Manager, Planning
3 months ago
Company Description
Dedicated to telling stories and creating experiences, Indigo is always looking for bright, energetic and customer-focused people who can help bring our exciting mission to life in one of our more than 170 Indigo, Indigospirit, Chapters and Coles stores across Canada. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities at our retail stores, distribution centres, and home office for people who share our passions and want to be part of a dynamic and enriching culture.
WHO WE ARE
We love books and all things beautiful
We are Canada's Cultural Department Store
Books are our heart and our soul and Great Books are JUST the Beginning
**We play by the following rules**:
We exist to add joy to our customers' lives each and every time they interact with us and our products
Our job is to create joyful moments for our customers
We treat each other the way we'd treat a valued friend
We inspire each other to do our best work
We seek to ignite creativity and innovation every day
We give back to the communities in which we operate
**Job Description**:
MISSION
The Manager, Planning and Inventory Management is responsible for driving financial performance and inventory productivity, with the goal of meeting/exceeding sales, margin and inventory turn targets. Partnering with Category Manager the incumbent will develop Category Strategy, create Merchandise Financial Plans, support assortment plans, reforecast OTB, collaborate on managing in-season business and drive permanent markdown management.
KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS
Sales & Net Margin
Inventory Turns & NMROI
EOM Inventory Levels
Forecasting Accuracy
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Functional
Partner with Category Manager to develop and execute category strategies based on customer feedback/preferences to achieve financial goals and business objectives
Partner with Category Manager in development of conceptual assortment plans and reconcile assortment plans against financial goals
Provide in-depth analysis of product performance and make recommendations to maximize business opportunities
Focus on the analytics, financial and inventory performance
Manage and maintain OTB
Manage allocations and inputs into the forecasting and replenishment systems working with cross functional partners to validate forecast
Partner with Category Manager to manage open-to-buy/business performance in-season to maximize sales opportunities
Support the Category Manager to collaborate with Store Design and Visual Merchandising on space planning
Develop merchandise financial/store plans and open-to-buy
Manage overall markdown process to ensure smooth launch/exit of inventory
Develop and execute financial/assortment analytics and reporting
Understand the impact to Indigo of changing external environmental factors
Develop replenishment budget
**Work with Category Manager to develop allocation strategy by**:
determining allocation and in-season readiness to monitor/manage allocation/replenishment performance
re-forecasting replenishment budget to inform Open-to-Buy
management of product flow from DC to stores, in-season
Communicate with and support stores and DCs
Accountable for managing Replenishment
Support the creation of the Store/location plans during MFP process
Ensure the completion of team deliverables and set/adhere to team budgets, as applicable
Act as an advocate for the customer by placing them at the forefront of all design and decision-making processes
Proactively identify and anticipate customer expectations and needs
Embrace and seek out technology that creates high tech and high touch solutions for Indigo's customers
Challenge the status quo and consistently identify areas for improvement, diagnose issues and working to resolve them
People
Build strong teams by attracting and developing the best talent
Bring out the best in others, empower and constructively stretch talent
Give authentic feedback on performance and potential
Ensure all team members understand where they stand and have clear performance objectives aligned with Indigo and team goals
Collaborate with others to drive flexible and iterative solutions, quickly and easily
Share technical knowledge with others and actively seek to learn from those more knowledgeable than yourself
Help others see the impacts of their efforts and proactively engage other functions to get input
Encourage others to freely share their point of view and be open to feedback
Accountable for the overall engagement, productivity, turnover and bench strength of the team
Cultural
Model Indigo's beliefs and convey a positive image in everything you do
Celebrate diversity of thought and have an open mindset
Take an active role in fostering a culture of continual learning, taking risks without the fear of making mistakes
Embrace, champion and influence change through your team and/or the organization
SCOPE
**Reports to**: Director, Planning & Inventory Management
**Manager once Removed (MOR)**: SVP, Planning & Inventory Management
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
**Inter
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