Company Overview

Originating as a small surf shop in 1968, South Moon Under has evolved into a national fashion retailer. We are building a vibrant, diverse team of creative, friendly, skilled, and passionate people who want to work hard and win even harder. We value our employees, and we enable them to deliver their best work. If you want to work for a company where we drive for success every day, without compromising human connection, you ve found your Team!

At South Moon Under, our mission is summed up in four words love. create. drive. imagine. We love this team - We create and curate beautiful things - We drive to be our best and we inspire others to tap into their power - We imagine and execute on our visions every day. Our Team is filled with smart, skilled, dynamic, creative, and passionate employees who drive to be better every day. Our customers are our inspiration. We personally curate our products to make our customers look and feel good. When our customers walk into our stores, we aim to connect and spread the love.

General Summary

The Location Planner is responsible for building sales and inventory plans down to region and location level that align with the company s financial forecast and segmentation strategy. This role must partner with the Buying & Merchandise Planning groups to create & deliver local (and company-wide) assortment strategies that will maximize sales and profits. This individual is responsible for the successful development, execution, and communication of financial and inventory plans. Provide analytics and support to the Merchandising organization as well as Executive updates on business performance.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee the development of annual, seasonal, monthly & weekly location plans
• Construct inventory flow plans, with the goal to maximize inventory turn and GMROI
• Manage weekly location level sales and inventory projection based on current trends aligning to Open to Buy tops line forecast
• Provide expert analysis and recommendations on sales trends through segmentation and product levels to influence cancellations, future purchases, and assortment strategies.
• Analyze historic performance to identify areas of opportunity or risk.
• Prepare preseason, promotional, and markdown inventory strategy through partnership with merchandising planning and marketing strategies.
• Develop, maintain, update, and automate set of tools & reports to support the needs of the business.
• Establish appropriate process & tools to review and maintain store segmentations; providing data & analysis to support decision making.
• Maintain business processes and serve as subject matter expert for process improvements.
• Lead allocation strategy & partner with supply chain teams to implement consistent and profitable in-season replenishment strategies and practices.
• Test multiple business strategies simultaneously, quantifying & communicating business impacts and be able to report results clearly and concisely to Executive management.
• Manage SKU & style intensive businesses.
• Manage location intensive assortments.
• Communicate effectively, and at times persuasively, with employees at all levels of the company.
• Support and adhere to all company policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Required Knowledge, Skills and Education:

• Bachelor s Degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Fashion Merchandising, or a related field.
• 3-5 years merchandising, planning, buying, or equivalent experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of retail math and measure used in financial reporting.
• Proven ability to perform independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to operate a computer and maneuver relative software programs.

Analytic Skills: Ability to think objectively and interpret meaningful themes from quantitative and qualitative data

Financial and Business Acumen: Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results.

Problem Solving & Decision Quality: Able to use rigorous logic and methods to solve problems with effective solutions

Relationship Management: Able to build constructive and effective relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners, both internally & externally.

Dealing with Paradox: Ability to balance conflicting & competing priorities. Delivering a set of options, detailing impacts for each while driving to a single recommendation.

Presentation Skills: Effective in a variety of presentation settings including one-on-one, small and large groups, and with peers and Executives

Influencing and Negotiation: Can present ideas and directions that lead others to action

Planning and Priority Setting: Demonstrate an ability to set objectives and goals and organize work appropriately to meet and exceed goals

Process Management: Can identify and articulate the processes necessary to get things down efficiently and align resources effectively complete activities

Systems and Tools Acumen: Advanced capabilities in Microsoft Excel, Proficiency in Microsoft Access, PowerPoint and Word. Must also have aptitude to learn technical applications quickly

Risk Management: Anticipate risks and identifies contingency plans and processes to prevent disruptions when risks occur

Physical/ Travel Requirements:

In order to perform the essential functions of this job, an employee must be able to meet the following physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; talk; or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger; handle; or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop; kneel; or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and depth perception

This position requires less than 10% travel

Ability and willingness to travel overnight for training and/or business meetings

Reports to: Senior Planner

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. South Moon Under maintains the right to modify all or part of any job description at its discretion to meet and or exceed the needs of the business