Assistant Planner

CBFM0046

Job Description

Assistant Planner

QVC Group

West Chester, OH

Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and amazing careers. QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands - QVC®, HSN®, and our four Cornerstone brands.

The Cornerstone brands deliver inspirations that help customers enjoy, enhance and celebrate life. Cornerstone comprises four interactive, aspirational home and apparel lifestyle brands: Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Grandin Road® and Garnet Hill®.

Your Opportunity, Your Team

• The Assistant Planner supports Grandin Road by forecasting product sales and trends at an item level while maintaining top line demand and margin goals for your category. Additionally, you will translate that sales forecast into purchase orders that achieve turn and end of year inventory goals. Assistant planners are also responsible for developing skills to analyze their business and make recommendations that can minimize inventory risks and increase category performance.

• You will report to a Sr. Planner.

Where You'll Work

• This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite at West Chester, OH, several days per month. Job seekers must reside in one of the following states to be considered: Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, or Pennsylvania. Relocation assistance is not available for this role.

What You'll Do

• Support Planning team (as assigned) with tops down and bottoms up fiscal demand forecasting and inventory planning

• Aid with pre-season sales and margin planning by sub-category

• Create/maintain weekly sales and inventory reporting for the category

• Partner with Sr. Planner to analyze and aid in identifying potential markdowns and see them through approval and execution

• Help with SKU rationalization by analyzing sales/assortment performance and make recommendations for keeping or dropping

What You'll Bring

• Minimum Experience: Bachelor’s degree in a financial or merchandising related field.

• Minimum Experience: 1+ year experience in planning, allocation or merchandising related field. 1+ years in a retail, supply chain, analytical level position relating to retail inventory management. Experience in direct to consumer.

#LI-Hybrid

Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you’ll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits.

QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at

[email protected]

If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.