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Planning and Buying Manager Jobs in Los Angeles, CA at CULT GAIA
Title: Planning and Buying Manager
Company: CULT GAIA
Location: Los Angeles, CA
POSITION: Planning and Buying Manager
Company:Born in Los Angeles, Cult Gaia is known for beautiful heirloom pieces that will live in your closet forever. The cornerstone of Cult Gaia’s DNA is creating objects d’art that makes you look twice. Since its inception, CG has grown from accessories into a lifestyle brand, selling everything from ready-to-wear to shoes, a world of Gaia.
Job Summary:As a Planning and Buying Manager at Cult Gaia, you will play a vital role in supporting all in-season business management including reporting and inventory movements, as well as all pre-season related activities including OTB development, hind-sighting, order managements, buying and post buy recaps for our E-commerce and Retail channels
This is a key role in the planning and merchandising department and works extremely closely with production, finance, sales, marketing, logistics and the retail teams. This position requires a high level of organizational and communication skills.
Responsibilities:
Support pre-season plans and in-season strategies for all product categories
Manage all seasonal buys, reviews and order submissions on time
Own Icon monthly forecasting and reorder process
Support new store assortment selection
Own monthly (and all ad hoc) re-orders; including analysis, commutations, approvals and submission
Manage set up and communication of all retail’s daily breaks
Own Retail replan bi –weekly, present state of retail business in weekly meetings
Spearhead retail exclusive assortment with regular analysis
Manage recaps and analyze sales results to plan, forecast and LY in-season sales and inventories on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis for DTC
Develop and implement reports to analyze key items and categories; including color, size and fabrication
Support pricing and margin analysis
Support off-price sales by analyzing inventory and its health
Manage FarFetch business, from reporting to assortment selection
Run and distribute ATS reports, receipts for each warehouse
Analyze size breaks pre season and update size curves accordingly
Own reporting on omni inventory; manage omni transfers, PO’s and overall on time delivery
Manage all communications between Production/Logistic/Sales on all seasonal WIPs
Weekly Analyze inventory and present opportunities to wholesale teams
Execute inventory transfers between Ecom; retail and wholesale channels in NetSuite
Enter transfer orders between international warehouses in NetSuite. Ensure that this product is shipped on time and received at the destination warehouse.
Enter stock adjustments in NetSuite as needed to ensure inventory levels are accurate at all times.
Manually allocate urgent orders in NetSuite whenever necessary
Work with analysis team/IT department to streamline data and automate reports, as appropriate.
Participate in company and brand initiatives as appropriate
Qualifications:
Minimum 5 years DTC planning and buying experience for a mid to large sizes fashion brand or consumer goods company
Extensive knowledge and capabilities in Excel
Experience using NetSuite is an advantage
Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, including presenting complex material in an organized and compelling manner
Number driven, analytical, self-starter, solution-oriented, resilient, adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing …
