Associate, Inventory Planning

The Associate Planner supports the planning and coordination of publishing programs, helping ensure titles move efficiently from planning through publication. The role involves maintaining schedules and title information, preparing reports, coordinating with internal teams, monitoring deadlines, and supporting commercial and operational planning. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable managing multiple projects in a fast-paced publishing environment.

What you'll do:

• Support end-to-end planning and scheduling of multiple publishing titles and seasonal programs, ensuring key milestones and deadlines are met.
• Maintain accurate title information, publication dates, pricing, formats, metadata, and schedules across internal systems.
• Coordinate with editorial, production, marketing, publicity, sales, and distribution teams to keep publishing projects on track.
• Prepare and maintain spreadsheets, reports, title lists, presentations, and planning documents for internal stakeholders.
• Track project milestones and publication deadlines, identify potential delays, and communicate schedule changes to relevant teams.
• Assist with sales reporting, forecasting, inventory monitoring, and commercial planning activities to support business objectives.
• Manage multiple titles and projects simultaneously while maintaining strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Update publishing databases and internal systems to ensure timely and consistent information across departments.
• Coordinate planning meetings, prepare materials, document actions, and follow up on outstanding items.
• Identify opportunities to improve administrative, reporting, and scheduling processes to increase efficiency and visibility.

What you'll bring:

• High school diploma or equivalent (Bachelor's degree preferred)
• Proven experience in data entry or inventory-related roles
• Basic knowledge of MS Excel and inventory management software
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills

The salary range for this role is $65,000

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

Macmillan is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, consistently striving to foster a culture where everyone belongs. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status, and background or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.