Sr. Channel Planner - Wholesale

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Under Armour needs a planning expert in the US wholesale business. The Sr. Planner will be given a rare opportunity to lead and be a part of a rapidly growing brand and division. Passion, desire and integrity are traits we look for in our teammates. You will play a key role in leading the pre-season financial and inventory planning processes with the opportunity to make an instant impact on the business.

This individual will work closely with our wholesale retailer partners, sales teams, and regional merchandising teams, amongst others here at UA to drive and deliver results. In addition, this individual will be responsible for managing forecasts for categories which drive sales, margin, turn, and profitability for US wholesale.

• Develop seasonal plans by analyzing historical data and current trends while identifying risks and opportunities. Reconcile plans from a tops down and bottoms up perspective.
• Utilize POS analytics to support and reconcile external financial plans and help deliver and track against all business KPIs.
• Partner with key cross-functional planning leaders to establish best-in-class planning practices and support the evolution of our planning tools.
• Provide quarterly season style-color forecasts in alignment with Integrated Planning Calendar.
• Establish relationships with wholesale customers and participate in all external go-to-market meetings.
• Analyze and react to financial, market, and customer trends and formulate appropriate strategies in partnership with the cross-functional team.
• Partner with sales team to create bottoms up assortment plans.
• Lead special projects and business opportunities on behalf of the Planning team.
• Provide updated reporting to cross-functional partners on a bi-weekly and monthly basis.
• Maintain a clean forecast to give visibility to supply chain partners.

• Experience in apparel and/or footwear industry is highly preferred.

• Experience in systems and programs related to planning processes. Excel skills imperative. Exposure to Logility systems a plus.
• Proven experience working within a forecasting system such as Logility
• Demonstrated fluency in SAP tools including the ability to successfully mine data, create ad hoc reporting, analyze, and succinctly summarize to drive key business decisions.
• Strong knowledge and experience of the problem-solving process and its application in addressing critical business issues.
• Demonstrated track record of proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, including advanced Excel skills to facilitate data analysis and critical problem solving.
• Strong ability to communicate and build effective cross-functional relationships.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze complex quantitative data.
• Strong presentation skills.

EDUCATION AND/OR

EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Finance, Mathematics or other relevant field.
• Minimum 3-5 years merchandise planning experience in a progressive & growth focused retail organization.
• Strong excel and retail math skills.
• Proficiency in analyzing/interpreting large amounts of data and synthesizing into effective and actionable insights.
• Ability to clearly and concisely identify and summarize complex problems or issues, identify, implement and hindsight solutions.
• Ability to…