What are the responsibilities and job description for the Store Planner position at Intellibee?
Position Summary: Store Planner
The Store Planner manages the flow of products to Guitar Center stores in line with assortment strategy and replenishes active assortment to ensure best in class in-stock position. The Store Planner helps build regional, district, and store stocking strategies to assist in strategic allocation of products to drive sales. They will work with merchandise planners to communicate store needs and avoid shortages. They will monitor DC activity and reserves to monitor the progress of stock from DC to store.
Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to the following:
- Build store intelligence in collaboration with merchants and the field, local store visits, competition, customer demographics, and data.
- Develop allocation parameters that take into account store demand, velocity, and presentation.
- Maintain in-stock inventory availability and service levels, identify opportunities for corrective actions
- Provides roll-up of forecasts and purchases to contribute to the in-season planning process and the open to buy.
- Create reports to support the business including weekly sales and inventory reviews and identifying top stores and underperforming stores. Collaborate with planner/merchant to make appropriate shifts and changes to assortment to improve sales and GMROI.
- Maintains the planning system with appropriate parameters to improve forecast accuracy, receipt flow, and performance of algorithms.
- Collaborate with the new store team to ensure timely and complete fulfillment of the grand opening assortment.
- Monitors store groups for efficiency regularly and recommends changes for subcategories.
- Additional duties as assigned.
About Guitar Center
The Guitar Center Company embodies the world of creativity and music by encouraging our teammates to find their own individual sound. Our mission is to develop and nurture lifelong musicians and make a difference in the world by enabling musicians and non-musicians alike to experience the joy that comes from creating music. We believe in putting our customers first, engaging with respect and integrity and fulfilling our mission with passion.
The Guitar Center Company operates through several business divisions. Guitar Center is the world's largest retailer of guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards, recording, live sound, DJ, and lighting equipment, with more than 290 stores across the United States. 2014 marked the milestone 50th anniversary of the Guitar Center Company as the organization continues to help people make music from coast to coast.
E-Commerce brands Guitar Center, Musician's Friend and WWBW offer online sales of a broad selection of music products. The Music & Arts division operates more than 220 stores specializing in band & orchestral instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors, and students since 1952. AVDG and GCPro headline the enterprise audio-visual integration business, delivering a best-in-class commercial and residential customer experience.
