Senior Assortment Planner

Planning and AllocationRemote, United States

Description

At Torrid we're committed to cultivating a welcoming, inclusive and diverse culture driven by a focus on open dialogue, empowerment, recruiting, training, development and retention. We believe inclusion of diverse backgrounds and perspectives is fundamental to our success.  

We are seeking a strategic and commercially driven Senior Assortment Planner to lead the development of optimized product assortments across selling channels. In this role you will play a critical part in balancing customer demand, brand strategy, and financial objectives to maximize sales, margin, and inventory efficiency in a fast-paced fashion environment.

What You'll Do:

• Prepare and manage the assortment plans for assigned product categories during each product life cycle.
• Develop data-driven assortment frameworks aligned with brand vision, customer insights, and financial targets
• Utilize learnings from the planner/merchant provided hindsight and current in season trends to inform go forward assortment plans.
• Establish pre-season assortment targets (style/choice counts, sales $ productivity, % mix) in partnership with the Planning and Merchant teams Identify opportunities and risks within future assortments.
• Provide recommendations to Design, Merchants and Planning related to key category attributes (color/pattern, body/silhouette, fabrication etc.)
• In season monitoring of KPIs such as sales, gross margin, inventory turn, weeks of supply, and markdown performance
• Foster a culture that is open, honest, and centered around continuous improvement.

 

What You'll Need:

• 5 years of experience in Merchandise/Assortment planning.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel required, including v-lookups, pivot tables, and basic macros.
• Proficiency in Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint (Microsoft Office Suite)
• Prior experience with retail planning and forecasting systems preferred.