Wolverine World Wide Inc

eCommerce Planner

Wolverine World Wide Inc • $88K — $105K *
Rockford, MI 49341In-Person
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  • 5+ years planning experience in eCommerce/DTC/omnichannel
  • Strong analytical and financial skills
  • Advanced Excel and proficiency with BI tools
  • Deep understanding of retail metrics and digital KPIs
  • Experience with promotional and inventory strategies
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
  • Ability to leverage emerging technologies for efficiency

Responsibilities

  • Develop detailed forecasts for sales, inventory, and Open to Buy
  • Collaborate with Buyers to create merchandise assortments
  • Lead promotional planning and assess their financial impact
  • Conduct ongoing performance analysis and recommend actions
  • Ensure optimal inventory levels through analysis and forecasting
  • Maintain relationships across eCommerce and retail teams
  • Present business insights and strategies to leadership

Benefits

  • Flexible, hybrid work schedule with three days in office
  • Some travel opportunities
  • Focus on collaboration across teams
  • Engagement with emerging technologies in day-to-day tasks
  • A commitment to diversity and equal opportunity practices
Full Job Description
The eCommerce Planner drives financial planning, promotional strategy, inventory management, and business performance analysis, partnering cross-functionally to deliver key KPI metrics in a fast-paced, evolving eCommerce environment.

Primary Duties:
  • Develop department, class and key item forecasts including sales, inventory, receipts, and Open to Buy forecasts, ensuring alignment with business and financial targets.
  • Partner with Buyers to build assortments that support merchandise strategies and financial goals, including class mix, buy depth, inventory health and margin objectives.
  • Lead promotional planning and forecasting efforts, evaluating the impact of promotional events, pricing actions, and markdown strategies to drive profitable sales growth and inventory productivity.
  • Partner on day-to-day business management through ongoing performance analysis of sales, margin, inventory, demand, and digital metrics. Identify risks and opportunities, react quickly to changing business trends, and develop actionable recommendations to drive results.
  • Provide timely reporting, ad hoc analysis, and insights to support evolving business needs, leadership requests, and strategic decision making in a fast-paced eCommerce environment.
  • Analyze weekly inventory availability, ensuring appropriate inventory levels are maintained while partnering with demand planning teams on forecast adjustments and inventory optimization opportunities.
  • Maintain strong cross functional relationships across eCommerce, merchandising, marketing, and retail teams to influence decision making and achieve financial and operational objectives.
  • Present business performance, forecasts, risks, opportunities and strategic recommendations to leadership and cross-functional partners.
  • Performs duties consistent with the Company's AAP/EEO goals and policies.
  • Performs other duties as required/assigned by manager.


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
  • 5+ years of planning experience, preferably in an ecommerce, DTC, or omnichannel retail environment.
  • Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate real time data into actionable business insights in a fast-paced environment, highlight dynamic business environment.
  • Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with reporting, planning, and business intelligence tools.
  • Strong understanding of retail financial metrics, digital commerce KPIs, inventory management, forecasting, and promotional performance.
  • Experience developing promotional, pricing, and inventory strategies that balance customer demand, profitability, and inventory health.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to influence decisions across all levels of the organization.
  • Proven ability to build collaborative relationships and work effectively across merchandising, marketing, finance, planning, and operations teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to leverage emerging technologies, including AI-powered tools and automation solutions, to improve efficiency, enhance analysis, and support fast decision making.


Working Conditions:

Normal office environment. Some travel may be required.

Wolverine Worldwide has a flexible, hybrid work schedule, with three days in office and two days remote.

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About Wolverine World Wide Inc

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of footwear, apparel and accessories. The company operates through three segments: Wolverine Outdoor & Lifestyle Group, Wolverine Boston Group and Wolverine Heritage Group. The company's products are sold in over 170 countries and territories through owned operations, third-party distributors and licensees. The company's brands include Merrell, Sperry, Hush Puppies, Saucony, Wolverine, Keds, Stride Rite, Chaco, Bates, HYTEST and Soft Style. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Rockford, Michigan.
Learn more about Wolverine World Wide Inc
Size
4,400 employees
Market Cap
$808 million
Industry
Retail & Consumer Goods
Net Income
-$136.9 million
Founded
1883
5 Year Trend
-0.6%
Revenue
$1.7 billion
NASDAQ
WWW
* Ladders Estimates

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