Foot Locker is hiring 2 Senior Managers of Assortment Planning to join our Foot Locker-Kids Foot Locker Division! The Assortment Planner, Sr Manager is responsible for the development, delivery and on-going management of a profitable and productive clustered assortment that is aligned to our consumer preferences. By assorting with intent, the Assortment Planner will ensure the customer has a balance of brands, franchises, and mix of basics & fashion choices.

We are looking for one Senior Manager of Assortment Planning for Footwear and one for Apparel and Accessories.

Responsibilities

In close partnership with buying, allocation, and financial planning, the assortment planning team is responsible for:

Development of store assortments informed by business strategy and customer preference to determine the optimal assortment in each store location
Providing customer choice count targets by brand/franchise using productivity metrics aligned to in-store merchandising guidelines
Ensuring depth by style-color needed to achieve sales utilizing Rate of Sale plan and door tiering and clustering
Adjusting assortment strategy in-season based on changes in business performance or inventory productivity, fashion trend, and store assortment capacity
Driving customer experience in store and increasing NPS, while maximizing sales, margin, and sell-through rates

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and abilities:

Change Agent: enthusiastic about improving processes and ways of working and can champion change among the organization
Strategic Thinker: connect the dots between functions, understand upstream and downstream implications of decisions, and intellectually curious
Collaborative and Connected: know how to navigate the organization and can quickly follow up or escalate decisions to the right people and drive alignment
Trusted: Others respect their decision-making and will trust they have made the right decisions in guiding assortments
Detail Oriented: have no problem rolling up their sleeves and digging into the details of how things work or how decisions should be made
Data Savvy: solid understanding of historical performance data as well as the pitfalls of relying too much on data alone

Build Optimized Assortments

Lead end-to-end Assortment Planning process for area of responsibility from initial brand/franchise forecasting to go-to-market
Develop pre-season assortment plan to support the merchandise strategy
Apply assortment analytics, including rate-of-sale and door tiering, to the planning process
Conduct analysis to support the creation of sku targets by tier
Ensure accurate life cycle management attribution
Maximize margin through assortment productivity

Store Clustering

Create and maintain store clusters based on demographics, space, volume, and product
Define assortment breadth, depth, and mix for each store cluster
Assign productivity metrics and evaluate by cluster-product type

Space Analysis and Planning

Collaborate with Space Optimization to analyze space and capacity for area of business
Ensure the monthly SKU count flow fits within space capacity
Provide capital project floorplan guidance based on Merchant strategy and productivity analysis

Cross Functional Collaboration and Alignment

Build future assortment and space plans together with the Buying team by visiting brand partners and travelling the market
Partner with Allocation, Buying and GTM/VM to ensure alignment on door and distribution
Partner with Financial Planning on bottoms-up receipt plans by vendor

Vendor Collaboration

Foster a strong partnership with the brands on assortment build and GTM processes
Attend brand pre-season meetings, line reviews, and market travel as needed
Effectively articulate vendor-product strategies
Conduct scenario analysis as required

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, or merchandising required
Minimum 7-9 years of relevant retail experience in a trend driven, high-volume company
Advanced Excel skills are a must
Experience using Power BI is a plus
Experience working in assortment planning solutions is preferable
Retail math proficiency required
Ability to establish relationships and work effectively with all internal and external constituencies
Ability to think creatively, highly-driven and self-motivated
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency while remaining organized
Ability to problem-solve, manage to deadlines, and complete in-depth analysis to support decision making

Benefits

The annual salary range for this role is $80,000 – $105,000 / year. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary for this position. This role is also eligible to receive short term incentives that align with individual and company performance. Salary will be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, location, and alignment with market data. Salary is one component of the Foot Locker, Inc. total compensation package, which includes the below:

Foot Locker Benefits: