Associate Planner Jobs in Minnesota (NOW HIRING)

Brand Overview:
At maurices, we're all about feel-good fashion for real life. We're committed to our service with style promise and to offering affordable fashion that takes women from workday to weekend-and all of life's adventures in between. With inclusive sizing from 0-24, maurices is known for versatile styles across key categories like denim, dresses, tops, and more. We've been doing this since 1931, and today you'll find us in over 800 communities across North America and online at maurices.com. At maurices, it's more than clothes - it's where fun, friendship and fashion come together! We believe in putting People First - and that starts with you. We're a collaborative team that leads with kindness, values authenticity, stays curious, and moves with agility. We work smart, have fun, and support one another in a generously flexible environment that empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. We're headquartered in the heart of Duluth, Minnesota overlooking the beautiful shores of Lake Superior. Our original hometown offers the perfect blend of natural beauty, four-season adventure, and a vibrant college town atmosphere.
Ready to apply? We currently have an opportunity for a Associate Planner-maurices to join our team located at our Corporate Office-maurices-Duluth, MN 55802.
Position Overview:
Role Purpose:
The Associate Merchandise Planner is responsible for supporting in the creation, monitoring, and analysis if annual sales & inventory plans and forecasts which result in maximized profit potential. The Associate Merchandise Planner is responsible for pre-season plans and in season projections for key items/assigned categories and identification of opportunity and risk to optimize sales and profit.
Key Responsibilities:
Essential Duties and Functions:
Create and implement annual sales, margin, and inventory plans for assigned key items/categories:

• Support PLC timeline by initiating plan discussion and development and preparing for milestone meetings.

• Create and present financially sound key item/category plans through: research and analysis of data, appropriate interpretation of historical data, trend analysis, and collaboration with cross functional partners that support total company financial goals.

• Support Planner in validating alignment between Merchandise financial plans and assortment plans

OTB/Inventory management:

• Develops monthly reforecast of sales, and inventory plans for key items. Analyzes historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities and to make recommendations for action.

• Discuss and communicate forecast with team

• Attend OTB meetings, weekly cross functional meetings to understand trend and impact to key items/categories

Analysis:

• Weekly and/or monthly reporting - channel performance, core vs plus, etc.

• Management of key item ladders

• Average store analysis of categories & key items to support Planner pre-season & in-season process

• Promo planning/recap for assigned key items/categories

• Develop ad hoc analyses, recaps, as appropriate

• Understanding of how trends within your category impact the business as a whole

• Learn to use and update key merchandise planning reports such as Rolling Projections, Class Plan Recaps, Hindsight Documentation, etc.

Create and maintain strong partnerships:

• Positively impact and influence others and work effectively and efficiently with peers and cross functional partners.

• Clearly communicate and collaborate with key business partners including planners, merchants, planning analysts, allocation, and planning peers.

Education/Skills and Experience Requirements:
Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience is required

Experience:

• 2+ years of retail planning/allocation experience is required

• Working knowledge of computers with high level of proficiency in excel, word, and database warehouse tools.

Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills coupled with excellent organizational and communication skills.

• Ability to develop strong, effective cross-functional relationships.

• Ability to confidently assert his/her position, while using facts and data to support conclusions and recommendations.

• Open and agile to change.

• Strong presentation skills.

Location:
Corporate Office-maurices-Duluth, MN 55802Position Type:
Regular/Full time
Pay Range:
Annual Salary: $55,000.00 - $70,000.00
This position is eligible for an annual incentive compensation based on company performance.
How We Work: Our Smart Work program pairs the best of in-person collaboration with the flexibility to work remotely, guided by business needs and the nature of each role. Corporate associates work at least three days a week in our offices, with teams setting core days to brainstorm, build relationships, and move work forward. The goal is simple: help you do your best work, stay connected to your team, and maintain healthy work-life balance.
What We Offer: We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your health, financial security, and work-life balance. Full-time associates are eligible for a suite of benefits. Choice of three medical plans, including a PPO plan or High-Deductible plans. High-Deductible plans offer the option of a Health Savings Account, with employer contribution.
Additional benefits include Dental, and Vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare and Dependent Care), Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage, Voluntary Life, Spouse, and Child Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability coverage. maurices provides, at no cost to our associates, Basic Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability coverage, access to our Wellbeing platform with Personify Health, and an Employee Assistance Program available for associates and their families. After 6 months of employment, you may be eligible for our 401(k), which offers an immediately vested Safe Harbor matching contribution. maurices supports continued education with our Tuition Assistance program, available after 1 year of employment.
Associates also have access to PTO benefits, including vacation (with accrual or flexible options based on role), annual sick time awards, holiday pay, and two weeks of New Parent Leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement. We offer continuous opportunities for learning, connection building through Associate Resource Groups and for our Duluth based associates, free access to a state-of-the-art onsite Fitness Facility.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Company is committed to hiring and developing the most qualified people at all levels. It is our policy in all personnel actions to ensure that all associates and potential associates are evaluated on the basis of qualifications and ability without regard to sex (including pregnancy), race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability that can reasonably be accommodated without undue hardship, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. We do not discriminate in any of our employment policies and practices. All associates are expected to follow these principles in all relationships with other associates, applicants, or others with whom we do business.