<p>Expanded Assortment Planners are responsible for the overall financial direction of eCommerce & Expanded Assortment with the goal of meeting / exceeding sales, margin, and EBITDA targets. Additionally, Expanded Assortment Planners are responsible for developing seasonal merchandise financial plans for eCommerce & Expanded Assortment. Expanded Assortment Planners must have a strong business acumen and understanding of Merchandising, Planning, Ecommerce and Supply Chain.</p> <p>Job Functions:</p> <ul> <li>Develop seasonal financial plans that support financial goals for sales, gross margin, and EBITDA. </li><li>Analyze in-season performance of expanded assortment product and vendors. Communicate strategies to support site-wide objectives. </li><li>Provide assortment and vendor recommendations based on profitability and productivity of owned inventory Vendors and Drop Ship vendors. </li><li>Analyze sales, margin, and EBITDA as part of the weekly operational meetings and make recommendations for actions needed to further maximize sales and margin. </li><li>Evaluate promotional activity and profitability of sales promotions and coupons and provide recommendations to future events to maximize gross margins and EBITDA. </li><li>Work cross-functionally with Drop Ship and Digital Merchant teams to monitor vendor performance and make recommendations to maximize profitability. </li><li>Effectively communicate and present business strategies and direction to various levels of management across all categories of business. </li><li>Work cross functionally and partner with Supply Chain, Ecommerce, Marketing and Merchants groups to support strategic and financial objectives. </li><li>Provide Ad Hoc reporting on a daily/weekly basis to support and provide direction on business needs. </li><li>Process and organize large volumes of raw financial data to support expanded assortment business processes and reports. </li><li>Develop creative solutions to business opportunities. </li></ul> <p>Position Contribution Level :</p> <p>Intermediate Level</p> <p>Minimum Education & Experience:</p> <ul> <li>Bachelors degree strongly preferred or equivalent years of comparable experience </li><li>4-7 years of retail experience; 3-5 years in merchandising or financial planning or forecasting in a multi-channel retail environment. </li><li>Previous Experience with Drop Ship Vendor management preferred. </li><li>Previous experience in Omni-Channel preferred </li><li>Experience with SAS, JDA, Oracle or similar planning system. </li></ul> <p>Knowledge & Skills</p> <ul> <li>Proficient in business-related Microsoft 365 suite products (Microsoft Windows, Word, PowerPoint, etc). Advanced Excel and Access experience required. </li><li>Proficient in Microsoft Teams </li><li>Expertise running queries against data (preferably with SQL) is preferred. </li></ul> <p>Physical</p> <ul> <li>Hybrid - In office Tuesday thru Thursday mandatory, Remote work Monday & Friday. </li></ul> <p>#LI-SE1</p> <p>#IND3</p> <p>#LI-HYBRID</p>