Wholesale Planner
About the role
with paragraph summarizing that description (the brand description and role overview). Must preserve all substantive info; we cannot invent or summarize away detail. But we can combine sentences? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Means we should not omit details, but we can rephrase? Probably we should keep the content verbatim but can format as paragraphs. We can keep the sentences as is. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Now list responsibilities: after "Essential Job Responsibilities" there is a long list of bullet-like sentences separated by periods. We need to turn them into- . Each responsibility is a sentence. Let's extract them. The text after "Essential Job Responsibilities": "Update seasonal forecasts regularly in accordance to wholesale account projections, project launches and seasonal orders during the start of market In partnership with VP of Sales, Wholesale Directors, and Wholesale Controlling, develop seasonal merchandising sales plans by gender and category to align the budget Collaborate with Wholesale Directors on department store reviews prior to market and seasonal forecast projections. Participate in department store market appointments to gain product feedback and specific needs for each department store Manage all forecast projections by customer. Track wholesale order sell in vs. forecast to audit styles oversold by month and/or completely oversold and communicate all information to the wholesale sales team. Project permanent replenishment forecast and communicate to Supply Chain. Manage, analyze and Wholesale sellout data vs inventory on hand. Develop and present recommended sku counts and class plans prior to each market launch. Partner with Wholesale Operations to cancel orders due to being oversold Be extremely vocal to highlight to senior management all red flags in terms of planning, forecast and any situations that arise Perform all other duties as assigned and required to support the Wholesale, Finance and Ops teams. Adhere to all global schedules and deadlines Monthly analysis & reporting of external agent commissions." We need to ensure each bullet is a distinct
- . Some sentences have multiple clauses but okay.
Now Requirements/Qualifications section: after that we have "Requirements/Qualifications". Then list:
"A minimum of 2 years as a Buyer/Planner.
Wholesale experience preferred.
Strong retail math, analytical and organizational skills.
A team player, develop good relationships and communication with cross functional teams
Strong computer skills (MS Office, Excel, Power Point).
Must be advanced in Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, conditional formulas, nested formulas.
Must be able to compile large volumes of data with a high degree of accuracy.
Detail oriented.
4-year college degree."
We need to decide whether to split into Requirements and Qualifications sections? The instruction says use headings for sections like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, etc. The posting has a combined "Requirements/Qualifications". We could split into two sections: Requirements and Qualifications, but we need to ensure we have real specific content for each. The content includes both requirements (years experience, wholesale preferred) and qualifications (skills, education). Could treat as Requirements section for experience and qualifications for skills/education. But we need to avoid creating thin sections. Perhaps better to have one section "Requirements" containing all. Or we could have "Requirements" and "Qualifications" each with content. Let's see if we can meaningfully split.
Requirements: minimum 2 years as a Buyer/Planner, Wholesale experience preferred. Possibly also 4-year college degree? That's more qualification. Qualifications: Strong retail math, analytical and organizational skills; team player; strong computer skills; advanced Excel; compile large volumes; detail oriented. Could also include "4-year college degree" as qualification.
