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Director, Company Planning, Stores - Finance
Old Navy
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Forget what you know about old-school industry rules. When you work at Old Navy, you’re choosing a different path. From day one, we’ve been on a mission to democratize fashion and make shopping fun again. Our teams make style accessible to everyone, creating high-quality, must-have fashion essentials for the whole family, with love, season after season.
We opened our first store in 1994 in San Francisco and have been on a roll ever since. Today, customers can find fabulous fashion at affordable prices online and in one of our 1,000+ stores globally. Old Navy celebrates a workplace that’s just as diverse as our customers. Fun, fashion, family and value are at the heart of everything we do. We cultivate a community of playful personalities that thrive in a fast-paced environment where our employees can be their most authentic selves. Here, we’re family.
Old Navy – a brand for everyone a place for you!
Job Summary: A vital member of Old Navy Finance, this position leads the Global Old Navy Company Planning team which develops top down sales, margin, and inventory planning for North America Stores. The company planning team plays an integral role developing the annual operating budget & monthly forecast for sales, gross margin, and inventory metrics, while also helping manage a profitable commercial plan and sound in-season management. This team plays a vital inventory control role, managing the inventory line of credit process for Old Navy in partnership with the global finance team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Partner with cross-functional team to develop sales and inventory targets that support the Company’s Annual Operating Plan.
• Provide financially based recommendations for the Commercial Plan, including being the primary driver of top-line promotions.
• Create seasonal regular prices vs. markdown sales plans that reconcile merchandising strategies with the total company financial goals. Highlight risks and opportunities to plan.
• Participate in and lead many areas of annual, quarterly and long range sales, margin and inventory planning that supports financial goals.
• Develop in-season forecasts that drive the cross-functional team to maximize inventory productivity and top-line sales/margin while clearly communicating risks and opportunities to the Company forecast.
• Manage the inventory line of credit process for Old Navy.
• Deliver consistent and compelling weekly business updates that provide concise, fact-based diagnostics regarding business performance, thereby facilitating timely decision-making.
• Keep business partners updated on emerging issues and company strategies and direction.
• Provide analytical insights into customer behavior and effectiveness of strategies through ad hoc analysis and special projects.
• Establish a track record of clear communication up, down and across the organization.
• Take initiative and explore ways to better understand competitors, industry performance and macro-economic trends as relevant for development of financial plans.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA a plus.
• 7-10 years of work experience, preferably with inventory management and/or retail planning and forecasting experience.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, including ability to formulate business strategy.
• Exceptional written, listening, verbal, and presentation skills; ability to create and deliver presentations with clarity and impact.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and adapt work style/processes in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to work with a large amount of detail without losing sight of the big picture.
• Proven management and leadership experience.
• Emphasis on interpersonal skills, including the ability to lead influential conversations with executive management and to articulate financial concepts to business partners outside of finance in a clear and concise manner.
• Self-motivated: able to make quick, calculated decisions, follow through with responsibilities and be accountable for results.
• Ability to staff, motivate, and lead team of approximately six business partners and influence cross-functional teams.