**Location:** Secaucus, New Jersey **Job Summary:** The 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:** **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