Merchandise Planner

Job Tasks and Responsibilities

• Build seasonal merchandise targets by channel / division / category
• Manage and share the Monthly OTB
• Build cc targets by category and reconcile throughout OTB and milestone meetings
• Partner to create pre-season, item-level sales and inventory plans that align with historical performance, merchandising strategies and financial targets
• Develop division specific channel line targets for core and seasonal products that ladder up to category goals by collaborating with Product team
• Analyze opportunity within SKU count to balance the right mix of carryover and new products to create strong channel assortments that build storytelling opportunity throughout season
• Create and refine assortment planner, ensuring growth targets, product distortions, and delivery flows for each style by channel supports seasonal targets
• Manage line planning “assortment planner” hand-off with Product & Planning in support of milestone meeting and purchase order due dates
• Re-Forecast item level plans in season for assigned categories; Ensure alignment and tops-down, monthly forecast and channel level goals
• Provide hindsight analysis and partner with merchandising on future product positioning and opportunities
• Coordinate, manage, and maintain inventory fulfillment for Amazon channel; Partner with third party to ensure profitability
• Maintain End-of-life Product and discontinued stock
• Analyze markdown sales and recommend pricing in line with financial targets
• Analyze size curves each season to provide insights on how to plan for future buys
• Update weekly reports and distribute to internal teams
• Generate purchase orders and coordinate with Operations team & suppliers on any PO change requests (pricing, quantities, etc.)
• Maintain Time and Action (T&A) calendars and update internal calendars to ensure alignment on most recent timelines/deadlines
• Ad-hoc reporting and analysis

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Planning, Business, or related field
• 3-5 years of related experience
• Merchandise Planning experience preferred
• Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite, NetSuite
• Strong financial and analytical skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excels in collaborative environment
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal skills