Job Details
Job Description
Role: Global Line Planner Team: Global Merch Planning Scope: Individual Contributor, P4 Years of
Experience:
5+ Location: Ventura, CA, Hybrid The Global Line Planner is responsible for seasonal global sales and inventory planning. They will evaluate current sales trends, sales history, and the competitive landscape to build accurate pre-season sales and inventory plans by region for select product categories, ensuring alignment to the Business Unit strategy and in support of the Merchandise Financial Plans.
The Global Line Planner provides insights regarding product sales trends, sales opportunities, inventory risk and the state of the global business to leadership and relevant cross-functional partners.
What You:
’ll Do Global Line Development & Initial Style Forecasts Build and manage pre-season sales and inventory plans by region to provide accurate style and color plans to support Merchandise Financial Plans, Business Unit Strategy, and Factory projections Participate in pre-season assortment planning process to assess product costs, anticipated margins, volumes, and retail prices to ensure the financial viability of the product line.
Work closely with Product Line Managers to build style and color assortment targets that bring product strategy to fruition Regional Partnership and Review Consolidate, analyze, and reconcile monthly regional pre-season forecasts to identify risks and opportunities, making recommendations for necessary adjustments relative to strategic initiatives and inventory positions.
Work closely with regional planning partners to understand their level of adoption to the global assortment and appropriately reflect this in the global pre-season projections Supply Planning Partnership Partner with Supply Planning to manage global monthly inventory buys, based off regional sales and inventory forecasts Manage and make recommendations on MOQ and MCQ (minimum style and color quantity) to minimize excess inventory and markdowns.
- Reporting Develop and maintain monthly, and seasonal performance reporting as needed, leveraging Company-supported tools.
- Identify opportunities to create process improvement and efficiencies.
- Present findings and operational results cross-functionally.
Ad hoc reporting and projects as required.
Who You Are:
Strategic - able to take various inputs to identify and quantify future goals Innovative - consistently striving for change and improvement Confident - not afraid to form and communicate opinions Collaborative - enjoys working with a broad and varied group of cross-functional partners, naturally forming strong bonds Dynamic - brings enthusiasm and passion Resilient - ability to adapt to an ever-changing and evolving environment
Experience:
You Bring College degree in a related field preferred or equivalent
experience:
Minimum 5 years of merchandise planning/demand forecasting/ buying
experience:
Excellent analytical and problem-solving
skills:
Working knowledge of personal computers with
experience:
in the use of such programs as Word, Outlook and PowerPoint. Advanced Excel, database, and reporting tools (i.e. Tableau/Power BI) required Strong organizational
skills:
and demonstrated ability to prioritize workload. Excellent verbal and written communication
skills:
Extreme attention to detail. Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships. Must be a self-starter with ability to work in a collaborative environment. Hiring Range: $125,000-$135,000 USD Annual At Patagonia, pay ranges are assigned to a job based on the location specific market median of similar jobs according to 3rd party salary benchmark surveys.
Individual pay within that range can vary for several reasons including
skills:
/capabilities,
experience:
, and available budget. Note the full pay range for this role ranges from: $$113,120-$169,680 USD Annual. The Hiring Range reflects where in the range we intend to hire for this role.
Benefits:
Patagonia offers a comprehensive
benefits:
package, including medical, dental, vision, retirement and leave of absence plans. Benefit plans may vary slightly depending on the nature of your employment. Workplace Location Overview This position is Hybrid, with a standard schedule of Tuesday - Thursday on-site and remote work on other days. Occasional additional office visits may be required for team events or critical meetings.
Employee Conduct It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers and vendors. Equal Employment
Opportunity:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law. Patagonia’s Mission Statement We're in business to save our home planet.
Our Reason for Being At Patagonia, we appreciate that all life on earth is under threat of extinction. We aim to use the resources we have—our business, our investments, our voice and our imaginations—to do something
about:
it. Patagonia grew out of a small company that made tools for climbers. Alpinism remains at the heart of a worldwide business that still makes clothes for climbing—as well as for skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly fishing, mountain biking and trail running. These are silent sports. None require an engine; rarely do they deliver the cheers of a crowd.
In each, reward comes in the form of hard-won grace and moments of connection with nature. As the climate crisis deepens, we see a potential, even probable end to such moments, and so we’re fighting to save them. We donate our time, services and at least 1 percent of our sales to help hundreds of grassroots organizations all over the world so that they can remain vigilant, and protect what’s irreplaceable.
At the same time, we know that we risk saving a tree only to lose the forest—a livable planet. As the loss of biodiversity, arable soils, coral reefs and fresh water all accelerate, we are doing our best to address the causes, and not just symptoms, of global warming. Staying true to our core values during forty-plus years in business has helped us create a company we're proud to run and work for.
To stay in business for at least forty more, we must defend the place we all call home.
