RETAIL INVENTORY PLANNER

Golfsmith International, Inc. is a multi-channel retailer of golf and tennis equipment, merchandise and training curriculum for consumers and golf club making businesses.  With over 1,800 employees worldwide, Austin-based Golfsmith currently supports over 70 retail superstores throughout the United States, distributes the Golfsmith clubmaker and consumer catalogs, and runs an online store at http://www.golfsmith.com/.  Golfsmith is in the midst of one of our most exciting periods of retail growth and expansion, so whether your passion is in retail operations, R&D, marketing, merchandising, finance or distribution we are looking to support our rapid growth with employees that want to make a difference.

 

Golfsmith offers a fun and energetic work environment, advancement opportunities, competitive benefits, 401(k) with matching, tuition reimbursement, and employee purchase discounts.

 

 Summary:   

Job Title: Inventory Planner

Reports To:  Inventory Planning Manager

 

The Inventory Planner is responsible for managing and replenishing the inventory of a key product category for all sales channels:  retail, catalog and web in order to improve inventory turns, in-stock, guest service, sales and margins.

 

 Job Responsibilities:   

· Plans, replenishes and allocates inventory for the assigned product category to retail stores, catalog and web.

· Helps manage open-to-buy of the assigned product category.

· Achieves inventory turns and in-stock objectives.

· Identifies, plans and executes effective product lifecycle management in partnership with merchants, sales channels and vendors.

· Indentifies unproductive inventories (i.e., discontinued, excess, etc.) and works with merchants and the sales channels to sell through these inventories in a timely manner.

· Works with merchants and store operations to analyze and profile store assortments and improve assortment productivity.

· Works with vendor community to ensure vendor compliance of PO delivery.

· Communicate with vendors, warehouse, logistics department and stores to ensure timely delivery of products.

· Helps the accounting department resolve any invoicing discrepancies.

 

 Essential Requirements and Qualifications:

· Commitment to superb Guest Service

· 3-5 years work experience in retail planning, buying or merchandising

· Proven analytical and problem solving abilities

· Business knowledge of retail inventory management, merchandising concepts and operations

· Excellent written and verbal communications skills; ability to work in a fast-paced team environment

· Computer literate, proficient on PC based applications to include Microsoft Excel

· Bachelor’s degree in retail, marketing or finance preferred

 

 How to Apply:

If you have a relentless commitment to winning and have an extreme passion for quality operations, we want to talk to you!  Please apply to this opportunity by clicking on the "Apply Now" link or visiting us in person at:  11000 North IH-35, Austin, TX 78753, (512)837-8810.

 

 Equal Employment Opportunity:

Golfsmith affords equal employment and advancement opportunity to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age disability, marital status, military or veteran status or any other protected class.  This policy extends to all Caddies and to all aspects of the employment relationship, including the hiring of new Caddies and the training, transfer, promotion, compensation and benefits of existing Caddies.