Company Overview
Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. The company ignites the passions of global sports fans and maximizes the presence and reach for hundreds of sports partners globally by offering innovative products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans, a global partner network with over 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, teams, players associations, athletes, celebrities, colleges, and college conferences, and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail business stores.
As a market leader with more than 18,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.
Purpose:
To plan and execute all retail demand plans, stock packages, review space, allocation and product ranging to maximize sales and profit in each store.
Responsibilities:
- Support the Retail Merchandising, Budgeting & Planning process for the retail stores.
- Create product range plan & accurate demand plans by product category/PID level to ensure a correct range plan/stock levels in store.
- Manage retail stock allocation process. Review and align with forecasted budget, MD.
- Produce trade reporting and ad hoc analysis in a monthly/weekly basis.
- Work closely with visual merchandiser to define layouts qty for kit launches.
- Regular store visits to review performance and gather feedback.
- Manage Inbound & Outbound stock flow for Retail.
Knowledge & Experience:
- Previous experience of working in a fast-paced retail environment
- Previous experience in Merchandising/Allocation/Demand Planner
- Proficient MS Office packages, including strong Excel experience
- Commerciality – constantly identifies opportunities to maximise business gains
- Problem Solving - ability to gather and interpret information, using creativity & logic to propose solutions
- Impact & Influence - ability to present facts, opinions & proposals persuasively to all
- Decision Making – makes timely, informed decisions taking account of facts, goals and risk
- Self-Management – can manage own time, resources, and prioritise to achieve goals
Key Stakeholders:
- Buying & Merchandising
- Retail & Events
- Warehouse & Operations
Benefits
This a great opportunity to join our fast-paced, dynamic and entrepreneurial business, and these are some of the benefits you can expect as an employee.
The chance to work with world leading sports clubs and brands- Working within a growing, fast-paced and forward-thinking business
- Birthday day off
- 40% staff discount
- Nationwide Theme Park discounts
- Bike to work scheme
We are an equal opportunity employer and celebrate diversity and inclusivity at Fanatics. Our commitment to inclusion drives us forward every day; across all races, gender, gender identities, age, sexual orientation, religion & spiritual beliefs, neurodiversity, disability and all identities of our people both current and future. If you have any requirement(s) for reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, and/or to perform essential job functions, please contact us.
Tryouts are open at Fanatics! Our team is passionate, talented, unified, and charged with creating the fan experience of tomorrow. The ball is in your court now.
Ensure your Fanatics job offer is legitimate and don’t fall victim to fraud. Fanatics never seeks payment from job applicants. Fanatics recruiters will only reach out to applicants from an @fanatics.com or @fanatics.co.uk email address. For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at www.fanaticsinc.com/careers
Fanatics is committed to responsible planning and purchasing (RPP) practices, working with its business partners across its global and multi-layered supply chain, to ensure that planning, sourcing, and purchasing decisions, along with other supporting processes, do not impede or conflict with the fulfillment of Fanatics’ fair labor practices.