Philadelphia Corporate Jobs

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Five Below has a few exciting opportunities available in our Home Office located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 
Business Analyst

Job Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Must be able to multi-task and juggle multiple priorities while ensuring successful completion of all items.
  • Collecting and analyzing the project’s business requirements and transferring the same knowledge to development team.
  • Providing suggestions to the development team during the development stage of product to meet the client’s business needs.
  • Preparing accurate and detailed requirement specifications documents, user interface guides, and functional specification documents.
  • Communicating effectively with external clients and internal teams to deliver product’s functional requirements like screen, interface, and GUI designs.
  • Documenting the acquired results of analysis and workflows as well as obtaining sign-off from the appropriate client.
  • Designing and executing the test scripts and test scenarios.
  • Coordinating with the groups of business unit who test, validate, evaluate new applications and functions, and determine issues in services and software.

Interpersonal Skills

  • Collaborate within a team across departments: by supporting the organization’s needs thru relationships specific business units (Merchandising, Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Replenishment/Allocations, and Distribution)

Job Skills and Knowledge

  • Understands overall job responsibilities
  • Can apply responsibilities to everyday business situations without direction; prioritizes effectively
  • Results oriented and not task oriented
  • Able to perform a wide variety of tasks ; The ability to break down complex processes into simpler parts for analysis and improvement.
  • Detail oriented, organized, and able to manage time efficiently, effective communication and excellent follow through to ensure the achievement of personal and company objectives.
  • Results oriented, goal oriented, self motivated and customer oriented.

 

Inventory Control Accountant

Job Description:

  • Key inventory and accuracy liason with Store Ops, Allocation, Distribution Center and Management
  • Maintaining accuracy of Merchandise units and costing for the Company’s largest assets
  • Execute periodic cycle counts, including selection, results summary, issue identification, resolution and communication.
  • Periodic testing of inventory valuations, including weighted average costing and LCM evaluation.
  • Monthly reconciliations of perpetual inventory to general ledger
  • External inventory reporting including bank reconciliations
  • Internal inventory control testing and development, including distribution center, store and accounts payable process and procedures.
  • Coordinate and manage the annual physical inventory for both the Stores and Distribution Center.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • BS in Accounting required
  • minimum 2 years of relevant experience
  • Relevant financial experience with Merchandise Inventory
  • Solid analytical skills and internal control
  • Strong written/verbal communication skills
 
Buyer

General

  • Lead the development and assortment of specific category and product lines to deliver merchandise with great value
  • Select and deliver the trendiest product while achieving financial goals and staying within specific price points
  • Develop relationships with current as well as new vendors to capitalize on the hottest trends and deliver the most exciting new merchandise
  • Negotiate favorable terms and conditions with all vendors
  • Work with other members of the merchandising group on product development and implementation into existing store schemes
  • Perform in depth market research to identify the hottest product for the target audience

Departmental Process

  • The Buyer supports the department through management of the departmental paperwork, purchase order process, vendor communication, advertising process and planogram process.
  • Development and maintenance of the ad rotation chart.
  • Development and maintenance of advertising documentation and files.
  • Attendance and participation in advertising proof sessions.
  • Management of the departmental ad turn in meetings.
  • Inform vendors regarding ad schedule.

Database Maintenance

  • Coordinate initial sku and vendor set-up paperwork.
  • Communication and training of vendors in completion of paperwork.
  • Purchase order development.
  • Purchase order process management.
  • Responsible for database accuracy.

 Planogram Process

  • Assist in planogram development.
  • Management of planogram paperwork.

Skills/Competencies

  • Must possess a demonstrable knowledge of important trends evolving in the targeted market
  • Must have a significant knowledge of product development, planning, distribution and domestic and overseas manufacturing
  • Must be extremely detail oriented
  • Must have strong negotiation skills
  • Must have strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Must have strong computer skills
Qualifications/Experience

  • A minimum of 5-7 years of direct buying experience in a specialty or department store environment

  • Experience in off-price markets is a plus

  • Bachelor’s degree required

  • Must be willing to travel
 
Merchandise Planner

Job Description:

Pre Season Planning:

    • Provide historical data for key metrics (Sales, Receipts, Turn, MMU%, final GM%) and current trend on a Bottoms Up worksheet
    • Work with Buyer to decide by business how to plan the new season. (Grow, Maintain,Downtrend)
    • Create a flow by month in accordance with company goals.
    • Work with Buyer on Seasonal Planning to determine the buy quantities based onLY performance. Utilize store selling as well as market trend.
    • Provide Store rankings to Analysts for Allocation.
    • Provide Store rankings to Buyers for Assortment Plans.

In Season Planning:

  • OTB Reforecasting Sales and  Inv, insuring proper inventory for Basics, Key Items and Ad Items
  • Review Ladder Plans for Key Programs, make recommendations
  • Analyze Top Sellers (Top 200), Do we have enough on order
  • Analyze Bottom Sellers, Do we have too much on order
  • Analyze the Aging of Inventory, make recommendations
  • Monitor IMU% / MMU% Goals
  • Hindsight Review of Business
  • Ad Hoc reporting

Requirements:

  • Bachelors Degree
  • 2-4 years experience in Merchandise Buying or Planning Capacity
  • Strong Retail Math acumen
  • Excellent Computer skills, proficient in MS Office Suite

Senior POS Analyst

Job Responsibilities

The successful candidate will provide support for store users on POS, credit authorization, and any other systems related to store operations, as well as desktop support for the Corporate Headquarters and Distribution Center. 

Tools supported will include register applications, Microsoft Office, NT networks, Internet access and WAN connections for stores, etc.

Supporting hardware or software

Working knowledge of Windows XP and NT networking

 Rotating after hours on-call support required

 PC/Desktop maintenance, repair and support.

 Troubleshooting POS issues across multiple store locations

Interpersonal Skills

Collaborate within a team across departments: by supporting the Store Operations POS needs

Job Skills and Knowledge

Understands overall job responsibilities

Can apply responsibilities to everyday business situations without direction; prioritizes effectively

Results oriented and not task oriented

Able to perform a wide variety of tasks ; The ability to break down complex processes into simpler parts for analysis and improvement.

Detail oriented, organized, and able to manage time efficiently, effective communication and excellent follow through to ensure the achievement of personal and company objectives.

Results oriented, goal oriented, self motivated and customer oriented

Requirements

Certification, Associates and/or Bachelors Degree in Information Technology

2 years of POS/Help Desk Experience

 

Five Below is an Equal Opportunity Employer

 

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