Associate Demand Planner, Fragrances

Macy’s is a long-standing U.S. retailer focused on delivering compelling stores and products. The Associate Demand Planner (Fragrances) supports the Director of Assortment Planning by helping develop and execute the buying and assortment framework for a designated category. The role partners with cross-functional teams to align assortment decisions with strategic and financial goals across pre-market, in-market, and post-market cycles.

• Collaborate with the Director to develop and execute the buying framework for the designated category.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment to top-line strategic and financial objectives.
• Conduct and support analysis across pre-market, in-market, and post-market activities to inform assortment decisions.
• Support Private Brand line plans using historical performance and adoption rates.
• Contribute to style-out processes to align assortment to customer preferences and market trends.
• Support allocation activities including confirming store matrix and applying Min/Max at the style level.
• Pre-market: build by-store sales and turn plans aligned to annual financial targets.
• Pre-market: review receipt flow plans and address variances with Financial Planning.
• Pre-market: help define clustering strategies across channel and tier/climate differences.
• Pre-market: participate in building and maintaining category C-1 with the Divisional Merchandise Manager (DMM).
• Pre-market: assess current season performance and determine future replenishment assortment.
• Pre-market: establish bottoms-up targets for key-item volume drivers, trends, and newness.
• Pre-market: evaluate assortment breadth, depth, and productivity; help finalize the shopping list before market appointments.
• In-market: quantify the buyer’s curated assortment by brand, style, channel, and store cluster; identify duplication across styles/vendors.
• Post-market: support style-outs in NuOrder (or within the market cycle) and finalize changes after style-out and Buy Review; help send orders for allocation.
• Allocation: support EDI allocations to vendors at least 30 days prior to In-DC dates and confirm receipt availability before releasing orders.
• Participate in key process update discussions (assortment wedges, goals, risks/upside, clustering, breadth/depth philosophy, key door initiatives).
• Step in to attend market appointments when needed in the absence of the Assortment Director.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, acceptance, and respect across colleagues, customers, and communities.

• Strong analytical skills with ability to analyze sales data, turn plans, and financial targets to guide assortment planning decisions.
• Experience or knowledge in assortment planning, assortment strategies, and buying/merchandise planning processes.
• Understanding of financial planning concepts including variance analysis.
• Familiarity with allocation processes (store matrix, Min/Max at style level) and working with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to support style-out workflows; familiarity with NuOrder is beneficial.
• Comfort working in a retail category planning environment (industry: retail apparel and fashion; category: fragrances).

• Employment type: Full-time.
• Seniority/level: Mid-Senior level.
• Functions: Strategy/Planning, Analyst, Supply Chain.
• Tools/process notes: NuOrder for style-outs; EDI allocations to vendors; allocation timing at least 30 days prior to In-DC dates.
• Salary range provided: $79,440 to $132,360 per year (converted in this response to an estimated monthly USD figure).