Job Description

About the role

The Planner at Spanx plays a crucial role in overseeing merchandise planning and inventory management. This position entails converting the merchant's vision into strategic plans that drive sales, inventory, and margin goals. Collaboration with various departments is essential to ensure alignment with consumer demand and the company's overall strategy.

This role is based in our Atlanta headquarters, requires weekly in-office work Tuesday-Thursday , and reports to the Manager, Merchandise Planning, Active & Lounge.

You’ll love it because you will…

• Leverage your passion for numbers and analytics to identify trends, opportunities, and risks within sales and inventory data
• Utilize strong analytical skills and develop a deep understanding of sales trends, inventory management, and financial forecasting
• Work closely with cross-functional partners to ensure inventory investments align with business objectives
• Maintain and update weekly and monthly sales plans and help identify key hits, misses, risks, and opportunities
• Assist in preparing business performance recaps and trend analyses for leadership
• Analyze sales productivity and collaborate on strategies to optimize inventory and sales potential
• Contribute to OTB forecasting by tracking trends, evaluating stock-to-sales ratios, and optimizing receipt flow
• Monitor and maintain OTB inventory levels to support sales plans

Qualifications

We require...

• 3+ years in Merchandise Planning, Inventory Management, Allocation or Buying, preferably within Retail or Apparel
• Strong Excel & analytical skills required
• Demonstrated skills across different technology stacks
• Both a self-starter and team player with great energy and drive
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while meeting strict deadlines and flexibility to handle various tasks
• Creative and strategic thinker who can identify opportunities for growth, and solutions to help achieve goals
• Ability to champion ideas and execute in an expedited time frame and to establish trust and maintain a collaborative spirit working cross-functionally in the organization
• Decision Making Process: Problem Solves; proficient in identifying root causes in a problem, generating effective solutions with teams, using facts and data for prompt decisions, and takes responsibility for results
• Collaboration: Accepts and appreciates other people; demonstrates courtesy and compassion; supports, encourages, and thanks others; consults, listens, and understands others; promotes diversity and builds morale, team cohesion, and collaboration
• Critical Thinking: Gains an understanding of the situation or problem; evaluates, integrates, and categorizes information to identify issues, patterns, trends, and relationships; challenges assumptions and draws informed conclusions that enable effective approaches and solutions

Additional Information

Spanx is proud of our continued Progressive People Practices…

• Company Healthcare Plan : $0.00 out of pocket (Employee only benefit)
  Fertility testing and treatment are included in Spanx’s medical plans, even without the diagnosis of infertility.

• Parental Leave Policy : Primary caregiver receives 16 weeks AND will have the option to work a half-time schedule (20 hours per week) for up to four additional weeks with full-time (40 hours per week) pay.

• Mental Health Days :10 days

• 401K : Matched up to 4% with immediate vesting.

• PTO & Company Holidays: PLUS two full weeks of companywide closures (one in the Summer; one between Christmas and NYE)

• Flex Friday : Year-round half-day Fridays!

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.