Wholesale Planner

Perry Ellis International, Inc. represents a diverse portfolio of lifestyle apparel brands. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns and licenses nationally and internationally recognised brands including: Perry Ellis®, Original Penguin® by Munsingwear®, Laundry by Shelli Segal®, Rafaella®, Cubavera®, Ben Hogan®, Savane®, Grand Slam®, John Henry®, Manhattan®, Axist®, and Farah®. The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties, including: Nike® for swimwear, and Callaway®, PGA TOUR®, and Jack Nicklaus® for golf apparel.

Perry Ellis Europe core values:

• Always Learning - we believe in our knowledge to help give us the edge
• Always finding balance - we have experts in all areas to help us find the perfect balance of skills
• Always moving forward - we're always prepared for a fast moving world
• Always making things happen - we never rest on our laurels. We're always striving for better.
• Always looking for growth - we're always encouraging growth as a business, in careers and in life.
• Always for everyone - we believe in the power of diversity, the importance of equality, and the strength of collaboration.

We are looking for a Wholesale Planner to join our team at our Rivenhall End office. In this role, the job holder will be responsible for managing the flow of goods into the Company to meet Sales, Margin, and Stock targets.

Responsibilities:

• Own the process for seasonal buys and for making recommendations for replenishment purchases.
• Ensure each replenishment programme is satisfying forecast demand, reporting on monthly performance to management team and merchandising.
• Review monthly OTB to manage intake in line with budgets, reporting any variances and actions to be taken.
• End to end order ownership, reviewing order at risk reports, highlighting to teams where intake does not meet demand and making recommendations to ensure sales forecasts are met.
• Work closely with Purchasing and sourcing teams to ensure deliveries are on time, making any needed call outs to the Management Team for any air requests.
• Work with account managers to review customer weekly sales performance and make recommendations for replenishment into accounts where appropriate.
• Review excess and obsolete stock, making recommendations to liquidate non go-forward inventory.
• Provide merchandising teams with 'sell in' reports and attend lessons learnt meetings as required.
• Attend brand conferences and account meetings as and when required.

Qualifications (Key Technical Skills):

• Substantial work experience in a retail/wholesale/planning & buying focused role, ideally with a Sport or Fashion brand.
• Highly numerate and analytical with a pro-active approach and problem solver mind-set.
• Experienced in OTB management and forecasting.
• Effective use of Google and advanced Excel skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to create high quality, clear communication and presentations.
• Experience working with teams across multiple locations and regions.

Key Behavioural Skills:

• Highly organised and able to prioritise, plan and manage a demanding and ever changing workload.
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good team player and comfortable working on their own.
• Skilled at working with multiple, different level stakeholders and able to build strong partnerships and relationships.
• Comfortable with an 'always learning' approach. Always open to new ideas and fresh challenges.
• Passion for learning and developing new systems and processes including AI.
• Ability to work quickly, accurately and effectively under pressure.

Please note: Use of a car required due to Rivenhall End, Essex, office location.

Salary: £42-£44,000 per year

Benefits:

• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 2x life cover after probation
• Discretionary Christmas bonus
• Pension - 4% employee and 5% employer contribution

At Perry Ellis Europe, we are committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as a workplace principle and as a means to help measure both performance of existing colleagues and the suitability of prospective employees. Diversity is understanding that each person is unique. It means embracing people's differences, including their beliefs, abilities, preferences, backgrounds, values, and identities. Equity means offering rights and opportunities fairly, catering to people's differences so they are given fair access to opportunities. It means providing various levels of support depending on specific needs or abilities. Inclusion is an extension of equality and diversity. It means that all people, without exception, have the right to be included, respected, and appreciated as valuable members of the community. We understand that DE and I is an evolving field and therefore a willingness to learn is the key behaviour we would like to see from Perry Ellis Europe colleagues. Perry Ellis welcomes applicants from people of all identities and backgrounds. If you require any adjustments for your application or interview please contact the HR team at recruitment.europe@pery.com.