As a Key Account Planner you will lead the demand planning function of our Account Planning & Analytics team for our strategic partners and will be a key stakeholder working cross-functionally with Sales, Merchandising, Sales Operations and our key accounts. The right candidate has a passion for product and a love for analytics. You can influence through data and are comfortable interacting directly with key accounts. Through a thorough understanding of supply chain dynamics, you will work to optimize our inventory levels for our key accounts, ensuring we are maximizing sales and profitability.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute Key Account financial plans to the Category level by month based on both current trends and historical performance.
• Consistently trend and forecast sales and inventory with high degree of accuracy.
• Partner with Sales and Key Accounts to ensure OTB discipline and react timely to business needs
• Provides guidance, bottoms-up reporting, and various ad-hoc analyses focused on maximizing opportunities and minimizing risk to support business strategies.
• Lead efforts in account-level SKU Assessments to recommend go forward assortments
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with internal business leads, customers and suppliers.
• Periodically travel to store locations to review product mix, obtain feedback, and analyze market competition and trends
• Attend customer meetings with team as needed.
• Coach, develop and inspire

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 or more years of merchandise planning or demand planning experience
• Strong understanding of retail math
• Expertise in complex Excel formulas using pivots, lookups, and macros
• Comfortable presenting data and using dashboards for storytelling
• Demonstrated ability to work in fast-paced, often-changing environment
• Ability to drive projects and manage project teams
• Experience in licensed apparel preferred

At Fanatics, we value transparency and honesty. If you don’t meet every single requirement, that’s okay – we still want to hear from you! We believe in the power of diverse experiences and talents. If you’re excited about the role and confident that you can contribute, don’t hesitate to apply. We’re genuinely interested in how your unique skills and perspective can help us build something amazing together.