Sr. Demand Planner

Description

Haddad is a privately held family business with over 70 years of experience in the children’s wear apparel and accessories industry. Haddad is the leading children’s wear manufacturer representing the most iconic American brands in the world; Nike, Brand Jordan, Converse, Hurley and Levi’s. Our talented professionals are leaders in design, sourcing, sales and global distribution. With over 15 locations and 800 employees globally, it is no surprise that we are already the number one children’s wear company in the world.  

Overview:

The Sr. Demand Planner will oversee all aspects of strategic planning management for high volume account(s) and assume financial accountability to drive results. 

Key Accountabilities:

• Develop and execute product category goals and create seasonal buy plans that tie back to wholesale financial goals
• Consolidate demand for the total wholesale channel and partner with Production to ensure that receipt needs for wholesale channel deliveries are consistently met
• Partner with cross functional management to drive company's strategic initiatives
• Manage internal margin reporting and analysis
• Partner with Merchandising to utilize the directed assortments by tier of distribution to affect the buys
• Partner with Merchandising on line planning process to ensure SKU optimization and productivity
• Manage seasonal post mortem analysis to drive buys of purchasing to achieve sales goals
• Execute, develop and ensure capacity plans are met
• Support system development to enhance planning program functionality
• Recruit   top talent, train, develop, manage and motivate team members
• Ensure quarterly projections for replenishment styles are met
• Special projects as assigned     

Requirements

Required Skills/Abilities/Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Merchandising, Finance or related field
• 5 years of experience in Wholesale Planning and Analysis
• Fluent in Retail Math and advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills 
• Ability to travel as needed (up to 30%)
• Excellent organizational, communication and presentation skills with attention to detail

Consistent in-office presence is vital to the role as it is for all Haddad Brands team members, so that we all have a full appreciation, aesthetically and tactilely, of the qualities that define our brand partners’ products and set them apart from their competitors.