About this Associate Merchandise Planner role at Fashion Nova
ABOUT US
Fashion Nova is the world’s leading trend-to-market fashion and lifestyle brand with high-growth categories across its Women, Men, Kids and Beauty divisions. Renowned for delivering the most-wanted styles to millions worldwide, Fashion Nova earned the title of the Top 5 Most-Searched Fashion Brand on Google in 2022, alongside Louis Vuitton and Nike.
Founder & CEO Richard Saghian launched the brand in 2006, from a retail location in Los Angeles. After multiple store openings, Saghian launched the e-commerce website for Fashion Nova in 2013, pioneering a disruptive social commerce model of affordable, on-trend, size-inclusive clothing online – powered by an innovative, social media-first marketing strategy.
Today, Fashion Nova has amassed over 40 million social media followers, with annual sales of approximately $2 billion!
The brand’s name has been featured in chart-topping hit songs by Cardi B, Drake, 21 Savage, Saweetie, The Game, Tyga and Offset and its styles have been worn by many celebrities, artists and athletes including Meg The Stallion, Ice Spice, Chris Brown, Floyd Mayweather, Rick Ross, Kourtney Kardashian, and Kylie Jenner.
ROLE OVERVIEW
The Associate Planner supports the Merchandise Planning Team, while maximizing the financial plan of our business by respecting the category & brand objectives and direction. You will be responsible for anticipating potential problems and risks, and generating ideas, insights, and solutions to resolve potential problems. You will also partner with all operational and analytical divisions to achieve objectives.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the Merchandise Planning Team in building dashboards to forecast and to define the new KPIs (BUY, SALES, INVENTORY, MARGIN, AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE, AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE, AVERAGE COST)
- Work closely with other departments to align on seasonal strategy with a direct impact on sales and margin
- Provide weekly reporting on sales and margin for decision making and assortment |pricing improvements
- Build strong relationship with cross-functional buying teams and review frequently their investment versus the plan
- Follow-up samples evolution for financial purpose
- Support the Merchandise Planning Team in sharing sales forecast
- Prepare ad-hoc analysis to support the CMO as required
- Initiate|participate to business development projects
- Build clear presentations which include financial information and business strategies while delivering a clear message
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
- A minimum of two years of experience as in Planning within a Retail or eCommerce environment
- Experienced with managing an open-to-buy (OTB)
- Proficiency in Google Suite
- Highly analytical way of thinking, strong numerical|retail math skills
- Clear and effective written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills
- BA|BS degree in Business or Finance strongly preferred, or equivalent work experience.
- English, additional language(s) an advantage.
- Schedule of this position: Monday – Friday | Core business hours | Onsite
BENEFITS
- NEW state-of-the-art HQ upcoming in 2025!
- Formalized career paths for continued professional growth
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Comprehensive health insurance across Medical, Dental and Vision
- 401k match, with immediate vesting upon eligibility
- Weekly catered lunches & fully-stock kitchen pantry!
- Opportunities to travel for trade shows and vendor meetings
- Summer Fridays Early Departure
- Team bonding events and programs
- Attractive employee discounts!
Fashion Nova, LLC, and subsidiaries thereof, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are steadfast in our commitment to equal employment opportunities and pledge that these objectives are reflected in all aspects of our daily operations. We will continue to recruit, hire, train, and advance in employment qualified individuals in all job titles without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, status as a protected veteran, criminal history, or status as an individual with a disability; and shall not discriminate against any individual, any such characteristic, nor any other classification protected by local, state and|or federal law.
