Philadelphia Corporate Jobs

Interested in working at our Philadelphia Corporate Headquarters?

Join the hottest growing retailer in the area! We currently have over 113 stores open in 7 states and will have over 200 locations by 2011! For more information on Five Below, visit us on the web: http://www.fivebelow.com/.

Director of Business Applications

Five Below has an excellent opportunity available in our Center City Headquarters for a Retail Business Analyst to work within our Information Technology group.

Position Summary:

• Must be able to multi-task and juggle multiple priorities while ensuring successful completion of all items.
• Responsible for building a Business Support team.

• Responsible for all activities related to supporting and enhancing our supply chain systems.

• Act as an authority and subject matter expert on merchandising, supply chain and warehouse management systems- understand the business user's function and help them develop more efficient process/procedure.

• Anticipate and identify issues that may negatively impact business and develop/implement technology based solutions.

• Manage all aspects of IT projects including analysis, design, development, installation and implementation.

• Ensure our merchandising and supply chain systems meet current and future business needs.

• Work with IT vendors and other outside contacts on development and service relationships.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills required.
• Forward thinker who designs for not only current business needs but, plans for scalability and longer term solutions.
• Teamwork oriented- must be a team player willing to help others while also fostering their help in return.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years experience working for a retail organization.
• Minimum 5-7 year experience in IT related position.
• Minimum 2 years of management experience.
• Microsoft Products (Word, Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint) - required
• Experience on Island Pacific Merchandising Systems a plus
• Bachelor degree required in business or technology related field

Director of Merchandise Planning

Five Below has an exciting opportunity available in our Center City, Philadelphia Headquarters for a Director of Merchandise Planning.  The primary objective for this position is to align inventory plans with the organization's strategic objectives. The Director of Merchandise Planning is responsible for achieving sales and profit objectives for the Merchandising Department and will work in conjunction with the entire Buying team. This individual will be responsible for building the department and leading a team of Merchandise Planners.  Their responsibility includes but is not limited to the development and successful execution of topside and detailed merchandise plans at the company, department and class level.

This highly energetic individual will have experience in a fast growth environment with the ability to be hands on while also strategically building a department to support future expansion.

Additional job responsibilities are listed below:

Buying, Allocation and Replenishment

• Ø Ensures best practices for assortment planning and makes recommendations to support allocation strategies.
• Ø Provides analysis and research to support the creation of assortment/buy plans. Provides pertinent feedback to the allocator to support the development of store clusters for efficient allocation
• Ø Evaluates purchase order placement activity as well as the maintenance of and revisions made to purchase orders including responsibility for reorders
• Ø Partners with buyer to identify distribution and vendor logistics opportunities.
• Ø Define optimal vendor logistic order flow recommendations.
  
  Merchandise Financial Planning
• Ø Coordinates and participates in the business review.
• Ø Develops key inventory metrics to track and measure performance
• Ø Prepares sales & inventory forecasts and adjusts plans based on trend
• Ø Develop and maintain Dept / Class level plans in conjunction with Buying team
• Ø Reviews monthly receipt flow of dept / class level plans.
• Ø Develop key item ladder plans in conjunction with Buying team
• Ø Develop key seasonal / holiday plans in conjunction with Buying team
  
  Open-to-Buy / Analysis
• Ø Quantifies and monitors the OTB.
• Ø Analyzes inventory productivity and recommends adjustments to business trends.
• Ø Analyzes and recommends aging/exit strategies.
• Ø Identifies and recommends markdown projections.
  
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  Qualifications:
• Ø Bachelors degree required
• Ø Minimum 10+ years experience in retail planning and/or buying capacity
• Ø Minimum of 7 years of management experience
• Ø Self starter / entrepreneurial skills
• Ø Strong business and sophisticated financial analysis skills
• Ø Strong retail math acumen
• Ø Must be a leader and have experience building and developing a team
• Ø Outstanding communication and presentation skills
• Ø Excellent computer / excel skills

   Merchandise Coordinator 

Five Below has an exciting opportunity available in its Center City Headquarters for a Merchandise Coordinator.

This is a great opportunity to join a growing company and make an immediate impact!  The Merchandise Coordinator will support our Boys' Team (sports, games, multi-media, gag).  They will work with our Senior Buyer team and play an instrumental role in our future business growth.  This is a great opportunity for a new college grad with prior retail experience who wants to take the first step towards an exciting career on the corporate side of retail!

The Merchandise Coordinator will be responsible for supporting and assisting the merchandising team in the following areas:

• Product selection and purchase order entry
• Scheduling and coordinating vendor meetings
• Coordinate and maintain all sample areas
• Other administrative duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Must have strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Must have strong computer skills
• Must be a team player
• Bachelors degree recommended

HR Generalist

Five Below has an exciting opportunity available in our Center City, Philadelphia headquarters for an entry level Human Resource Generalist.

The successful candidate will assist the Director of Human Resources in supporting all Associates in our Philadelphia Corporate Headquarters, all Field Associates and all Associates in our New Castle, Delaware Distribution Center.  He or she will coordinate benefits enrollment and maintenance and manage the on boarding process for new hires. 

The successful candidate will perform numerous other administrative functions including but not limited to: EEOC reporting, manage the Five Below Newsletter, manage field service programs, complete employment verifications, labor law compliance and manage the Five Below Internship Program.

He/She must be able to multitask, prioritize, handle multiple projects at one time, and have excellent follow up skills.  Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, are a must.  The successful candidate must be high energy, responsible and be able to work independently.   This is a great opportunity for an individual looking to get their start in the field of Human Resources and wants to grow with an exciting company

Qualifications:

• A Bachelors Degree in Business or related field is required.
• One to 2 years of relevant experience is preferred.
• Must be proficient in all Microsoft Office applications.
• Retail Experience is a plus.