Princess Polly

Planning Director - Retail & Wholesale

Princess Polly

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $190,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • The Planning Director - Retail & Wholesale will lead financial planning and inventory management across our retail stores and distribution center. You will be responsible for pre-season planning, in-season forecasting, and post-season hindsight—ensuring that inventory aligns with business goals while optimizing sales, margin, and turn.
  • You will own and manage seasonal and annual merchandise financial plans by store, including KPIs such as traffic, conversion, AUS (average units sold), and AOV (average order value).
  • You will collaborate with Buying and Merchandising teams to align sales targets, buy depth, category strategies, and OTB (open-to-buy) planning.
  • You will lead in-season forecasting and re-projection based on performance trends. Communicate risks and opportunities with Allocation and Buying teams.
  • You will partner with the Allocation team to maintain optimal inventory levels and ensure the timely introduction of new products.
  • You will develop and deliver hindsight reporting on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis leveraging Shopify, Netsuite, Toolio and Inventory Planner to identify key trends and opportunities.
  • You will provide Store Operations and Visual Merchandising with actionable inventory analytics and product flow calendars to support sell-through and in-store experience.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree preferred
  • 8+ years of experience within apparel planning or related field. Prior management experience required.
  • High proficiency in Excel
  • Attention to detail. Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.
  • Efficiency. Able to produce significant output with minimum wasted effort.
  • Organization/Planning. Plans, organizes, and schedules in an efficient manner. Focuses on key priorities.
  • Proactive. Acts without being told what to do. Brings new ideas to the company.
  • Follow-through commitments. Lives up to verbal and written agreements
  • Analytical skills. Able to structure and process qualitative or quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it. Exhibits a probing mind and achieves penetrating insights.
  • Intelligence. Learns quickly. Demonstrates the ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information.
  • Persistence. Demonstrates tenacity and willingness to go the distance to get something done.
  • Ability to troubleshoot and be solution oriented.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast paced, high volume environment