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Purpose  

As Assistant Manager, Planning Operations you will support in pre-season and in-season inventory and pricing management within the US and Canada markets for the Brand's owned E-commerce channel (eCom).  You will work with various business partners to help analyze, review and recommend actions to maximize sales, inventory turn, and gross margin. 

 

Key Responsibilities 

Support team members in acquiring, storing, analyzing, and presenting data required to drive the business.  Support in the planning of onsite and offsite promotions and major commercial moments. Investigate operational needs and problems and opportunities, contribute to the recommendation of improvements, devise and incorporate new tools and processes into the ways of doing business.  Support in the daily management and administration of databases use to optimize sales, margin, and inventory turns. 

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

Intermediate knowledge of MS office applications, specifically Excel including creating spreadsheets, complex formulas, pivot tables. Experience creating reports, sharing and distributing data, as well as experience in exploratory data analysis.    Understanding of retail math; sales forecasting and gross margin profitability planning.  Experience interpreting financial sales data to make decisions and recommendations.  Broad and deep theoretical understanding of channel operations. Understanding of customers, competitors and retail trends, preferably within sports apparel and footwear market. You have at least 2 years professional experience, ideally with a focus on data management as well as experience in online retailing or sporting goods industry.  You have excellent professional communication skills (English, written and oral). 

 

Key Relationships 

eCom cross functional partners, including but not limited to: Buying, Data Analytics, Operations, Market Finance, Commercial Programs, Performance Marketing, DVM, Content Creation, Membership.

 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications 

University degree or equivalent experience required;  Business, Finance, Data Science, or a related field preferred. 2+ years of work experience, preferably with experience in Buying, Planning, Allocation and/or analytics.