Wholesale Associate Planner

DIFF Charitable Eyewear stands for making a DIFFerence. With quality, value and charity at the heart of what we do, we believe that designer eyewear should be affordable and that it is important to inspire others to give back. Through our partnership with Sightsavers, DIFF has been able to positively affect the lives of over 4 million people with our gift of sight initiative. None of this is possible without all of YOU!

DIFF Charitable Eyewear seeking a talented and experienced Wholesale Associate Planner to join our team. The success and quality of our brand are attributed to the talent of our people, which is why we hire leaders and innovators, not employees or staff.  

ABOUT THE POSITION:

DIFF Charitable Eyewear is looking for a Wholesale Associate Planner who will be responsible for demand planning and analysis, inventory management, and performance reporting through major department store portals to determine customer store demand and merchandising recommendations. 

This role will be forecasting weekly and monthly reviewing turns for Majors and Boutique/Specialty business. In addition, the Associate Planner will help drive the wholesale team's success by providing insight and analysis into detailed planning KPIs at a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly level. The right candidate will be detail oriented, analytical and work well in a team environment.

OTHER STUFF YOU’LL GET TO DO: 

• Assortment and Demand planning for Wholesale channels.  Majors, Boutique, and Off Price, among others.  
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of market trends, competitor analysis and product development opportunities to grow the DIFF wholesale business by channel. 
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with cross functional team members
• Create and manage annual & seasonal budgets by wholesale channels that tie back to financial targets in partnership with VPof Sales, Merchandising, and Finance. Partner with the Wholesale rep/ team to ensure budgets are in line with their expectations.
• Partner with Sales to create seasonal by door budget projections.
• Create seasonal assortment plans that help support the overall wholesale channel using historical and current market trends.
• Meet with top accounts on a monthly/bi-monthly basis to review business opportunities.
• Develop and maintain annual, seasonal, and monthly merchandise plans for the wholesale team. For a Sku intensive business. 
• Develop and manage monthly OTB by account to provide accurate sales and markdown forecasts and make recommendations on MDs, RTVs, and VA impact.
• Quantify in-season risks and opportunities and make recommendations to the buying team. Monitor and react to replenishment styles.
• Analyze weekly selling reports from key accounts, identify in-season and future opportunities to drive sales performance.
• Re-forecast annual budget each month based on shipping trends, cancellations, reorders, off price, etc.
• Inventory management ensures adequate weeks of supply and sell throughs. 
• Assist logistics/customer service in tracking all RTVs from EOS and special agreements.
• Analyze and communicate out sales performance, inventory, and profitability on a monthly and quarterly basis. Lead in seasonal business meetings with majors accounts.
• Validate monthly and EOS profitability and maintain EOS projection.
• Create category and account level quarterly hindsight reports to drive strategic assortment decisions for future investments
• Report Daily Sales activity and reconcile daily sales to outbound warehouse shipping logs to ensure proper invoicing.  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 3 years of merchandise planning and inventory management experience. Wholesale experience preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree, fashion merchandising or business/finance degree preferred
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of an ERP system, NetSuite preferred.
• Organized and proactive, with a sense of prioritization and attention to detail
• Communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, in a fast-paced environment.
• Teamwork skills with the ability to manage cross-functional relations; work collaboratively to drive results.
• Solid understanding of financial measurements including: sales, gross margin, inventory turn, ST%, weeks of supply and how to impact them

BENEFITS:

• Base Salary
• Full Time Position
• Competitive salary
• Medical, dental, vision coverage
• PTO and Sick Leave
• Remote role

About DIFF

DIFF Eyewear is a rapidly growing and differentiated American based fashion eyewear company that offers unique and eclectic eyewear and accessories through Diffeyewear.com and at better department and specialty stores throughout the US including Dillard’s, Nordstrom, Tilly’s, and the Buckle. DIFF gained strong consumer loyalty through high caliber celebrity and brand partnerships, robust digital and social media marketing as well as its dedication for giving back to underserved communities around the world. Built on the principles that designer eyewear should be affordable, fashionable and socially-conscious.  For every pair of eyewear sold, DIFF has helped over 4 million individuals in need receive eye-exams, surgeries, glasses and medicine.

Diff Charitable Eyewear is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.