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Merchandise Planning Manager

Employer
Dolls Kill
Location
San Francisco, CA, United States
Closing date
9 Jun 2022

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Function
Operations
Level
Manager
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Dolls Kill is a global fashion brand that empowers everyone to celebrate their individuality through radical, unapologetic self-expression. Our cult following of over 5 million social media followers includes some of the most influential personalities in music, art, pop culture, and fashion. We're also backed by strong consumer-focused investors who share in our vision of building one of the world's next great consumer brands.

Our team is growing quickly in both our SF and LA locations and we are hiring across all business functions. We are looking for team members who are equally passionate about what we do and excited about joining the Dolls Kill crew.

Similar titles: Manager, Merchandise Planning or Inventory Planning

We're looking for a Merchandise Planning Manager to build our merchandise planning department from the ground up. In this role you'll own developing and implementing planning strategy, process and infrastructure, and hiring a team to keep us in stock on the products customers want. You'll be responsible for delivering financial results (sales, margin, inventory turnover) by ensuring we allocate inventory dollars efficiently based on sales trends.

If you're a corporate rock star ready to apply what you know in a startup environment or a retail startup veteran looking for your next challenge we want to talk to you. The ideal candidate will have experience managing inventory in apparel or another high-SKU category with size or color variations, outstanding quantitative skills and the ability to build analytical tools that scale, a history of hiring and developing rock star employees, and a track record of effective collaboration with buying, operations, and other internal teams. In addition, a passion for fashion and a strong customer focus is important in this role.

This role is a great career growth opportunity; the chance to build a department from the ground and a path to Director-level.

Key Responsibilities

    • Own merchandise planning strategy and management for all of the company’s product lines
    • Drive revenue growth by ensuring inventory dollars are allocated efficiently based on sales trends; improve inventory turnover
    • Create and implement scalable planning tools and processes including category/assortment planning, open-to-buy, re-orders, and clearance/markdowns
    • Support the buying teams with weekly and ad-hoc merchandise reporting, recaps, and analysis
    • Hire, on-board, and train best-in-class merchandise planning analysts


Requirements

    • 5-9 years of experience in merchandise planning at high-SKU apparel retailers
    • Experience hiring, training, and leading a team including performance management
    • Track record of building and running planning processes that scale to tens of thousands of SKUs
    • Deep knowledge of and experience with retail planning concepts including category/assortment planning, open-to-buy, and product lifecycle management
    • Ability to collaborate effectively with multiple teams including buying, marketing, and operations
    • Excellent analytical and quantitative skills; ability to identify meaningful themes in quantitative and qualitative data
    • Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables, vlookups, logical formulas, and macros
    • Comfort with ambiguity and passion/excitement for building new tools and processes in a high-growth environment
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
    • Strong sense of ownership and attention to detail

Company

Dolls Kill is a global fashion brand that empowers everyone to celebrate their individuality through radical, unapologetic self-expression. Our cult following of over 5 million social media followers includes some of the most influential personalities in music, art, pop culture, and fashion. We are backed by world-renowned venture firms who share our vision of building the next generation-defining consumer brand and breaking from tradition.  

Company info
Website
Telephone
(949)307-7539
Location
1414 Harbour Way S.
Suite 1701
Richmond
CA
94804
US

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