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Senior Manager Assortment Planning, Footwear, Canada

Foot Locker
Toronto, CAN
Full Time
Manager
Hybrid
4 days ago
Assortment PlanningRetail MathAdvanced ExcelData AnalysisPower BIStrategic Thinking
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Overview

  • Foot Locker is rooted in sport, powered by style, and driven by the communities that move both.
  • The Senior Manager of Assortment Planning, Footwear is responsible for the development, delivery and ongoing management of a profitable and productive clustered assortment aligned to consumer preferences.

Build Optimized Assortments

  • Lead end to end Assortment Planning process for area of responsibility from initial brand/franchise forecasting to go to market.
  • Develop pre season assortment plan to support the merchandise strategy.
  • Apply assortment analytics, including rate of sale and door tiering, to the planning process.
  • Conduct analysis to support the creation of sku targets by tier.
  • Ensure accurate life cycle management attribution.
  • Maximize margin through assortment productivity.

Store Clustering

  • Create and maintain store clusters based on demographics, space, volume, and product.
  • Define assortment breadth, depth, and mix for each store cluster.
  • Assign productivity metrics and evaluate by cluster product type.

Space Analysis and Planning

  • Collaborate with Space Optimization to analyze space and capacity for area of business.
  • Ensure the monthly SKU count flow fits within space capacity.
  • Provide capital project floorplan guidance based on Merchant strategy and productivity analysis.

Cross Functional Collaboration and Alignment

  • Build future assortment and space plans together with the Buying team by visiting brand partners and traveling the market.
  • Partner with Allocation, Buying, and GTM/VM to ensure alignment on door and distribution.
  • Partner with Financial Planning on bottoms up receipt plans by vendor.

Vendor Collaboration

  • Foster a strong partnership with the brands on assortment build and GTM processes.
  • Attend brand pre season meetings, line reviews, and market travel as needed.
  • Effectively articulate vendor product strategies.
  • Conduct scenario analysis as required.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, or merchandising required.
  • Minimum 7 9 years of relevant retail experience in a trend driven, high volume company.
  • Advanced Excel skills are a must.
  • Experience using Power BI is a plus.
  • Experience working in assortment planning solutions is preferable.
  • Retail math proficiency required.
  • Ability to establish relationships and work effectively with all internal and external constituencies.
  • Ability to think creatively, highly driven and self motivated.
  • Ability to multi task in a fast paced environment with a sense of urgency while remaining organized.
  • Ability to problem solve, manage to deadlines, and complete in depth analysis to support decision making.
  • 20% Travel.

Benefits

  • The annual base salary range is CAD 70,000 CAD 85,000 CAD / year.
  • Employee Discount, Paid Time Off, Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage, 401(k) | Roth 401(k), Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, Paid Parental Leave, Opportunities for Advancement, Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses, Strong Company Culture, Employee Resource Groups.

Work Location

  • This hybrid position will be located at our Foot Locker Canada Office in Toronto.
  • Expectations for hybrid in office schedule is three days a week, typically Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

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