**Our values start with our people, join a team that values you\!** We are the nation’s largest off\-price retailer with over 2,000 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth\. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high\-quality brands and on\-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings\. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience\. As part of our team, you will experience: + **Success\.** Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving + **Career growth\.** We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow + **Teamwork\.** We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution + **Our commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and our community\.** We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger\. We strive to be a positive force in our community\. Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide\. With 2023 revenues of $20\.4 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams\. **ASSISTANT PLANNER** **About this opportunity\.\.\.** The Assistant Planner is a learning role that allows you to build a foundation of skills for your future career as a planner\. As an Assistant Planner, we invest in you through structured training and one on one apprenticeship with a skilled Planning Manager\. You will begin to build your planning skills by contributing to the management of in\-season plans and building of pre\-season plans in support of regional strategies\. You will learn how to maximize sales potential and minimize risks at the region and store level for a specific business\. As an Assistant Planner, you will develop an understanding of key performance indicators, such as performance to plan, same\-store sales and turn, to support your recommendations\. The base salary for this role is $65,000\. The salary listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees\. Other rewards vary by position and location\. **What you will do and what you will learn\.\.\.** In\-Season: + Analyze performance using standardized reports prepared monthly\. + Review future plans based on historical performance and knowledge of future business conditions \(e\.g\., product availability and assortment strategies\)\. + Identify risks and/or opportunities by product and Region\. + Begin to learn how to propose recommendations \(i\.e\., influence changes to be made\) to region plans to Location Planning Manager and implement approved changes into the planning system\. + Prepare hindsight analysis and collaborate with Merchandise Planning counterpart at key fiscal points \(e\.g\. events/holidays and quarterly\)\. + Partner with Location Planning Manager to conduct hindsight reviews to present findings to Senior leadership\. + Propose recommendations in order to capitalize on opportunities and/or reduce risk for next year \(e\.g\., influence product flow changes to drive sales/reduce liabilities\)\. + Work with cross\-functional teams \(Store Planning and Allocation\) to implement Store strategies and address callouts and errors\. + Utilize forecast to evaluate future Store plans against system parameters\. Pre\-Season: + Analyze historical performance and develop skills to propose flow strategies to Location Planning Manager + Partner with Merchandise Planning counterpart to inform the Chain plans of region recommendation\. + Under Location Planning Manager's direction, develop Region plans by applying their independent hindsight analysis and known assortment strategies to update the initial system generated plans\. + Review higher product levels to validate the mix of assortment within a Region using additional reporting tools\. + Present recommended plans to Location Planning Manager in a formal meeting for continued learning + Recommend store lists for limited door product opportunities and analyze different store groups \(e\.g\., door rankings, target demographics\) to determine location strategies and initiatives\. + Modify system generated Store level plans by resolving outliers and exceptions\. **What you need to be successful\.\.\.** + Strong communication skills: You can "read the situation" you actively listen, ask clarifying questions, can weave a story out of numbers and demonstrate the ability to build relationships\. + Flexibility: You can pivot, are adaptable, and receptive to feedback\. + Results Driven: You are tenacious, and achievement focused\. You can prioritize your work and deliver it with accuracy\. + Intellectually curious: You can analyze and draw conclusions, are a critical thinker, and see the big picture\. + Resilient: You are persistent and persuasive\. You stay focused on your goals and finding systematic and creative solutions to problems\. + Analytical Mindset: Helping to drive a business depends strong analytical, quantitative and Excel skills and retail math knowledge\. + Bachelor's Degree required\. **Perks and Benefits of joining our team\.\.\.** Our Associates are at the heart of everything we do and we're proud to offer a range of benefits that reflect how much we value their contributions\. Here's a peek into what you can expect as an eligible Ross Associate: + A broad range of affordable health insurance options & personal medical plan concierge + 401\(k\) with employer match and Life insurance + Ample PTO including accrued vacation, paid holidays, diversity day, summer Fridays and the ability to purchase additional vacation\. + Employee stock purchase plan + Access to health and wellness benefits such as BetterHelp and Headspace + Charitable donations matched by Ross Stores Foundation + And more\.\.\.\. \*benefits vary by level and position and are subject to change \#LI\-JM3