The North Face: Planner

At The North Face we dare to lead the world forward through Exploration. We were born to Explore, Disrupt and to Lead. We were born to Love Wild Places and to Spark Curiosity. We believe that exploration is a mindset - both on the mountain and off the mountain - and it infuses everything we do. As a community of explorers, we stay curious about new ideas, places, and people. 

So, before we get to the job details, take a minute to learn a little more about us – our values and our culture. If you can see yourself working side-by-side with a team of adventure-loving people, The North Face just may be the place for you.  

To learn more about our values and our culture, visit The North Face Careers or www.thenorthface.com.  

The North Face: Planner

What will you do? 

A day in the life of a Planner at The North Face looks a little like this. 

As part of the Global Merchandising Planning team, the Planner will support product and assortment planning across global and regional markets. This role will partner closely with Merchandising, Operations, Sales, Regional teams and Finance to build demand plans and provide insights that support the brand’s strategic, financial and distribution goals.

Let’s break down that day-in-the-life a bit more. 

• Support the development of analytical frameworks and reporting to inform merchandising strategies, providing quantitative and qualitative analysis of business and product performance globally and regionally.
• Provide SKU count recommendations based on historical trends, productivity and market opportunities.
• Build bottom-up plans by classification and channel at the style and color level, incorporating global insights, regional sell-in and sell-through data, historical trends and seasonal initiatives.
• Analyze product performance to identify opportunities and risks and support seasonal planning decisions.

• Support the development and maintenance of global and regional plans connecting sales and product strategies with Operations and Supply Chain.
• Partner with regional planning counterparts to develop and maintain global merchandising plans.
• Support seasonal merchandising plan handoffs to Forecasting and Operations, highlighting key initiatives, opportunities and risks.
• Maintain merchandising planning tools used to plan and track seasonal assortments and provide visibility to the Merchandising team and other business stakeholders.

• Support the development of seasonal revenue targets by channel and category aligned with financial and brand strategies.
• Partner with Merchandising, Finance, Sales and Operations and Demand Planning to support global and regional revenue and productivity targets and help connect forecasts with strategic product priorities.
• Ensure product merchandising plans by channel and category are aligned with financial targets and seasonal strategies.
• Manage data and develop recurring and ad-hoc reporting using Excel, Power BI and/or Tableau.

What do you need to succeed?

We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role, there are foundation skills you’ll need to succeed and excel. Additionally, while formal education in a related field is great to have, we are most interested in your 5+ years of experience and professional achievements.

The foundation skills you will need in this position are: 

• Strong Microsoft Office skills, with advanced Excel capabilities.
• Experience with product forecasting, merchandise planning and/or strategic planning.
• Experience analyzing retail sales, inventory or product performance.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate findings into actionable business insights.
• Ability to communicate analyses clearly to cross-functional partners.

There are also a few skills that are not required but preferred. 

• Experience with Tableau, Power BI or similar reporting and visualization tools

Now WE have a question for YOU.  

Are you in? 

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Hiring Range:

Incentive Potential: This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation: You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered, including this year's medical plan rates on www.MyVFbenefits.com  and by clicking Looking to Join VF? Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

Please note, our hiring ranges are determined and built from market pay data. In determining the specific compensation for this position, we comply with all local, state, and federal laws.

At VF, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. If you require accommodations during the application process, please contact us at peopleservices@vfc.com. VF will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals to the extent required by applicable law.

Pursuant to all applicable local Fair Chance Ordinance requirements, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, VF will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.