Job Description:
Description
Haddad is a privately held family business with over 70 years of experience in the children’s wear apparel and accessories industry. Haddad is the leading children’s wear manufacturer representing the most iconic American brands in the world; Nike, Brand Jordan, Converse, Hurley and Levi’s. Our talented professionals are leaders in design, sourcing, sales, and global distribution. With over 15 locations and 800 employees globally, it is no surprise that we are already the number one children’s wear company in the world.
Overview
The Sr. Associate Planner will assist a Planner and the Planning team while assuming financial accountability for a specific account or brand.
Key Accountabilities
- Create the running weekly sales reports configure data and troubleshooting
- Manage and maintain the compiling of historical financial information on product performance
- Partner with sales on growth opportunities at all levels, which include brand, size range, category, style, color, and location
- Create the Pre/Post Seasonal Planning for specified accounts
- Manage and maintain the actualizing financial information to support departmental merchandise strategies
- Create the compiling of weekly shipping reports and maintain all documents to monitor performance
- Support the Planning and Sales teams on gathering all relevant data for meetings with accounts and participate in meetings as appropriate
- Distribute weekly reporting to all levels of management
Requirements
Required Skills/Abilities/Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Merchandising, Finance, or a related field
- Minimum 2+ years’ experience as a Planning Coordinator or Associate Planner (wholesale experience a plus)
- Excellent organizational and communication skills with attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
Consistent in-office presence is vital to the role as it is for all Haddad Brands team members so that we all have a full appreciation, aesthetically and tactilely, of the qualities that define our brand partners’ products and set them apart from their competitors.
