Vice President

• Develop and lead pre-season and in-season plans based on historical sales, team performance, league-specific trends, and promotions.
• Translate and cascade top-down financial targets into actionable sales, margin, receipt, and inventory plans at the divisional, vendor, and product hierarchy levels.
• Maintain rolling forecasts to adjust to real-time business dynamics, fan sentiment, and supply chain variables.
• Manage inventory flow, replenishment, and OTB to minimize out-of-stocks and excess aged inventory across all channels.
• Leverage Fast Replenishment and analytics tools to optimize inventory positioning and speed to market.
• Execute markdown and clearance strategies to drive productivity and margin recovery.
• Partner with Buying and Channel leaders to define assortment strategies by platform (e.g., Digital, Venue, Events).
• Align inventory allocation and product flow by store footprint, event footprint, and online channel segmentation.
• Shape pricing and promotion calendars to drive channel performance while protecting margin.
• Collaborate closely with Buying, Supply Chain, Finance, and Operations to synchronize planning with fulfillment capabilities and supplier timelines—including drop ship and made-to-order programs.
• Engage with category merchants to co-create product strategies, assortment architecture, and lifecycle planning across core and emerging categories.
• Deliver regular performance reporting to leadership, highlighting risks and opportunities across sales, inventory, and margin.
• Develop and track KPIs including forecasting accuracy, sell-through, margin contribution, and inventory productivity.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, systems, and team capabilities.

Vice President – Planning

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