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Job Description
Job Title: Item Planner Team: NAM Allocation & Fulfillment Scope: Individual Contributor, P3 Years of
Experience:
3-5+ Location: Ventura, CA, Hybrid The Item Planner serves as a results-driven advocate focused on in-season item sales forecasts and inventory optimization. This role is responsible for updating inventory plans across distribution centers (DCs) and channels to support pre-season demand plans, as well as adjusting sales forecasts and bulk orders in-season to react to actual demand.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate and efficient inventory management and develop strategies to achieve channel sales and inventory targets.
What You:
’ll Do: Pre-Season Partner with Channel Merchants and Allocation teams to confirm pre-season demand forecasts by DC to inform Supply Chain and Supply Planning activities. Input DTC bulk orders into D365 to protect pooled inventory for DTC channels. In-Season Update current season item/color DTC sales forecasts and replenishment plans monthly based on trend and inventory availability.
Adjust bulk orders to align with updated sales forecasts.
- Facilitate cross-channel alignment for constrained inventory where supply is less than demand.
- Develop item-level discounts, promotional, and clearance strategies, including what-if scenarios, to achieve sales or end inventory plans.
Key Deliverables Weekly in-season DTC style/color reforecasts and insights. Monthly updates and summaries of DTC item/color sales and purchase/receipt forecasts and notation of bulk needs. Discount, promotional, and end-of-season clearance strategies and scenario planning.
Who You Are:
Analytical: Strong Excel
skills:
and
experience:
with statistical forecasting. Accurate: Impeccable attention to detail and comfortable validating your own work. Effective Communicator: Able to consistently communicate and relay pertinent information clearly across internal and external teams. Collaborative: Enjoy working with cross-functional partners, building trust, and fostering a positive team environment.
Flexible: Skilled at handling multiple tasks, meeting deadlines, and adapting to shifting priorities. Proactive & Prescient: Anticipate opportunities and challenges before they arise and act without being prompted. Confident: Comfortable forming and sharing opinions while prioritizing effectively. Dynamic: Bring enthusiasm and passion for our mission-driven work to “Save Our Home Planet”.
Resilient: Thrive in ambiguity and evolving environments.
Experience:
You Bring: College degree in a related field, Business Administration, Economics or Supply Chain Preferred Strong background in merchandise planning and inventory optimization, preferably within the retail industry. 3+ years of
experience:
in managing demand forecasts / forecasting sales, optimizing buy quantities, and analyzing inventory trends within the retail consumer products sector. Excellent communication
skills:
for collaborating with leadership and cross-functional teams including buyers, planners and allocators. A results-driven mindset, strong problem-solving
skills:
to develop effective strategies and the ability to identify opportunities for sales and inventory optimization. Self-starter with strong organizational
skills:
and attention to detail. Expert knowledge of Excel is required with
experience:
using demand forecasting and ERP inventory management systems (e.g., D365). Hiring Range: $100,000-$110,000 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: $90,800.00 - $136,200.00 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 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.
