsible for analysis and understanding health of business, driving wholesale development and growth strategies
- Forecast Wholesale replenishment needs preseason and identify opportunities to drive in season sales and manage inventory levels
- Comfortable with presenting to multiple audiences (internal and external cross-functional meetings, top-line financials, and in-season performance to identify future risks and opportunities with cross-functional teams to hit revenue goals)
- Onboard new partners to planning tools and processes
- Develop processes and tools based on the fast-paced changing retail environment and Wholesale needs
- Collaborate with peers and B2B leaders to ensure consistency of information, share best- practices, and develop systems knowledge
Who you are includes:
- Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel proficiency.
- Strong business acumen with understanding of retail math, forecasting, and inventory
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Believe in the Power of Team; builds constructive and effective collaborative relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners
- Be a problem solver, not just a problem spotter, and work to drive toward solutions with speed, conviction, and a blue-sky mentality management
- Merchandise planning, buying, or related retail experience.
- Experience in wholesale and consulting-like roles is a plus
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Some travel required
- NY based
Benefits at Gap Inc. include:
- Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
- One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.
- Employees can take up to five "on the clock" hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.
- Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee's base pay.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.
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Doris and Don Fisher opened the first Gap store in 1969 with a simple idea -- to make it easier to find a pair of jeans and a commitment to do more. Over the last 46 years, the company has grown from a single store to a global fashion business with five brands -- Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta and Intermix. Gap's clothes are available in 90 countries worldwide through 3,300 company-operated stores, almost 400 franchise stores, and e-commerce sites and is still growing.
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