Category Planner - Men's

Job Title: Men’s Category Planner

Department: IM & Logistics

Report To: Senior Planning Manager

Location: Remote

Position Overview

Be part of a growing lifestyle brand as we build out our Planning team at Greyson Clothiers. As the Men’s Category Planner, you will be responsible for supporting the DTC and Wholesale inventory planning for both pre-season and in-season time periods. This role is highly collaborative, and you will report directly to Senior Planning Manager to assist in development & implementation of annual assortment strategies, maximizing sales and profits. This role will also work cross functionally to provide analytics and support to our DTC & Wholesale channels. This a remote position with occasional travel required to our Detroit, MI office as needed.
 
Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide analysis on trends and recommendations to influence cancellations, future purchases, and assortment strategies for the Men’s Business. 
• Analyze historic performance to identify areas of opportunity or risk in the DTC and Wholesale channels of business. 
• Deliver inventory recaps monthly to analyze performance, identify opportunities and develop recommendations that support the Planning and sales team KPI's.
• Establish appropriate processes & tools to review product assortments; providing data & analysis to support decision making and serve as subject matter expert for analysis of the Men’s business. 
• Assist in the development of annual, seasonal, and monthly open to buy plans
• Understand inventory flow plans, while keeping the turn and GMROI goals top of mind
• Partner cross functionally with production and fulfillment teams to implement consistent and profitable in-season replenishment strategies and practices.
• Assist in building pre-season class level forecast for Sales, Inventory and Margin in partnership and alignment with the DTC and WHSL channels
• Ability to adapt to a highly entrepreneurial environment and responds to changes positively
• Detail oriented; strong organizational and time management skills
• Working knowledge of NetSuite and Shopify e-commerce platform
• Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with all cross functional partners throughout the organization. 
• Demonstrate strong analytical and communication skills

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Fashion Merchandising or a related field.
• 3-5 years of merchandising, planning, buying, or equivalent experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of retail math and measure used in financial reporting.
• Advanced capabilities in Microsoft Excel, and ERP Systems such as Net Suite
• Experience in Ecommerce and DTC planning highly preferred
• Ability to think objectively and interpret meaningful themes from quantitative and qualitative data
• Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results.
• Demonstrated ability to constructive and effective relationships with a broad and diverse group of internal business partners.
• Effective in a variety of presentation settings including one-on-one, small and large groups, and with peers and Executives
• Demonstrates an ability to set objectives and goals and organize work appropriately to meet and exceed goals
• Can identify and articulate the processes necessary to get things down efficiently and align resources effectively complete activities
• Must be proactive, able to problem-solve independently, and possess ability to meet tight deadlines

Benefits:

Greyson is proud to offer employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Unlimited Paid Time Off Policy (Full-Time)
• Paid Sick Leave
• 13 annual paid company holidays
• Competitive employee discount
• Paid Family Leave Program (maternity and bonding)
• Company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage (medical, dental, vision) with company HSA contribution
• Tax Advantage Accounts (FSA, HSA, FSA Dependent Care, 401k (match targeted for 2025), 401k Roth

Greyson Clothiers was born from the vision of uniting fashion and sport. With the principles of the wolf at the helm, Founder and CEO Charlie Schaefer built a team founded on camaraderie, loyalty, strength, and community. By crafting products that can perform at the highest level through superior tailoring and construction, Greyson has shattered the idea that sport, tailored fashion, and functionality cannot coexist. In our pursuit to redefine modern menswear, Greyson welcomes all those who strive for greatness to run along with our Pack.