Manager, Retail Planning (Lifestyle Brands)

About Us

 

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment and beauty. Centric Brands is focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth. We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box. Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.

Specific Responsibilities Would Include

Centric Brands is looking for a dynamic, creative and resourceful Planning Manager to join its Lifestyle team. This individual must be a self-starter and team player who takes initiative, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is excited about joining a team on a journey to accelerate transformation across Centric Brands. This position will report to the Director of Planning as well as collaborating with Sales, Demand Planning and our account partners to proactively manage the business and achieve our financial goals.

 

Key Responsibilities

A Retail & Financial Planning Manager at Centric Brands plays a critical role in driving the company’s retail performance through strategic financial planning, analysis, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. This position focuses on optimizing sales, margin, inventory, and overall health and profitability of our business.

• Manage and analyze weekly sales reports to track performance trends, identify growth opportunities and support strategic decision making
• Create and/or set up reporting weekly/monthly/seasonally
• Actively participate in weekly meetings internally and with external counterparts where you will speak to the business and areas of opportunities or addressing issues
• Create and maintain ladder forecasting files to forecast sales, receipts and markdowns at a program level
• Own and maintain account level seasonal open-to-buy (OTB’s) to assist in monitoring sales, markdowns, receipts and stock levels with retail partner in order to make strong business decisions
• Develop and execute comprehensive retail financial plans, including sales forecasting, budgeting, and margin analysis aligned with company objectives
• Partner with Sales on go to market recaps and pre-market assortment strategies to ensure we are maximizing profitable growth in appropriate categories
• Drive continuous improvement in financial planning processes, tools, and systems to enhance accuracy and efficiency
• Perform ad hoc analysis for management requests

Our Best Fit Candidate Would Have

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years related experience
• Retail planning knowledge or experience required
• Demonstrates firm understanding of wholesale and/or retail financials
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel (Including pivot tables, lookups, etc.)
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills, including retail math (Ability to calculate margins, ST%, AUR, WOS, etc.)
• Ability to think both strategically and execute tactically
• Ability to partner and collaborate at all levels with multiple areas of the business
• Be able to influence others based on analysis and forecasting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to convey point of view
• Must be proficient at creating new reporting tools to help analyze and drive the business
• Entrepreneurial mindset and resourceful – Capable of problem solving
• Foster a collaborative, positive, results-driven work environment
• SAP experience, a plus
• Tillerman experience or Account portal experience, a plus

In return, we provide an industry-competitive salary, along with a comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision) that includes a matching 401(k), Summer Fridays, generous PTO, merchandise discounts, excellent career development opportunities, and a work environment that reflects our industry leadership. Our social impact program, Centric Cares, focuses on volunteerism to make a difference in communities we live and work in and our D&I committee is shaping the future of diversity, equity and inclusion at Centric Brands though workshops, resources and inspiring conversation.

 

Salary Range: $95,200 - $120,000

 

At Centric Brands, we believe our people are our greatest asset, and we seek to structure competitive compensation offers to ensure that we are able to attract and retain the best talent. Our job postings include an annual base salary range at the time of employment. The stated base salary range represents our good faith e