Retail Inventory Planning Manager

Inventory Planning Manager

Inventory Planning Manager for a National Confectionery Retailer

Joining our team will be the sweetest decision you will ever make!

At Lolli & Pops, we believe that candy is so much more than just candy. It has the power to say thank you, I love you, I celebrate you. And at its heart, candy Spreads Joy with Bits of Optimism.

Lolli and Pops is a high-end purveyor of sweetness and confectionary treats offering over 2000 unique items of indulgence and every reason to let your inner child come out and play. Shop, snack and learn through the exploration of each of Lolli and Pops unique candy-themed rooms.

The Inventory Planning Manager will be responsible for end-to-end sales and inventory planning for a specific category of business for Lolli and Pops. The Planning Manager may also have supervisory responsibility for planners on their team.

Inventory Planning Manager Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning the financial for a category of product with the merchant partner to drive and prepare for business demands in the future
• Responsible for keeping receipts in line with P&L requirements by month
• Responsible for generating accurate and timely replenishment orders to the warehouse as well as to stores in order to achieve company and department objectives
• Be proactive and engaged in non-traditional planning tasks like vendor communication for deliveries, floor set review, managing allocations and specific store management
• Actively participate in pushing forward with new processes and optimizations across planning and merchandising.
• Oversee appropriate system parameters, profiles, safety stocks, display minimums, etc. to achieve store/item in stock goals and objectives
• Optimize allocations and identify opportunities or risks in areas of responsibility to all stores to maximize sales, margin and sell through and minimize waste
• Partner cross functionally within operations, merchandising and inventory control to share information to achieve area goals

Qualifications

• Strong communication
• Proactive by nature. This job will have a high degree of autonomy, but equally high expectations that you will take the ball and run with it
• Comfort with computer systems and technology. You don't need to be a computer scientist, but you need to be really comfortable learning and understanding systems, from Windows to various software packages.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, with strong capabilities in Excel
• Bachelors degree required or 3-5 years equivalent work experience
• 3+ years retail planning, distribution or stores experience
• Ability to multitask and prioritize workload in a high pace environment

Our Company values are important to us! We are:

Guest-icated our guests are at the heart of everything we do

Collaborative we are a joyful mix of unique individuals working together

Agile we are flexible and open to change in order to be the best we can be

Authentic we honor what is real and authentic and give feedback from the heart

Betterment we have a never ending drive to continuously improve

We cannot wait to meet you!

We are an equal opportunity employer of all qualified individuals. We will consider all people - minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities no matter their sexual orientation or gender identity. We will consider giving opportunities to qualified individuals with criminal histories when it aligns with federal, state and local statutes.