About Christy Sports:

At Christy Sports, we help people #stepoutside - outside the predictable and expected walls of their comfort zone, and into a never-ending journey of progression. Driven by our unmatched passion for the outdoors, we are always advancing. In-store and online, within our industry, and with the communities we serve, we bring a spirit of innovation to every aspect of what we do. We were founded in Colorado in 1958, but we’ve been chasing adventure for much longer. Skiing and snowboarding isn’t just a job for us, it’s a lifestyle. No matter your level, we strive to give you the best experience possible and invite you to #stepoutside with us. Because when we step outside together, we step forward.

Headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado, Christy Sports is one of the leading outdoor specialty retailers in the nation with more than 50 locations in Colorado, Utah, Washington, and Montana. In addition to offering a broad selection of retail merchandise in its stores and through multiple e-commerce sites, Christy Sports is a leading provider of Rental and Equipment Services. During the winter off season, the Company operates highly professional outdoor businesses including Patio Furniture & Cycling to further inspire and enable Christy Sports guests’ healthy lifestyles, and to leverage its operational infrastructure and passionate employee base.

About the role:

Christy Sports is looking for an experienced Assortment Planner to help form our Assortment Planning team. This is a critical role to help us both transition from manual processes/system to fulsome use of our assortment planning tool and develop the ongoing process. As an Assortment Planner at Christy Sports, you will be responsible for working in our assortment planning tool to generate plans at the style color level. This extremely collaborative role consists of partnering with Visual Merchandising, Planning and Buying teams to create and maintain ideal store assortments across a dynamic range of stores and Ecommerce.

Essential Functions:

• Assortment Strategy and Guidelines

• Participate in the formulation of preseason strategies with Planning and Merchandising

• Actively participate in assortment development and review, providing data and analysis to help build new assortments

• Partner closely with Merchants on buy size and strategic open to buy investments

• Actively participate in Buy Review sessions with Merchant

• Assortment Planning (Initial Setup and Ongoing Maintenance/Analysis)

• Develop and Maintain store clusters and ideal CC targets at the Dept / Class / Subclass level with the help of Visual Merchandising, Planning and Buying

• Develop a deep understanding of the Assortment planning tool, inputs and levers to drive our assortment outcomes and inform ideal state process

• Support process mapping of current/future state process to transition to assortment planning tool

• Develop, transition and maintain data targets to fully utilize assortment planning tool

• Analyze store cluster information making recommendations by store based on volume and space and maintain store lists to reflect any changes

• Analyze historical and current data trends to identify risks and opportunities

• Create a financial view for assortment productivity

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Merchandising, or a related field preferred.

• 3-5 years Assortment Planning experience preferred

• 3-5 years of Retail Planning experience in any discipline

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Proficiency Microsoft Excel.

• Experience with ERP order entry / inventory management software a plus.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Detail-oriented and organized.

• A good human

• Passion for snow

Other:

• Hybrid schedule

• Travel Percentage: less than 10%

The Perks and Benefits:

• Free Employee Ski Pass

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

• Employer Paid Basic Life Insurance and AD&D

• Voluntary Life Insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match

• Paid Time Off

• Paid Parental Leave

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

• Employee Discounts (ski, retail, outdoor industry and much more!!)

Budgeted range starts at: $80,000 - $90,000 annually. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience.

**Bonus eligible based upon company performance indicators

WORKING CONDITIONS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. (Request help with heavy or awkward boxes/products). Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs and ladders, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.