Senior Assortment Planner

Work Options

Hybrid. Onsite:
Mon-Thurs

Senior Assortment Planner

Beaverton, OR

9 months contract

Partner cross‑functionally with Merchandising, Finance, Marketplace Planning, Business Planning, Supply Planning, and Product teams.

We are looking for a Senior Assortment Planner to establish clear end‑to‑end bottom‑up assortment plans partnering with Merchandising, Sales, and Business Planning to create a line grounded in profitability, productivity, and consumer‑centric offerings. You will be tasked with creating pre‑season style level plans.

• Leverage statistical forecasting, data science and new ways of working to develop plans and drive better decisions
• Demonstrate experience in assortment planning and understanding of financial, product and inventory planning
• Influence others and craft compelling communication grounded in data
• Think critically and understand the potential of a style in the marketplace as well as quantify any gaps to financial plans from a bottoms‑up perspective
• Display problem solving and critical thinking skills by developing accurate plans that optimize trade‑offs and outcomes
• Understand consumer and marketplace trends
• Hold a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 3‑5 years directly relevant work experience (alternatives: PhD or Law + 1 yr; Masters + 0‑3 yrs)

In this role you’ll establish clear assortment plans that tell a story for the season and help merchandising create a line grounded in profitability and consumer‑centric offering. This will include collaborating with merchandising and sales to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial plans and product opportunities.

• Present financial plans, forecasts and strategies in key meetings; proactively report on the health of the business, facilitate smart business decisions, communicate financial results, and create action plans for managers and cross‑functional team members on a regular basis. Collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices, and develop systems knowledge.
• Develop seasonal plans and monthly forecasts inclusive of sales, margin and inventory at the style‑color level leveraging analytics; develop strategies to meet financial goals and own open‑to‑buy bottom‑up forecasts to inform manufacturing decisions.
• Partner with key stakeholders across Geo and Global to optimize business health throughout the entirety of the product life cycle inclusive of responsive offering.
• Product forecasting and in‑season optimization by analyzing data and providing actionable insights.
• Report on forecast variance across key planning gates and deliver action plans as well as risks and opportunities.