We inspire purpose-filled living that brings beauty and quality to the modern home. Together, we achieve. Associates across our business drive results, innovate, and inspire. Drawn together by our shared values and passion for our customers and our brands, we deliver home furnishings that are expertly designed, responsibly sourced, and bring timeless style and function to people’s homes. From the day we opened our first store in Chicago in 1962 to the digital innovations that engage millions of customers today, our iconic brand is over 60 years in the making—and our story is still unfolding.

We’re here for it. We think you should be too. We’re looking for a driven professional with an inclusive mindset to join our team as an Associate Planner, Store Planning.

This is an on-site position (Monday through Thursday) based out of our Northbrook, IL offices with the flexibility to work remotely on Fridays.

The Associate Planner, Store Planning, analyzes store and market profitability as it relates to omni-channel inventory.  This role is key to supporting the goal of optimizing inventory by considering capacity and defining localized assortments based on location and market trends.  This role is accountable for meeting service-level, turn, and margin KPIs for the store channel.

A day in the life as an Associate Planner, Store Planning…

• Develop store sales, inventory plans, and new merchandise strategies in collaboration with planning, store, and finance teams to create annual budgeting by Store and Dept
• Align store assortment with merchandising strategy 
• Analyze store inventory and sales trends to support recommendations to optimize the breadth and depth of inventory, both pre-season and in-season, driving reductions in store inventory levels while maximizing revenue
• Recommend and maintain seasonal store attributes that support store tiers for assortment or inventory levels
• Create Display targeting by store tier to optimize turn by location 
• Review and approve store footprint with Planning, Merchandising, Visual, and Store teams to maximize sales per square foot to optimize store capacity 
• Support Store inventory-centric projects, new store openings, closings, and relocations 
• Provide and summarize actionable weekly and monthly reporting of sales & inventory performance for the store channel and by location
• Collaborate with the allocation team by providing analysis and direction to impact inventory deployment decisions

What you’ll bring to the table…  

• Proven analytical skills
• Highly motivated and results-driven
• Ability to summarize and communicate recommendations based on large sets of data  
• Possess a working knowledge of retail financial metrics
• Maintain a cooperative team environment that promotes high performance standards and attainment of goals
• Demonstrates strong communication via listening, verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Creative thinking, proactive attitude, entrepreneurial spirit

We’d love to hear from you if you have…

• A minimum of 2 years in merchandising, planning/allocation, buying, or equivalent experience 
• Experience with inventory management, IT systems, product pipeline process design, and promotional strategies
• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

Minimum Starting Rate: $60,000.00 Annually

Up to: $80,000.00 Annually

Pay ranges will be adjusted upward as needed to comply with applicable state and local law. In addition to your salary, based on your role, associates may be eligible for other compensation including bonuses, sales incentives, and long term incentives.