At Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), we’ve been hiring friends since 1937—people who share our passion for helping customers feel right at home. If you share our vision, we invite you to be one of us! People love working here! Named one of Furniture Today’s Best places to work, and here a few reasons why: A FUN, stable work environment, with no layoffs in our history. A safe place to work and shop, development opportunities leading you to the career of your dreams and a culture that encourages volunteering and serving our communities.

Job Description: Your Piece of the Puzzle

Are you addicted to the thrill of creating? As NFM's Planning Manager you will be responsible for managing the Merchandise Planning team within the divisions. Drive the continued growth, evolution and development of the planning team and the division’s planning and forecasting process including; sales, margin and forecasting, annual budget development, business reporting and evaluating current business trends and new business opportunities.

Job Duties: A Day in the Life

• Be the Expert: Manage and improve the policies, processes and the buying process to meet the needs of the division, internal and external customers
• Leave your Mark: Develop long term strategies that lay out the plans for future growth and profit improvements
• Unravel: Collaborate and consult with Supply Chain, Replenishment and Allocation departments to effectively utilize the seasonal selling curves by region, climate and store attribute
• Collaborate: Collaborate with store operations, finance and merchandising teams to ensure alignment in all retail strategies
• Play Your Part: Establish a best practice for product flow for each quarter, season and year

Your work will directly impact our ability to help people create a lifestyle they love, for the people they love—because that’s what we love.

Qualifications: Can You Check These Boxes?

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, management, finance or related field required. MBA preferred.
• 7 years on merchandise planning or financial/business analysis, modeling and forecasting experience
• 7 years of experience in a retail environment
• 5 years supervisory/management experience
• Strong planning and buying experience with solid understanding of financial and statistical analysis of both
• Strategic leadership experience applying business and financial analysis skills and knowledge to solve business problems and influence decision making
• Computer knowledge to include Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word and Excel)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work nights, weekends and/or early morning hours based on business needs

Benefits: What’s in It for You?

As a full-time member of our NFM Family, you will enjoy:

• Same day pay - access to your earned pay on-demand, when you need it the most
• Competitive pay - generous annual increases up to 7%
• Inclusive culture – Because everyone who works or shops at NFM should feel right at home
• Health, dental, vision, life Insurance, short and long term disability
• Paid holidays (upon hire) and paid time off (after 90 days)
• Staff discount on merchandise (Collectively, NFM staff have saved almost $2 million on purchases in the last 12 months)
• Virtual and in-person career development opportunities at all levels
• Paid community volunteer opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• You’ll start saving for your retirement immediately in NFM’s 401(k) and you’re eligible for company match after one year. NFM’s 401(k) also offers Berkshire Stock as an investment option

Nebraska Furniture Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer


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