But the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe better to have one section "Requirements" that includes all. Or we could have "Requirements" and "Skills". Since they also list skills explicitly. Could have sections: Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills. But they also have "Core Values And Traits" which is like company values; maybe we could include as "About the role" or separate? The instruction says include section only when posting has real specific content for it. Core values is substantive; we could make a section "Core Values". But headings list only certain allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. They didn't list Core Values. So we should not create a heading not in list. So we must either omit core values or fold into another allowed heading like About the role? The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., implying those are examples but maybe we can use others? It says "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." Likely they expect only those headings. So we should not add Core Values heading. We could incorporate core values into About the role paragraph? But that would be adding content not originally there? It's already in posting; we could include it as a paragraph under About the role. That's permissible: we preserve all substantive info; we can put it under About the role. However, About the role likely should describe the role, not company values. But we can still include as extra paragraph; it's not violating. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we combine everything into About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Skills. Let's see. We have no explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule info. So we should not create those sections. Thus we will output:
About the role
... (brand description + role overview)
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Skills
if we want to separate skills from requirements. But we already have skills in requirements list; could split. Better to have Requirements (experience, education) and Skills (technical/soft). Let's split: Requirements: minimum 2 years as a Buyer/Planner, Wholesale experience preferred, 4-year college degree. Skills: Strong retail math, analytical and organizational skills; team player, develop good relationships and communication with cross functional teams; Strong computer skills (MS Office, Excel, Power Point); Must be advanced in Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, conditional formulas, nested formulas; Must be able to compile large volumes of data with a high degree of accuracy; Detail oriented. That seems reasonable. Now we need to preserve all substantive info: we must not lose any detail. Let's verify we captured everything. From About the role: we need to include the brand description and the role overview sentence: "The Wholesale Planner is responsible and accountable for the 6-month Spring/Summer and 6-month Fall/Winter merchandise planning and forecast by Sku for all styles in the wholesale collection for Men’s, Women’s, Footwear, & Leather Goods." We also need to include the brand description: "At the crossroads of fashion and sport, Lacoste creates and liberates movement. Both universal and timeless, the brand transcends cultures and generations, elevating the crocodile as a real sign. An iconic French brand present in nearly 100 countries, Lacoste stand out for its unique know-how in each of its areas of expertise, from garment factory to omnichannel distribution. At Lacoste, elegance goes beyond style. This elegance guides all its actions and its social and environmental commitments. Working at Lacoste is belonging to a community of 8,500 employees on the move to build the future. Committed to making equal opportunities a reality and to revealing potential, the company brings together talents from all walks of life, embracing their differences. Lacoste is one of the inspiring brands driven by passionate people within the MF Brands Group, alongside Aigle, Gant, Tecnifibre and the Kooples (http://mf-brands.com/)." We should keep that as a paragraph(s). Could be multiplebut we can combine into one
with line breaks? Better to keep as separate paragraphs for readability but still preserve content. We'll output multiple
under About the role. Now Responsibilities: we need to ensure we captured each bullet exactly. Let's list them precisely as in text, preserving punctuation. I'll copy each sentence: 1. Update seasonal forecasts regularly in accordance to wholesale account projections, project launches and seasonal orders during the start of market 2. In partnership with VP of Sales, Wholesale Directors, and Wholesale Controlling, develop seasonal merchandising sales plans by gender and category to align the budget 3. Collaborate with Wholesale Directors on department store reviews prior to market and seasonal forecast projections. 4. Participate in department store market appointments to gain product feedback and specific needs for each department store 5. Manage all forecast projections by customer. 6. Track wholesale order sell in vs. forecast to audit styles oversold by month and/or completely oversold and communicate all information to the wholesale sales team. 7. Project permanent replenishment forecast and communicate to Supply Chain. 8. Manage, analyze and Wholesale sellout data vs inventory on hand. 9. Develop and present recommended sku counts and class plans prior to each market launch. 10. Partner with Wholesale Operations to cancel orders due to being oversold 11. Be extremely vocal to highlight to senior management all red flags in terms of planning, forecast and any situations that arise 12. Perform all other duties as assigned and required to support the Wholesale, Finance and Ops teams. 13. Adhere to all global schedules and deadlines 14. Monthly analysis & reporting of external agent commissions. Check for missing: after "Manage, analyze and Wholesale sellout data vs inventory on hand." there is a period then space then "Develop and present recommended sku counts and class plans prior to each market launch." Good. Now Requirements: we need to capture: - A minimum of 2 years as a Buyer/Planner. - Wholesale experience preferred. - Strong retail math, analytical and organizational skills. - A team player, develop good relationships and communication with cross functional teams - Strong computer skills (MS Office, Excel, Power Point). - Must be advanced in Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, conditional formulas, nested formulas. - Must be able to compile large volumes of data with a high degree of accuracy. - Detail oriented. - 4-year college degree. We'll split into Requirements (experience, education) and Skills (the rest). Let's decide: Requirements: - A minimum of 2 years as a Buyer/Planner. - Wholesale experience preferred. - 4-year college degree. Skills: - Strong retail math, analytical and organizational skills. - A team player, develop good relationships and communication with cross functional teams. - Strong computer skills (MS Office, Excel, Power Point). - Must be advanced in Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, conditional formulas, nested formulas. - Must be able to compile large volumes of data with a high degree of accuracy. - Detail oriented. Check if any missing: we covered all. Now