Sr. Planner, Planning; Hybrid- Rosemont, IL

• Base Pay $ - $ / Year
• Job Category Planning, Allocations
• Industry Planning, Allocations
• Employee Type Full Time Exempt

• Name Claire's HR
• Phone

ob Description

Title:

Sr. Planner, Central Planning FLSA Status:
Exempt

Comp Target: $ 1 2 0,000

Reports to :
Director, Planning

Department:
Planning & Allocation

Job Profile :
Manager I, Planning & Allocation

Direct Reports : 1

Location:

Rosemont Date Revised:
September 1 4 , 2026

General Summary

The Senior Planner, Central Planning plays a key role in managing Claire's total-company financial planning process across sales, margin, inventory, and OTB. This role translates enterprise financial targets into actionable planning guardrails, consolidates category plans into a total-company view, and identifies risks, opportunities, and recommended actions for leadership.

As a key connection point between Finance, Category Planning, and the Director of Central Planning, this role drives cross-category alignment and owns recurring enterprise planning processes, reporting, and analysis. The Senior Planner will also help build the tools, processes, and operating cadence of a newly forming Central Planning function.

Function Build-Out:
Help build the framework, cadence, and tools for a newly forming Central Planning function, including the seasonal planning calendar and process governance that don't yet exist today

Monthly Plan Review (MPR):
Own the mechanics of the Monthly Plan Review, consolidating category performance and forecast updates into one enterprise view each month

Top-Down Target Setting:
Translate enterprise sales, margin, and inventory targets into department and category-level guardrails each season

Total Company OTB:
Own the total company OTB roll-up; reconcile category-level plans against enterprise targets and flag gaps

Cross-Category Reconciliation:
Partner with category Planners and Senior Planners to align their plans to guardrails; escape conflicts and trade-offs to the Director

Enterprise Weekly Business Review:
Consolidate category-level W  inputs into one total company narrative for leadership

Quarterly Hind sighting :
Own quarterly hind sighting analysis, evaluating plan-to-actual performance across categories to inform future seasonal strategy

Inventory Investment Strategy:
Partner with Finance on inventory investment and capital allocation decisions across categories

Oracle Merchandising Platform:
Serve as the Central Planning lead on requirements, testing, and readiness for the Oracle transition

Leadership Partnership:
Act as a thought partner to the Director, Central Planning, surfacing trends, risks, and recommendations at the enterprise level .

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience

5-7 years of experience in merchandise planning, financial planning, or FP&A, ideally with exposure to total company or enterprise-level planning

Deep retail math fluency (OTB, turn, sell-through, margin) and comfort reconciling plans across multiple categories

Strong Excel and planning systems skills (Oracle experience a plus)

Executive-ready communication skills; comfortable presenting a consolidated , enterprise-level view to senior leadership

Highly organized and process-oriented; able to own a recurring, cross-functional cadence independently

Curious and collaborative, energized by building a new function from the ground up

General Summary

The Senior Planner, Central Planning plays a key role in managing Claire's total-company financial planning process across sales, margin, inventory, and OTB. This role translates enterprise financial targets into actionable planning guardrails, consolidates category plans into a total-company view, and identifies risks, opportunities, and recommended actions for leadership.

As a key connection point between Finance, Category Planning, and the Director of Central Planning, this role drives cross-category alignment and owns recurring enterprise planning processes, reporting, and analysis. The Senior Planner will also help build the tools, processes, and operating cadence of a newly forming Central Planning function.

Function Build-Out:
Help build the framework, cadence, and tools for a newly forming Central Planning function, including the seasonal planning calendar and process governance that don't yet exist today

Monthly Plan Review (MPR):
Own the mechanics of the Monthly Plan Review, consolidating category performance and forecast…