Director, Planning - Toronto, Canada - Indigo

Indigo

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Company Description

Dedicated to telling stories and creating experiences, Indigo is always looking for bright, energetic and customer-focused people who can help bring our exciting mission to life in one of our more than 170 Indigo, Indigospirit, Chapters and Coles stores across Canada.

We offer a variety of exciting opportunities at our retail stores, distribution centres, and home office for people who share our passions and want to be part of a dynamic and enriching culture.

WHO WE ARE
We love books and all things beautiful
We are Canada's Cultural Department Store
Books are our heart and our soul and Great Books are JUST the Beginning

We play by the following rules:
We exist to add joy to our customers' lives each and every time they interact with us and our products
Our job is to create joyful moments for our customers
We treat each other the way we'd treat a valued friend
We inspire each other to do our best work
We seek to ignite creativity and innovation every day
We give back to the communities in which we operate

Job Description:

The Director, Planning & Inventory Management is responsible for leading and developing financial planning and inventory management for a defined group within General Merchandise or Print.

This positon will be responsible for seasonal, long term and annual plans that support the category specific strategic plans, determining sales, margin and inventory turn targets across both physical and digital channels.

Working in partnership with Category VP's, this incumbent will maximize overall financial performance of product categories.

KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS
Sales & Net Margin
NMROI & Inventory Turns
Forecasting Accuracy
In Stock/Ending Inventory Targets
Team Engagement

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Strategic

Partner with the Category VP for their defined group to determine the category strategic goals and financial plans across all channels
Reconcile top-down strategic plans and bottom-up category plans and forecasts to ensure the achievement of business targets.
Maintain strategic foresight by identifying customer and business needs and adjusting departmental and team objectives accordingly.
Acts as lead on key strategic projects that have broad organizational reach and high impact
Support Indigo goals by executing short to mid-term departmental goals (1 year)
Maintain strategic foresight by identifying customer and business needs and adjusting departmental and team objectives accordingly.

Functional

Partner with the Category leadership team to establish strategic goals, investment and financial plans

Partner with Category VP to develop and recommend macro space plans to maximize sales and margin potential in high-opportunity categories, with support from Store Design, Visual Merchandising and Purchasing Operations.

Accountable for financial target setting and financial planning processes for the division, with the ability to call out opportunities and risks in the buying strategy
In conjunction with the Category VP, drive the completion of key deliverables for new store and product expansion projects/opportunities.

Develop seasonal merchandise financial plans and inventory management strategies, including allocation and replenishment, to manage the planning and inventory management managers, merchandise planners, and assistant planning and inventory managers.

Ensure best practices in PO flow and Case Pack rounding are executed throughout the year to drive turns and efficiencies in team allocations, DC and Store Execution.

Optimize inventory investment levels for the group to ensure stores and the Online channel are kept in stock.

Led the in-season forecasting process and markdown management for the defined group, and was accountable for driving business performance while maximizing margin and inventory productivity.

Lead the post-mortem and sighting process with the Category VP, challenging the team to learn and adapt continuously for future periods.

Create and execute Seasonal and core Inventory Strategies in partnership with Distribution Centres to optimize inventory Turnovers and Net Margin potential.

Understand the impact of changing external environmental factors (competitive, regulatory, technical, etc.) on Indigo.
Drive appropriate execution and decision-making to achieve all Key Financial Performance Metrics.
Ensure the accuracy of information and reporting.
Act as a key collaborator with the Retail and DC Operations teams, developing strategies and processes to maximize efficiencies in peak selling periods
Build team culture and a collaborative environment between Category and Planning.
Partner with the SVP, Planning & Inventory Management on key initiatives
Responsible for the development and execution of Group replenishment strategies with a commitment to continuous improvement.
Ensure the execution of team deliverables and adapt team priorities based on changing needs.
Set/adhere to team budgets, as applicable.
Act as an advocate for the customer by