CABELAS INC., recognized as the World's Foremost Outfitter of hunting and fishing products retailer, passionately serves people who enjoy the outdoor lifestyle by delivering innovation, quality and value to our products and services. As a superior retailer of outdoor sporting goods, Cabela's has 30 stores nationwide and a location in Winnipeg, Canada. With 140 million-plus catalogs mailed each year and worldwide Internet sales, Cabela's also owns the World's Foremost Bank and credit card company. This Planning & Inventory Manager position is located at the Cabela's corporate offices in Sidney, NE. We invite you to visit Cabela's at www.cabelas.com.

General Description: The Planning and Inventory Manager is a business partner to the merchants in providing analytics in support of assortment planning, location planning, key item planning, and allocation and replenishment of product. Ensures the Womens Casual Clothing; Womens and Childrens Outerwear; Womens and Childrens Miscellaneous merchandise planning process and in season business and inventory management for the company maximizes sales, enhances gross margin and improves inventory productivity. Soft goods experience in a high volume sku intensive environment (vs. a small specialty store with very narrow assortments).

Essential Activities & Responsibilities:

• Previous soft goods experience in a high volume sku intensive environment (vs. a small specialty store with very narrow assortments).
• Must have Planning, Allocation and replenishment experience.
• Excellent analytical, organizational and problem solving skills.
• Solid grasp of retail math and financial metrics.
• Knowledge of merchandise planning, forecasting, and inventory management best practices.
• Strong communication and team building skills.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams in a collaborative manner to formulate strategies and drive results.
• Experience using planning, allocation and replenishment systems like Retek, JDA, E3, Evant, or Arthur is preferred.
• Develops and maintains the global pod merchandise financial plans, assortment plans and item plans for areas of responsibility, translating the company strategies and vision into actionable plans with profitable results for all channels.
• Ensures product replenishment and allocation for maximization of sales and profit potential for all channels, managing productivity of inventory.
• Develops, reviews and manages company inventory and pricing strategies to achieve company financial goals and meet competitive standards.
• Accountable for the category level analysis of all product performance in all channels for their area of responsibility to support the weekly and monthly performance review processes MPR.
• Leads, trains and develops the Merchandise Planners, Replenish/Allocation Analysts, and Inventory Specialist.
• Partners with the Category Manager on the development and execution of merchandise and assortment strategies.
• Provides feedback on the assortment definition and planning, space planning, demand planning, and operational budgets. Provides input to the Category Manager on replenishment methods by vendor, i.e., cross dock, direct ship, DC replenishment and provides guidance on product lifecycle price management. Provides input to weekly/monthly performance reviews (MPR), identifying current trends in performance and changes inventory strategies as required.

Education & Experience:

• Preferred: Bachelors Degree plus three to six years previous equivalent experience required.
• Minimum: Include a total of five to eight years previous Retail Merchandise Planning experience in a Manager Role.
• Experience using planning, allocation and replenishment systems like Retek, JDA, E3, Evant, or Arthur is preferred.
• Advanced knowledge in the following computer programs: Microsoft Word and Excel, AS400, JDA, Evant, Enterprise Planning or equivalent planning system.