About Us:Born in the vibrant festival scene, Quay merges music and fashion to create trend-forward designer eyewear for any moment or mood.
Known for bold and playful designs, Quay inspires you to be your truest, most authentic self—and look good while doing it.
Responsibilities:The Shops Planner will be responsible for leading and supporting the day-to-day needs for the financial, demand and inventory planning organization of performance for our shops channels (brick & mortar).
They are responsible for partnering with the cross-functional teams and leading Shops planning on the development, communication, and execution of the financial and product strategy including sales, margin, and inventory from department to class.
They are responsible for business end -to-end, from Pre-Season thru In-Season strategies.
They will use strong analytical skills to inform global assortment plans and optimize inventory.
This role will be highly cross functional, working with Merchandising, Product Development, Operations, and the Stores team, bringing strategic and analytical insights to support brand strategy and vision.
This individual should be highly entrepreneurial and be able to collaborate and thrive in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
Lead the Financial, Demand & Inventory Planning for stores channels and ensure collaboration with cross-functional teams to manage demand plans on a continuous basis and maintain various forecasts that align with the strategies and objectives of the business over a rolling horizon.
· Provide overall leadership on the Demand Plan that drives the Planning process.
· Develop initial and replenishment allocation strategies to support both new and existing Shops, maximizing inventory and sell thru
· Stakeholder engagement and interpersonal skills: ability to derive and communicate high-level insights from data and successfully drive consensus.
· Leads key cross functional demand planning collaboration meetings with the commercial partners with a data driven, fact-based approach to communicate key forecast drivers to manage a consensus forecast.
· Communicate ideas concisely to a wide variety of stakeholders for purposes ranging from informative to need for financial approval from executives.
· Develop cross-functional partnerships to understand the impact of key growth and demand drivers.
· Engages team to examine current practices and encourages creative thinking about how things could be more effective and efficient.
· Asserts own ideas and persuades others in a clear, confident, and composed manner.
Tailors message for the audience and can gain support and commitment from others.
Requirements:5 years of Merchandise Planning, Demand forecasting or Inventory management experienceDirect interaction with supply chain & demonstrated understanding of planning to supply process.Highly developed strategic-thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills as well as the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities, assignments, and roles.Strong analytical and quantitative skills demonstrated experience gathering and manipulating data to answer questions and solve problems with effective solutionsStrong communication and presentation skills, concisely present complex information/recommendations in terms meaningful to various audiencesComfort with ambiguity and passion/excitement for building new tools and processesBonus Points:Systems agility- planning systems experience in NSPB or similarCertifications in demand and/or supply planning a plusBrick and mortar retail experience with successful cross functional partnership with sales leadership.Bachelor's degree: Finance, Operations, Retail Management or Business Management preferred (or equivalent work experience)Perks:Hybrid role: In SF Office Tue, Wed, Thur.Bonus EligibleBase compensation will be commensurate with experience, skills/knowledge set, and internal equity.
Factors may include, as applicable, years of relevant experience; certifications or other professional licenses held; and other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position.401(k)Product Discounts
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