Company Description

Overview

SPANX isn’t your average company. We revolutionized an industry by challenging the status quo and putting the customer first. While we live in the fashion and retail world, we don’t obsess trends, rules or conventional ways of running a business. Rather – we set the trends, create solutions, and we obsess product with out-of-the-box-thinking and patented technology. Spanx is beloved around the world by customers and celebrities alike for our comfort-first approach to must-haves like shapewear, apparel, jeans, active, leggings, bras and beyond! We elevate women through product and empower them to look and feel their best. And we think we’ve only scratched the surface. We are a high-growth, innovative and ambitious company and we are embarking on an exciting trajectory of both digital and international expansion.

Job Description

About the role

As the Director, Wholesale Planning & SOP, you will oversee a team of wholesale planners forecasting both in-season and pre-season plans as well as leading and executing the Spanx SOP process. This includes directing the demand forecast models using insights from sales, merchandising, marketing, finance, supply, and market intelligence. In the SOP process, this role will own the creation, facilitation, reconciliation, and execution of end-to-end process. Success in this role requires leadership, strong analytical skills, influencing, problem-solving, and excellent communication abilities. You’ll play a crucial role internally and externally, contributing to Spanx’s hyper-growth journey as a key member of the Planning Team.

This role is based in our Atlanta headquarters, requires weekly in-office work Tuesday-Thursday, and reports to our Vice President, Planning.

You’ll love it because you will…

• Lead, empower, and inspire a team of engaged wholesale demand planners building sales, stock, and margin plans for their respective accounts
• Design, evolve, and execute SOP process that manages deliverables while maximizing revenue, margin, and inventory across the organization
• Be the communication guru, ensuring clear and concise discussions, updates, and decisions are taking place across functional teams
• Advocate for the consumer and customer, ensuring their experience and expectations are top of mind across the SOP process
• Manage and develop demand forecasts across multiple aggregation levels, categories, and time horizons, delivering demand plans against gross, net, and inventory strategies
• Create insightful metrics and comprehensive scorecards that turn data into action
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and seasonal hindsight analyses to uncover future opportunities, identifying product risks and opportunities down to size level
• Simply complex concepts through process and capability improvements
• Coach and lead for growth and development
• Champion feedback and align with internal and external partners

Qualifications

We require...

• 10+ years of relevant demand/merchandise planning across wholesale (preferred) and retail
• Experience leading and directing SOP/IBP processes
• A strong aptitude for working effectively in dynamic environments. This includes a proven ability to embrace new ideas and experiences, actively pursue learning opportunities, approach challenges with innovation and creativity, and contribute to and drive organizational change
• Exceptional communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to effectively persuade and influence others. A high level of confidence and ease in relating to others
• Initiative, exercising personal leadership, providing direction, and taking responsibility
• Proven focus on results, personal work goals, and objectives, coupled with a competitive drive for business and commitment to self-development and career advancement
• Clear analytical thinking, ability to address complex problems, effective application of expertise, and rapid adoption of new technologies
• Proven ability to adapt and respond adeptly to change, thrive under pressure, and resiliently handle setbacks. Must project a calm and optimistic outlook, providing stability and security to others during times of uncertainty and change
• Adherence to directions and procedures, plans proactively, works systematically and energetically, and delivers to predetermined standards
• Experience in building connections between individuals and teams, fostering a climate that encourages cross-organizational collaboration. A willingness to freely share connections, encourages team support for others and strives to maximize overall organizational benefit
• The ability to spark innovation within the network by introducing new ideas and challenges, promoting creative problem-solving
• Fostering collaborative problem-solving within the network and promoting collective decisions

Additional Information

Spanx is proud of our continued Progressive People Practices…

• Company Healthcare Plan: $0.00 out of pocket (Employee only benefit)
  Fertility testing and treatment are included in Spanx’s medical plans, even without the diagnosis of infertility.
• Parental Leave Policy: Primary caregiver receives 16 weeks AND will have the option to work a half-time schedule (20 hours per week) for up to four additional weeks with full-time (40 hours per week) pay.
• Mental Health Days:10 days
• 401K: Matched up to 4% with immediate vesting.
• PTO & Company Holidays: PLUS two full weeks of companywide closures (one in the Spring; one between Christmas and NYE)
• Flex Friday: Year-round half-day Fridays!

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.