Senior Omni Planner

Position Overview
We are looking for a Senior Omni Planner who is responsible for assisting in planning responsibilities for both our Ecomm and Brick and Mortar retail channels, specifically through strategic merchandise planning, controlled inventory management, and actionable reporting and insights. This individual assists in managing the open to buy for select categories and is able to speak to both pre-season and in-season plans. To excel, this person must have excellent analytical skills, applicable retail or work experience, creative problem-solving skills, and enjoy working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Core Responsibilities

Support the financial success of all product categories and divisions for Tuckernuck. Oversee the planning and allocation process by creating and meeting or exceeding sales, gross margin, and inventory turn goals.

Pre-Season: Build financial plans to achieve sales, margin and receipt targets through collaboration with planning team.

Plan by door, division and category and brand/vendor to ensure robust assortments 

Build open to buys to track any buys placed directly for the stores to ensure optimal stock to sales ratios

Build detailed monthly product category and product type assortment plans by month for ThirdParty brands in collaboration with Director to create clear targets for buys

Collaborate with buyers to build season strategy across all channels of business and ensure merchandise assortment needs are being built to achieve growth of this business

Develop and build standardized reports and templates to perform in-season selling analysis and post season hind-sighting for continuous improvement

Analyze the business on an ongoing/daily basis to understand core drivers; identify opportunities and risks and partner with Buyers to respond appropriately

In-Season: Build and maintain the Seasonal OTBs with Planning, VP, CFO, and Founders the seasonal Open to Buy, updating it weekly to ensure financial targets are met (revenue, margins, returns, cancellations and aged inventory)

Identify inventory levels needed to support replenishments and the markdown strategy for merchandise based on sell-through percent and planned product life span

Analyze, report, and revise projections based on current trends, performance, and opportunities on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis to maximize sales, profitability and sell through sharing out to relevant stakeholders

Become subject matter expert in all reporting and ERP / Planning and POS systems to help support cross functional teams and partners 

Participate in the completion of departmental tasks, ensuring deadlines are met.

Analyze and recap actual sales results to plan and forecast in-season sales and inventory on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and ad hoc basis.

Stores: 

Create pre-season store plans at the store, category, month, brand, style level and manage buy execution to plan

Partner with Store Merchandiser and Ecomm Buyers to manage and meet category assortment targets

Collaborate with store design and construction team on all new store openings to create optimal levels of inventory and styles by division / department

Map out planograms for category layouts to ensure full assortments are met to represent the brand and location

Analyze location selling for ecommerce and market research to determine optimal assortments and help support decision making for new doors/ store openings and trunk shows

Ensure Inventory Levels are maximized and for Sales by allocating on a weekly/bi-weekly basis

Monitor and allocate newness specifically for Private Label 

Ensure all 3rd Party buys are arriving on time and either shipped to the store or part of the floorset at Ryder by partnering with the Operations team

Partner with store team to ensure inventory is always in the right location by transferring to other doors, sending back to warehouse, or replenishing

Partner with marketing team and operations teams to execute and oversee all inventory initiatives for trunk shows and inventory management of those

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree

At least 5+ years of relevant experience

Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel and Powerpoint

Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

Strong organizational skills with a sense of priority for deadlines and attention to detail

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Passion for the Tuckernuck brand and interested in retail/fashion

Obsessed with details and constantly double checking

Problem-solver with a proactive nature

Flexible and adaptable with willingness to support other departments

Outstanding communication and organizational skills

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Entrepreneurial spirit with a desire to learn every single day

Energetic, kind, sincere, and positive attitude

Ability to build solid relationships with teammates and vendor partners

Proficient in Excel and ability to learn new software platforms quickly

Experience in Netsuite and Toolio 

Interest in data analytics to drive decisions

Compensation 

Compensation for the role will be determined based on the candidate's qualifications, skills, and experience. The estimated annual compensation for this role is $130,000-$150,000; classified as full-time exempt and not eligible for overtime. At Tuckernuck, we care about our team and offer benefits that support your health, growth, and work-life balance. This includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with a company match, generous paid time off and holiday, paid new parent leave, day care coverage, a generous employee discount, and other great perks. 

Tuckernuck Core Values

The successful candidate will also demonstrate the following core values that inspire the Tuckernuck team to make a difference.

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Find the Fun

Stay Authentic

Respect

Entrepreneurial Spirit

Start Strong & Finish Strong

Have Courage

Tuckernuck is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. Tuckernuck policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity, marital or veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), sexual orientation, pregnancy, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. It also prohibits discrimination based on a perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. All such discrimination is unlawful. Tuckernuck offers reasonable accommodations in the hiring and employment process for individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance in this application or hiring process to accommodate a disability, you may request an accommodation at any time.