Manager, Planning; Dtc

About Us

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment and beauty. Centric Brands is focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth. We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box.

Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.

Centric Brands is looking for a dynamic, creative and resourceful Planning Manager to join its Lifestyle team and manage the Dockers DTC business. This individual must be a self-starter and team player who takes initiative, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is excited about joining a team on a journey to accelerate transformation across Centric Brands.

The Planning Manager will be responsible for developing and maintaining demand and financial plans, across product categories that support the commercial goals of the business. In addition, the Planner will ensure timely and accurate communication of weekly, monthly, and adjusted seasonal forecasts.

Responsibilities:

• Develop bottoms up 12-18 month rolling forecasts at the style/color level, based on history, trends, promotional activity etc. and adjusting forecasts on a weekly basis to accommodate changes in trend.
• Aggregate forecasts into comprehensive 12-month revenue and margin plans, and manage the seasonal OTB.
• Monitor actual performance against forecasts, making weekly and monthly adjustments to unit and key financial metrics based on sales insights.
• Clearly communicate variances, providing supporting details.
• Call out potential issues and/or risk of actual sales vs projected sales.
• Key Partner with Finance, Operations, Merchandising, Supply planning, and cross functional DTC partners.
• Develop and distribute weekly reporting on sales performance and inventory levels.
• Conduct end-of-season reviews, analyzing seasonal sell-through against targets to identify opportunities and risks for the next season.
• Collaborate with the merchant and DTC team to analyze the business, maximize style performance, and identify OTB opportunities or risks.
• Become a liaison on systems initiatives as they pertain to DTC planning
• Develop effective replenishment forecast models, based on demand patterns, and partner with supply planning on maintaining required service levels, with the appropriate levels of inventory.
• Manage the virtual allocation or reservation of product to the DTC channel, based on the demand forecast, and adjusts quantities as needed.

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of experience with extensive knowledge of a direct to consumer business
• Wholesale/Retail replenishment experience in a seasonally driven product category
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills
• Ability to think both strategically and execute tactically
• Ability to partner and collaborate at all levels with multiple areas of the business
• Be able to influence others based on analysis and forecasting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in order to convey point of view
• Must be proficient at creating new reporting tools to help analyze and drive the business
• Entrepreneurial mindset and resourceful – Capable of problem solving
• Foster a collaborative, positive, results-driven work environment
• SAP experience, a plus
• Shopify experience, a plus
• Retail planning knowledge or experience required

In return, we provide an industry-competitive salary, along with a comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision) that includes a matching 401(k), Summer Fridays, generous PTO, merchandise discounts, excellent career development opportunities, and a work environment that reflects our industry leadership. Our social impact program, Centric Cares, focuses on volunteerism to make a difference in communities we live and work in and our D&I committee is shaping the…