US Regional Planner
Your Journey
We create, empower, innovate, inspire, push the boundaries and most important of all, we practice what we preach!
Designed to enhance performance, Sweaty Betty workout wear is the perfect fusion of fashion and functionality. Tailored to sports from yoga to run, ski to swim, spin to tennis, our premium women’s activewear combines design innovation, technical fabrics and feminine style.
Born in 1998 in London’s Notting Hill, Sweaty Betty now has over 45 UK boutiques including concessions in world-famous department stores Harrods and Selfridges, plus eight boutiques and concessions in the US. Sweaty Betty is poised to grow in the US and there has never been a more exciting time to join our team.
Our US team is looking for a US Regional Planner who will wear several hats. With responsibility for both US store level planning and wholesale orders, this Planner will have a strong understanding of the US Sweaty Betty customer. They will have input into planning the Sweaty Betty range to meet her requirements in US retail boutiques. They will have a key role in driving sales and profit by optimising stock distribution to all US retail boutiques.
What You’ll Be Doing
Planning
- Work closely with the UK Product and Merchandising teams in the pre-season planning to ensure relevant US analysis and commercial ideas (e.g., product gaps, pricing) help shape range development
- Attend 50% Design Reviews and seasonal planning meetings and Manager Feedback meetings in the UK to represent the US customers’ requirements
- Develop and recommend seasonal inventory strategy for the US boutiques by analyzing buying trends
- Ensure a constant and thorough understanding of our US customer and market through store and competitor visits and store manager and ambassador feedback research
- Help to shape the SB range for the US based on US customer (sizes, leg lengths, etc.)
- Provide recommendations for initial buying quantities based on store-level planning for US market (e.g., big winners, hot stores, etc.)
- Complete ad hoc & regular analysis to present during planning meetings
- Monitor store sales performance and identify stock opportunities and risks
- Make recommendations for new US store opening packages & ensure stock packages arrive on time.
- Attend weekly Merchandising team meetings with UK team
- Regularly visit stores & build close relationships with managers
Other
- Determine clearance strategy for US product for end of season stock
- Report weekly highlights for trade meeting
- Deal with queries from stores regarding store allocations and special requests
- Collaborate effectively with all departments within the organization, both in the US and the UK
- Work with US Wholesale to determine product deliveries and styles
- Become an expert on our in-house retail system to be able to support stores and provide analysis
- Ensure store delivery schedule is appropriate
- Work with Visual Merchandising to ensure stock levels are in line with display strategies
- Special projects as assigned
Must Haves
- Ability to develop strategic direction but also be a trader who can react in the moment
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills
- Detailed-oriented and highly organized
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task to succeed in a fast-growing, team-oriented environment
- Proactive, flexible self-starter
- A true Sweaty Betty Ambassador, who adopts the Sweaty Betty lifestyle
The Extras
15 vacation days per year (excl. 8 federal holidays and personal and sick days); healthcare and dental insurance; generous clothing allowance, 50% off on Sweaty Betty merchandise, and lots more!