About this role
Location: Secaucus, New Jersey Job Summary: The Amazon Planner will be responsible for the complete financial management of assigned area of responsibility, including the creation of financial and merchandise plans, actualization of results, and a keen ability to identify, communicate, and implement strategic business opportunities at the division, category, and season code levels. The Planner will forecast sales, markdowns, and inventory levels on a regular basis and identify risks to the business and develop action plans in cooperation with their merchandising partner to mitigate risks profitably. Responsibilities: Job Description
Key Accountabilities:
• Create monthly financial plans at division and category level for fiscal time periods • Reforecast sales, gross margin, and inventory for fiscal time periods • Recap end of season performance at division, category, season, and style levels for merchandise buy period • Conduct basic stock replenishment (order quantity by style, color, and size) • Key item planning for all basic styles (sales, margin, inventory) • Conduct daily, monthly, quarterly, and seasonal sales reporting • Manage inventory flow on fashion receipts • Develop size curve and pre-pack definitions • Partner with merchant to support the buy process
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree • 3+ years of experience in retail planning and analysis
Skills and Behaviors:
• Proven track record of financially astute business management • Expertise in retail math with strong analytical skills/ learning agility • Strong problem solving and decision making skills • Ability to identify and clearly communicate business opportunities and risks/ analytical and data reasoning • Good organization and workload prioritization skills/ detail-orientation and accuracy • Proficient in planning systems and Microsoft Office • Strong team player/relationship-building • Proven process of improvement and problem solving
Hourly/Salary
$50,000.00 - $125,000.00 Salary

o Benefits include: Bonus eligible (depending on role), Paid Time Off, Employee Discount, 401(k) and company match, Wellness Reimbursement, Adoption Assistance, free backup care (for kids, pets & the elderly), choice of health insurance plans, company-paid life/AD&D, short and long term disability, a variety of voluntary benefits and an employee assistance program. Benefit offerings are subject to change and vary by role/level for each position. Respective waiting periods may apply to certain benefit offerings. The Children's Place is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.