Analyst, Assoc Merch Planning

Our values start with our people, join a team that values you!

Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.

As part of our team, you will experience:

• Success
  . Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
• Career growth
  . We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
• Teamwork
  . We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
• Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.

Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2023 revenues of $20.4 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

The Assistant Planner is a learning role that allows you to build a foundation of skills for your future career as a Planner. As an Assistant Planner, we invest in you through structured training and one on one apprenticeship with a skilled Planning Manager. You will begin to build your planning skills by contributing to the management of in-season plans and building of pre-season plans in support of regional strategies.

You will learn how to maximize sales potential and minimize risks at the region and store level for a specific business. As an Assistant Planner, you will develop an understanding of key performance indicators, such as performance to plan, same-store sales and turn, to support your recommendations. You will begin developing critical relationships with your Planning team through in-person interactions.

• Review future plans based on historical performance and knowledge of future business conditions. Supports Planning Manager in creation of initial seasonal plans
• In partnership with your Planning Manager, prepare hindsight analysis and collaborate with Planning counterpart at key fiscal points (e.g., events/holidays and quarterly);
  Present performance recaps to cross-functional teams and/or leadership
• Propose recommendations to capitalize on opportunities and/or reduce risk for next season/year (e.g., influence product flow changes to drive sales/reduce liabilities)
• Identify risks and/or opportunities by product and Region;
  Partner with your Planning Manager to propose recommendations to capitalize on opportunities
• Work with cross-functional teams (Store/Region Planning, Merchandise Planning, and Allocation) to drive business through product or store specific strategies
• Review higher product levels to validate the mix of assortment within a region using additional reporting tools
• Modify system generated Store level plans by resolving outliers, exceptions and aligning to business strategies

• Strong communication skills:
  You can “read the situation”, you actively listen, ask clarifying questions, can weave a story out of numbers and demonstrate the ability to build relationships.
• Flexibility:
  You can pivot, are adaptable, and receptive to feedback.
• Results Driven:
  You are tenacious, and achievement focused.
  
  You can prioritize your work and deliver it with accuracy.
• Intellectually curious:
  You can analyze and…