Associate Inventory Planner- Lands' End School Outfitters

Description Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the duties, knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. If requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Develop, execute, and communicate demand forecasts and inventory plans for assigned lower complexity categories, programs, customers, or business segments. Support inventory strategies that align with customer service goals, account needs, merchandising strategies, sales objectives, and financial plans. Deliver pre-season projections, inventory recommendations, and early commit needs for assigned areas. Analyze historical sales, demand, productivity, service levels, inventory performance, and current trends to identify risks and opportunities. Recommend inventory actions that support sales, customer service, margin, fill rate, inventory turn, and GMROI goals. Monitor in-season business performance and update forecasts, inventory plans, and action steps in planning systems. Recap and analyze key financial and inventory metrics versus plan, forecast, and prior year. Partner with Sales, Program Management, Merchandising, and Sourcing to understand customer needs, account strategies, enrollment trends, product lifecycle, and selling expectations. Support inventory decisions related to buy timing, replenishment, product lifecycle, liability, and service risk. Communicate business results, forecasts, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to manager and cross-functional partners. Actively evaluate business results and recommend action steps to support achievement of plan. Participate in seasonal planning, in-season business reviews, and key cross-functional meetings as appropriate. Skills and Competencies Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to connect inventory decisions to customer service, sales, margin, and inventory productivity. Clear understanding of financial and inventory measurements, including sales, gross margin, GMROI, inventory turn, weeks on hand, weeks of supply, fill rate, and service levels. Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel required Experience with planning, ERP, and reporting tools such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP CAR, o9 Solutions, Oracle Retail, Power BI, or similar platforms preferred. Able to develop and maintain strong working relationships with peers and cross-functional teams. Strong listening, written, and verbal communication skills. Able to present business updates, risks, opportunities, and action plans clearly. Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities. Able to organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines. Demonstrates proficiency in core responsibilities and routine planning tasks. Works independently on routine responsibilities and requires limited supervision. Contributes to team projects and collaborates effectively with peers Education and Experience Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Merchandising, Analytics, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered. 2–5 years of relevant professional experience in inventory planning, demand planning, retail/business analysis, supply chain, merchandising, or related field preferred . Physical Requirements Ability to sit for long periods of time Rare lifting up to 35 pounds.