**Our values start with our people, join a team that values you\!** Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off\-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth\. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high\-quality brands and on\-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings\. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience\. As part of our team, you will experience: + **Success\.** Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving + **Career growth\.** We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow + **Teamwork\.** We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution + **Our commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and our community\.** We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger\. We strive to be a positive force in our community\. Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide\. With 2023 revenues of $20\.4 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams\. **Assistant Planner** **About this opportunity\.\.\.** The Assistant Planner is a learning role that allows you to build a foundation of skills for your future career as a Planner\. As an Assistant Planner, we invest in you through structured training and one on one apprenticeship with a skilled Planning Manager\. You will begin to build your planning skills by contributing to the management of in\-season plans and building of pre\-season plans in support of regional strategies\. You will learn how to maximize sales potential and minimize risks at the region and store level for a specific business\. As an Assistant Planner, you will develop an understanding of key performance indicators, such as performance to plan, same\-store sales and turn, to support your recommendations\. You will begin developing critical relationships with your Planning team through in\-person interactions\. The base salary for this role is $68,000\. The salary listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees\. Other rewards vary by position and location\. **What you will do and what you will learn\.\.\.** + Review future plans based on historical performance and knowledge of future business conditions\. Supports Planning Manager in creation of initial seasonal plans + In partnership with your Planning Manager, prepare hindsight analysis and collaborate with Planning counterpart at key fiscal points \(e\.g\., events/holidays and quarterly\); Present performance recaps to cross\-functional teams and/or leadership + Propose recommendations to capitalize on opportunities and/or reduce risk for next season/year \(e\.g\., influence product flow changes to drive sales/reduce liabilities\) + Identify risks and/or opportunities by product and Region; Partner with your Planning Manager to propose recommendations to capitalize on opportunities + Work with cross\-functional teams \(Store/Region Planning, Merchandise Planning, and Allocation\) to drive business through product or store specific strategies + Review higher product levels to validate the mix of assortment within a region using additional reporting tools + Modify system generated Store level plans by resolving outliers, exceptions and aligning to business strategies **What you need to be successful\.\.\.** + Strong communication skills: You can "read the situation", you actively listen, ask clarifying questions, can weave a story out of numbers and demonstrate the ability to build relationships\. + Flexibility: You can pivot, are adaptable, and receptive to feedback\. + Results Driven: You are tenacious, and achievement focused\. You can prioritize your work and deliver it with accuracy\. + Intellectually curious: You can analyze and draw conclusions, are a critical thinker, and see the big picture\. + Resilient: You are persistent and persuasive\. You stay focused on your goals and finding systematic and creative solutions to problems\. + Analytical Mindset: Helping to drive a business calls for strong analytical, quantitative and Excel skills and retail math knowledge\. + Bachelor's Degree required\. **Perks and Benefits of joining our team\.\.\.** Our Associates are at the heart of everything we do and we're proud to offer a range of benefits that reflect how much we value their contributions\. Here's a peek into what you can expect as an eligible Ross Associate: + A broad range of affordable health insurance options & personal medical plan concierge + 401\(k\) with employer match and Life insurance + Ample PTO including accrued vacation, paid holidays, diversity day, summer Fridays and the ability to purchase additional vacation\. + Employee stock purchase plan + Access to health and wellness benefits such as BetterHelp and Headspace + Charitable donations matched by Ross Stores Foundation + And more\.\.\.\. \*benefits vary by level and position and are subject to change \#LI\-JM3