International Merchandise Planner

About the role

Being a part of the Alo team as a Planner comes with great responsibilities. It's more than just planning inventory and sales for Retail Stores and Ecommerce. It's about being a part of Alo's mission and vision of studio to street and elevating the experience each store offers. It's about getting product to our Guests seamlessly. As our Planner for International, your responsibilities will include, but not limited to: Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Collaborate with Planning/Buying/Merchandising teams to develop, execute and communicate financial plans and merchandise strategies that support merchandising, marketing and financial objectives for International Owned Retail Stores and Web in International markets. Drive both top-down and bottoms up category plans. Provide analytical insights to drive growth within owned categories and/or various operating channels and markets within the APAC or Europe region. Manage the OTB monthly financial review for owned categories / markets to identify risks and opportunities in the given areas of responsibility. Recap and analyze actual sales results to plan; and forecast in-season sales and inventories on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis. Support Merchandise Planning in supply chain product flow by monitoring stock to support key programs and delivery launches. Create pre-season sales, gross margin and inventory plans by department that align with company goals. Manage the financial success by meeting sales, gross margin and inventory turn goals. Create and manage sales and inventory plans for all core styles to meet department financial goals. Maximize opportunities by continuously analyzing the business and reacting to trends. Recap and communicate category and size selling performance. Lead change and/or enhancements to current processes and procedures. Collaborate with cross functional teams.

Requirements

• 4+ years in merchandise planning or inventory management
• International experience is a plus, but not mandatory
• Advanced excel skills and model-building acumen required
• Strong aptitude for numbers, retail math skills and understanding of forecasting methodology
• Able to lead cross functional discussions and gain alignment
• Demonstrates logical analysis and problem-solving skills
• Strong ability to collect, manage and manipulate data from many sources
• Display strong listening, written and oral communication skills
• Strong trend analysis and problem-solving skills
• Ability to positively influence and lead others by fostering a motivating work outlook with emphasis on team collaboration
• Experience with Anaplan a plus
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WHY JOIN ALO? Mindful movement. It's at the core of why we do what we do at ALO-it's our calling. Because mindful movement in the studio leads to better living. It changes who yogis are off the mat, making their lives and their communities better. That's the real meaning of studio-to-street: taking the consciousness from practice on the mat and putting it into practice in life.

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