Merchandise Planner

Job Summary

The Merchandise Planner develops, executes, and communicates merchandise financial plans and strategies that support the merchandising and financial objectives of one or more departments offline or online. The role drives financial results that maximize sales, inventory and bottom line profitability.

Responsibilities

• Manage the financial success of one or more divisions/departments by meeting sales, gross margin and inventory productivity goals: pre-season and in-season management
• Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities by division/department and class.
• Collaborate with merchandising to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial and product opportunities by division/department and class.
• Create pre-season sales, gross margin and inventory plans by division/department and class that support product strategies.
• Reconcile top-down to bottom-up class plans.
• Recap and analyze actual sales results to plan, and forecast in-season sales and inventory on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
• Identify risks and opportunities to business and recommend strategies to achieve financial goals.
• Collaborates with Merchandising and Corporate Planning on OTB forecasts. Present financial forecast and supporting action plans in open to buy/monthly forecast meetings.
• Re-forecast sales and manage inventory for all basic styles to meet division/department financial goals.
• Together with Merchandising, communicate division level markdown recommendations and strategies.
• Participate in company and brand initiatives as appropriate.
• Communicate financial results, forecasts, and action plans to manager and cross-functional team on a weekly basis.
• Present financial plans, forecasts and strategies in key meetings.
• Collaborate with peers and cross-functional teams to ensure consistency of information, share best-practices and develop systems knowledge.
• Communicate financial results, forecasts, and action plans to manager and cross-functional team on a weekly basis.
• Support a collaborative, innovative, and results-oriented environment with peers and cross-functional team.
• Provide manager with timely feedback on personal developmental and training needs.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with members of cross-brand and cross-functional team (merchandising, corporate planning, production, DA, sales & operations, business units)
• Prioritize and set expectations around key deliverables with cross-functional team and peers.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years experience as a Planning/Inventory Analyst or equivalent
• 1-3 years of retail buying, planning or related analytical experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Facility with personal computers, including the ability or aptitude to learn technical applications quickly
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Demonstrates strong listening, written and oral communication skills
• Able to formally present business strategies and action plans
• Demonstrates logical analysis and problem solving skills
• Able to interpret current business results to identify key learnings and develop future strategies
• Possesses a clear understanding of financial measurements including: sales, gross margin, inventory productivity measures such as SSR (stocks on hand) etc. and how to impact them

Employee Perks:

• Hybrid: 4 onsite (Mon-Thu) 1 WFH (Fri)
• Flexible Schedule (earliest time in - 6AM)
• Life Insurance upon hire
• HMO upon regularization
• Leaves: VL/SL/BL/EL
• Joining Pair (Havaianas)
• Employee Discount and a lot more