Wholesale Planner (Full Price Channel

Overview

The Wholesale Planner (Full-Price Channel) partners closely with the Senior Planner to support the financial and merchandise planning strategy across a portfolio of wholesale apparel brands, including Lucky Brand, Aéropostale, and future business initiatives
. This role is responsible for developing forecasts, analyzing business performance, and delivering actionable insights that drive sales growth, maximize profitability, and support strategic business decisions.

The ideal candidate is a highly analytical and commercially savvy planning professional with strong wholesale experience, exceptional retail math and forecasting skills, and the ability to turn complex data into meaningful business recommendations. As a key cross-functional partner, this individual will collaborate closely with Sales, Merchandising, and Operations teams to optimize business performance while leveraging both traditional planning methodologies and AI-powered tools to enhance forecasting accuracy, reporting capabilities, and overall decision-making.

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Partner with the Senior Planner in developing annual, seasonal, and monthly financial plans by brand, account, and product category.
• Manage account-level forecasting and in-season business projections, identifying risks and opportunities to achieve sales and margin objectives.
• Analyze trends, bookings, shipments, and account performance to support informed business decisions.
• Support budget, forecast, and long-range planning processes across multiple wholesale channels.

Business Analysis & Reporting

• Develop, maintain, and enhance weekly, monthly, and seasonal reporting packages.
• Monitor and analyze key business metrics including sales, bookings, margins, productivity, and account performance.
• Deliver timely business insights and strategic recommendations to planning leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Prepare executive recaps, hindsight analyses, and ad hoc reporting to support decision‑making.

Wholesale Account Planning

• Support planning activities across key wholesale customers, including department stores, specialty retailers, e‑commerce partners, and marketplace channels.
• Analyze customer buy patterns, market performance, and product productivity to inform future planning strategies.
• Partner with Sales teams to evaluate opportunities, assess business health, and support account growth initiatives.
• Provide financial recaps and performance analysis during key market and selling milestones.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Build strong partnerships with Sales, Merchandising, Production, Operations, and Supply Chain teams.
• Communicate risks, opportunities, and business performance clearly to stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization.
• Support strategic initiatives, process improvements, and enhancements to planning tools and reporting capabilities.
• Champion data‑driven decision‑making across the organization.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Merchandising, Statistics, or a related field.
• 3-5+ years of experience in wholesale planning, merchandise planning, forecasting, or other analytical roles within the apparel, retail, or consumer products industry.
• Wholesale apparel experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing financial plans, forecasts, and business performance analysis.
• Strong understanding of merchandising, forecasting, retail math, and wholesale business drivers.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables, advanced formulas.
• Experience with planning systems, business intelligence platforms, and reporting tools preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting multi‑brand and multi‑channel wholesale businesses.
• Experience with Micro Strategy, Full Circle, Skypad, SAP, Seventh Online, or NuOrder a plus.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI‑enabled tools such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, Power BI AI capabilities, or predictive analytics solutions to automate reporting, improve forecasting, identify business opportunities, and drive productivity.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for applying emerging technologies to modern planning practices.

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