G-III Apparel Group, Ltd Looking for SENIOR WHOLESALE PLANNER – G.H BASS GLOBAL BRANDS – BASS OUTDOOR at New York, New York Full Time

Success Profile:

The Senior Wholesale Planner exudes business agility and strategic thinking, leveraging internal and external data to make fact-based decisions that facilitate business growth through analysis of merchandise selling, open-to-buy, monthly sales forecasts, sales-to-stock analysis, and profitability. Supports all activities associated with managing the financial, demand, and inventory plans for the Wholesale business at G. H. Bass. Provides analytical support to the team by strategically driving the business to maximize sales and margin as well as optimize inventory. Develops, executes, and communicates merchandise and account strategies, as well as, financial plans that support the merchandising and financial objectives for the G.H. Bass brand.

This is an exciting time for a proven Wholesale Planner with five years of WHOLESALE planning experience spanning for a global fashion lifestyle apparel brand to join the G.H. Bass team as the Senior Wholesale Planner!

Reporting to: Division President

Brand/Product Focus: G.H. Bass Originals | BASS OUTDOOR

Location (On-Site): New York City, Midtown Manhattan – Fashion District

Key Accountabilities:

Sales Planning:

• Partners with the Wholesale Sales team to develop and implement seasonal sales, margin and inventory targets by division/account which optimize sales and gross margin that incorporate category strategies and company goals
• Partners closely with Sales team on account management by recommending opportunities by location or by account on a weekly/monthly basis

Seasonal Planning:

• Presents seasonal plans to wholesale accounts in partnership with Sales

Reporting & Analysis:

• Prepares weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for cross functional partners in Sales and Merchandising to provide detailed overview of business performance by account
• Provides ongoing analysis of sales and inventory to increase optimization
• Produces ad-hoc reports and analysis upon request
• Leverages analytics to identify risks and opportunities in season and provides actionable recommendations to improve business trend and drive growth
• Contributes to the development of standardized best practice reporting and improved cross functional communication

Open-to-Buy:

• Manages and forecasts open-to-buy on a weekly basis to anticipate demand from wholesale accounts

Inventory Management:

• Updates inventory including season-to-date reports, end-of-month reports, and inventory by account
• Runs and forecasts analysis of bookings in each buy cycle/market

Assortment Planning:

• Assists with assortment planning management during buying season
• Ensures Channel Leads are provided highly accurate and deliberate analysis to support data driven business decisions

EDI/Automatic Replenishment:

• Maintains and monitors monthly replenishment sales by SKU
• Ensures on order/future projections align with current retail performance, optimizing shipment potential on key items.

Education and Experience:

• Five (5) or more years of WHOLESALE planning experience for a global fashion lifestyle apparel brand, required
• PRIOR experience with MACY’S, strongly desired
• College degree, or equivalent professional work experience, required

Skills and Behaviors:

• Advanced technical skill proficiency leveraging MS Excel (Pivot Tables, Vlookup, Macros, Data Manipulation)
• Critical analytical thinking and ability to conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to produce actionable reporting and recommendations to optimize wholesale and retail business performance
• Expert command of Retail math: Open-to-Buy, Inventory Management, Seasonal Planning, Forecasting, Top-Down, Botton-Up, Category, Classification, Style, SKU, Markdown, Profitability, Retail Gross Margin, P&L
• Solution-focused, creative problem solving skills grounded in data, analytics and innovation
• Motivated to work in a high energy environment at the speed of fashion with ever-changing priorities
• Confident, capable, engaging, highly effective cross-functional written/verbal communication, teaming and interpersonal skills

About G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. | www.g-iii.com

G-III excels at bringing excitement and confidence to customers through the fashion we create. We are global experts in design, sourcing, manufacturing, distribution and marketing, which enables us to fuel the growth of a substantial portfolio of brands. With more than 30 licensed and owned brands, including some of the most sought-after names in global fashion, our success is driven by our team’s entrepreneurial spirit and our deep relationships across the industry.