Store Planner

As a Retail Planner at Warby Parker, your role is pivotal in driving sales and growth for our business. You'll focus on optimizing store clusters, making product attribute suggestions for specific store groupings, forecasting product mix, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful outcomes. Your insights will help shape our retail planning strategy and ensure the right products are available in the right places to maximize sales.

What you’ll do:

• Analyze the retail product assortment and partner with Merchandising to set strategy to maximize bookings, drive growth, and enhance the Warby Parker business
• Develop and maintain store groupings for improved sales and inventory efficiency
• Forecast product mix at the store level to meet targets and increase bookings
• Partner with the Merchandise Planning, Allocation, and Merchandising teams to develop SKU clustering and store grouping strategies
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of Anaplan models related to retail planning, SKU clustering, and store clustering—driving strategic enhancement and automation all the while
• Collaborate with the Retail team to understand topline initiatives, product trends, and Retail fleet call-outs that may impact product-level forecasting
• Update and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and diagnostics related to forecasting to drive continuous improvement and prepare relevant reports and analyses

Who you are:

• The proud owner of a Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or a related field
• Backed by 3+ years of experience at a retail or consumer goods company with a retail footprint
• Equipped with experience in retail planning, merchandise planning, or a related role (e.g., business analytics, financial planning and analysis, forecasting)
• A deeply analytical thinker with the data-driven decision-making skills to match
• Proficient in retail planning software and tools
• An excellent communicator who’s no stranger to collaborating cross-functionally
• Not on the Office of Inspector General’s List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE)

Extra credit: 

• Wizard-level Excel skills (particularly in modeling)
• A strong understanding of retail math and forecasting (store clustering, forecasting at the store and product level, and analysis to inform decision-making)

Some benefits of working at Warby Parker for full-time employees:

• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Flexible vacation policy
• Paid Holidays
• Retirement savings plan with a company match
• Parental leave (non-birthing parents included)
• Short-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Bereavement Support
• Education Reimbursement
• Free eyewear
• And more (just ask!)

Warby Parker, in good faith, believes that the posted salary range is accurate for this role in New York at the time of posting. Warby Parker may pay more or less than the posted range based on factors such as relevant experience and skills, qualifications and location, among others. This range may be modified in the future. In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible to receive a cash bonus and an equity bonus as part of the total compensation package. Details and eligibility will be discussed during the application process.

New York Pay Range$78,750—$90,000 USD

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About Us:

Warby Parker was founded with a mission: to inspire and impact the world with vision, purpose, and style.

We're constantly asking ourselves how we can do more and make a greater impact, and that starts by reimagining everything that a company and industry can be. We want to demonstrate that a business can scale while doing good in the world, without charging a premium for it. And we’ve learned that it takes creativity, empathy, and innovation to achieve that goal.

Since the day we launched in 2010, we’ve pioneered ideas, designed products, and developed technologies that help people see. We offer everything you need for happier eyes at a price that leaves you with money in your pocket, from designer-quality glasses and contacts to eye exams and vision tests, and you can meet us online, at our stores, or even in your home. Wherever and whenever you need it, we’re there to make exc