Associate, Assortment Planning- Mens Shoes

About the role

The Associate, Assortment Planner plays a crucial role in supporting the strategic development and execution of buying frameworks for a designated category. This position collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with top-line strategic and financial objectives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Director to develop and execute the buying framework for the designated category.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align with strategic and financial objectives.
• Assist in conducting thorough analyses of pre-market, in-market, and post-market activities.
• Craft and implement Private Brand line plans, considering historical performance and adoption rates.
• Contribute to style outs to ensure alignment with customer preferences and market trends.
• Absorb the allocation process, confirming store matrix, and applying Min/Max at the Style level.
• Foster a culture of excellence and collaboration within the Assortment Planning team.
• Foster an environment of acceptance and respect that strengthens relationships, and ensures authentic connections with colleagues, customers, and communities.

Pre-Market

• Support the development of by-store sales and turn plans aligned with annual financial targets.
• Inspect receipt flow plans, address variances with Financial Planning.
• Contribute to defining clustering strategies considering channel, tier/climate differences by category.
• Build and maintain category C-1 in coordination with the Divisional Merchandise Manager (DMM).
• Assess current season performance and determine future season replenishment assortment.
• Own Private Brand line plans, adjusting based on historical category performance.
• Provide support in evaluating breadth, depth, and productivity of the assortment.
• Collaborate in finalizing the 'shopping list' composition prior to market appointments.

In-Market

• Collaborate in quantifying Buyer's curated assortment by brand, style, channel, and store cluster.
• Ensure alignment with cluster financial targets and assortment framework.
• Identify duplication across styles and vendors during the style out process.

Post-Market

• Support conducting style outs in NuOrder or within the market cycle based on system capabilities.
• Address key style out questions, including customer attributes and tier differences.
• Confirm the store matrix and apply Min/Max at the Style level during the allocation process.

Allocation

• Contribute to confirming the store matrix as the first part of the allocation process.
• Aid in applying Min/Max at the Style level to ensure appropriate depth.
• Support in EDI allocations to vendors at least 30 days prior to In-DC dates.
• Inspect receipt availability before releasing orders.