Men's Planner - Rhone Apparel, Inc.

About the Company:

Founded in 2014, Rhone is a performance lifestyle brand dedicated to championing mental fitness. Engineered for optimal style, comfort, and performance, our clothing is designed to enhance every aspect of the active individual's life. Led by brothers Nate & Ben Checketts, Rhone is fueled by a clear vision: positively impacting lives through a commitment to physical and mental fitness, inspiring community, and crafting performance-driven products. Rhone's purpose is straightforward yet impactful: to inspire those who challenge themselves in their relentless pursuit of progress. In addition to a robust E-commerce business and a strong wholesale presence, Rhone currently has 15 retail stores across the U.S., all of which are used for building community through various initiatives such as the brand's signature Mind & Muscle events. More information can be found at www.rhone.com

About the role:
The Men’s Planner will collaborate with the merchandising, wholesale, and store teams to create preseason and in-season plans, aligning on sales expectations and inventory strategies. The Planner will need to assess the current state of the business and recommend the proper course of action to achieve maximum sales.  This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-growth brand.

What you’ll do:

PRESEASON 

• Create pre-season sales, margin, and inventory plans by style and color by analyzing previous quarter results, noting lost sales, and identifying growth drivers over prior year using merchandising and market insights. 

• Effectively communicate the style level buys as it relates to current trend and historical findings

• Summarize the opportunity and risk of a product plan as it relates to trend and financial metrics: initial mark-up, average unit retail, average unit cost, net margin dollars/rate

• Recommend style and color count as it relates to the topline forecast 

• Develop the financial strategy associated with growth and diminish categories in quarterly investment review meetings

IN SEASON  

• Provide weekly updates on business as it relates to the buy plan; Identify trends and highlight programs that exceed or recede expectations 

• Propose receipt chase and/or adjustments based on current selling to inventory relationships

• Prepare monthly core style sales and inventory forecasts; Provide sales trend opportunity for future quarters, validate stock-to-sales relationships, and maximize receipt flow to improve turn

 What you’ll bring:

• 4+ years of merchandise planning experience; Additional related experience in allocation, merchandising, financial planning, strategy, or business analytics is a plus

• Wholesale experience preferred, but not required

• Self-starter mindset with the ability to take initiative to complete tasks 

• Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to summarize business performance into key highlights with a pointed root cause and a “so what, now what” plan of action

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required, 

• Experience with Domo or similar BI tools a plus

• Experience in an ERP system, Netsuite preferred 

• Experience in a forecasting system, Singuli preferred but not required

Job Type:  Full Time

Location: Hybrid - Stamford, CT

Reports To: Planning Manager