Director Merchandise Planning and Replenishment

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Posted Date
03-22-2022
Job ID
23869
Job Function
Merchandising
REI City
Seattle
REI State
Washington
REI Location
Seattle HQ
Remote Eligible
Yes
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What's cool about this job

REI is committed to becoming a fully inclusive, antiracist, multicultural organization. To fulfill our brand promise of enabling a life well-lived outside for everyone, we are seeking candidates who demonstrate shared values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism. 

This job contributes to REI’s success by providing leadership and strategic direction to the planning and inventory management teams to optimize the financial results, inventory decisions and flow in partnership with other functional areas. The position reports to the Divisional Vice President of Merchandise Planning and Inventory Management. Work closely with the Divisional Merchandise Managers to set direction and priorities for the merchandising division that support REI’s corporate priorities and financial performance. Collaborates with supply chain, private brand, stores, digital, marketing and finance to understand cross divisional business needs. Models and acts in accordance with REI’s guiding values and mission.

 

Leading the Way

  • Identifies and communicates key responsibilities and practices to ensure the organization promotes a successful attitude, confidence in leadership, and teamwork to achieve business results.
  • Able to develop constructive and effective relationships with direct report team and cross-functional partners; able to maintain credibility and presence within the broader business.
  • Supports the implementation of company programs, procedures, methods and practices to promote REI key messages.
  • Challenges and inspires employees to achieve superior business results.
  • Ensures employees adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements.
  • Oversees training and development of employees directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions.
  • Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews for planning and inventory management team.
  • Provides coaching, direction and leadership support to employees in order to achieve department, company and customer results.
  • Establishes and maintains visibility within the department.
  • Monitors operational statistics, reports trends, variances and issues, and takes appropriate action.

 

Planning & Navigating

  • Lead all planning and inventory management strategies for multiple merchandise category shops of business: 20-30% of total revenue.
  • Creates and implements 1–3-year strategic business and vendor plans for achieving membership, activity, impact, financial and customer goals for the division
  • Aggressively drive current and future customer centric merchandising processes and systems utilization within areas of responsibility.
  • Leverage expert knowledge to establish, implement and maintain best practices methodologies for merchandise planning (pre-season & in-season financial, assortment, item, location and space), forecasting, inventory management via allocation & replenishment.
  • Provide leadership across all planning and inventory management functions concerning analysis, generation of actionable insight and resulting recommendations.
  • Directs division financial planning process ensuring bottom-up planning reconciles with company top-down direction.
  • Collaborates with Supply Chain, Retail/Digital and Marketing to deliver an aligned and reconciled company membership, activity, sales, margin and inventory plan.
  • Represents Merchandising in cross divisional initiatives and teams across the co-op inclusive of retail, digital, marketing, supply chain and customer insights
  • Facilitate clear communication between product management, stores, supply chain, digital, marketing, co-op brands, merchandise planning and inventory management teams.
  • Accountable for development of managers and talent review for area.
  • Supports initiatives to make REI a fully inclusive, multi-cultural, anti-racist organization.
  • Stays current on industry best practices in merchandising planning and inventory management processes.
  • Ensures business continuity plan is developed, communicated and aligned with company priorities.
  • Other duties as assigned.
Bring your passion and expertise

  • 8-10 years of Merchandising Planning experience including management, assortment planning, financial planning, item planning, location planning, inventory management (forecasting, replenishment and allocation) and analysis.
  • Expert Knowledge of retail, merchandising and end-to-end supply chain process in a multi channel retail environment.
  • Experience with supply chain management and inventory management systems preferred
  • Demonstrated success in leading efforts to maximize space productivity preferred
  • Experience leading and developing strategic direction for merchandising planning and inventory management processes, change management and business readiness.
  • Merchandising system working knowledge and experience: with SAP, Oracle, or other ERP system preferred
  • Advanced knowledge of cost accounting preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, supply chain, analytics, or mathematics preferred 
  • Builds capacity of individuals and teams through effective employee development, involvement, communication, and supervision efforts.
  • Creates a strong, mutually supportive work spirit and culture where people can do their best.
  • Establishes trust and inspires others.
  • Makes effective organization and people decisions in a manner consistent with REI's values and ethics.
  • Holds self and team accountable to deliver on agreed commitments.
  • Champions the organization and advocates solutions in the overall Company's best interest.
  • Uses business knowledge, innovative thinking, and sound judgment in the solution of problems or the pursuit of business opportunities.
  • Consolidates information from various sources including feedback from others to reach sound decisions.
  • Considers the ultimate impact of decisions and actions on internal and external customers.
  • Fosters change in company direction.
  • Effectively plans and executes changes.

REI hires, trains, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.  We remain deeply committed to making the Co-op a place where everyone can feel safe and be themselves. Join us. 
As required by applicable Pay Transparency laws, REI provides a range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired in locations under these requirements. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include a wide array of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic location or other relevant factors. The salary range for this position may be lower or higher in different markets.

The pay for this role is: $107,500 to $225,000 per year  
At REI we offer an enviable work environment that Fortune Magazine has recognized on the "100 Best Places to Work" list since the award's inception – 23 years in a row! Sure, we work hard, but it’s balanced with time off to play—a strategy that works for us as we continue to grow and thrive. Want to enjoy a workplace where you can be yourself, be heard and be respected while having a job that challenges you? This is the place.

With more than 160 retail locations (and growing), REI offers unique competitive benefits to its more than 15,000 employees, including healthcare, gear and apparel discounts, free equipment rentals and challenge grants to help employees reach personal outdoor goals, generous retirement plan contributions, public transit subsidy, adoptions assistance, paid sabbaticals, and more.

REI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Posting Range
$107,500 to $225,000 per year
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