Director of Planning - Apparel Industry

Posted on July 22, 2004 at 12:51:15:

Director of Planning for a Manhattan based Apparel Company

* Spearhead development and mangement of account plans by month, by season, by division. Identify opportunities and implement plans to improve turn and increase profitability.

* Develop door sales and stock by location analysis monthly and quarterly.

* Responsible for projecting and analyzing sales, markdowns, vendor margin, inventory levels and on order bookings by account, by size, by division.

* Develop, project and manage the Markdown Allowance Budget.

* Responsible for managing and reconciling authorized and unauthorized chargebacks to tie with financial documents in Accounts Payable.

* Work with sales and planning team in creating and managing the Markdown Schedules by division for department stores.

* Particiapate in Sales meeting and Market appointments. Establish and maintain communication with accounts regarding financial goals and performance.

* Manage and monitor weekly retail sales by account for all size ranges, for all divisions.

* Conduct End of Month meetings with President of Sales for each division to discuss current issues/opportunities.

* Coordinate and manage information to and from sales teams for month end performance and discuss implementation of future business strategies.

* Responsible for training and development of Planning team.

* Ad Hoc Analysis as needed for Senior Management.

Please call Pat at 973/283-1000 or email your resume to pat@thebrentwoodgroup.com.