Associate Merchandise Planner, .com Fragrance

Sephora • San Francisco, CA

54d

About The Position

Planning, forecasting and allocating products are the crucial first steps in the products' journey to our clients. It takes analytical, strategic, and results-oriented inventory management professionals to build our brand partnerships, forecast client behaviors and optimize inventory levels across our network. Operations and logistics complete the products' journey into our clients' hands. Our energetic and innovative team continuously improves speed and accuracy on our promise to our clients in a fast-growing and ever-evolving marketplace. It's one thing to create experiences -- but the key is in delivering them. As an Associate Merchandise Planner, you will manage Brand Planning for both pre-season and in-season timeframes to ensure SKU in-stock and DOH targets are met. Reporting to the Senior Merchandise Planner, you will be the financial partner with the Merchant to grow and drive business. In addition, you will…

Requirements

• 4+ years of Planning experience
• Excellent technical skills - MS Office (specifically Excel, Word).
• Contributes new ideas and finds solutions to business challenges in merchandising, operations and finance.
• Proven ability to interpret and synthesize data into intelligent business decisions.
• Must be detail-oriented, with strong organizational and task management skills.
• Clear and concise written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Good negotiation skills.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills; able to handle multiple priorities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, often-changing environment.
• Flexible, team player.

Responsibilities

• Create pre-season Brand Budget Plans partnering with Omni Inventory Planners, Dotcom and Category Merchants, and Vendors
• Develop New Brand strategies, projected sales, inventory by SKU needs, and order flow set ups for launch timeframe
• Open to Buy (OTB): Own accurate monthly in season OTB sales and Gross Margin. Present at monthly cross-functional OTB meeting
• Partner with Demand Planning on forecast alignment and strategy
• Partner and guide Merchandise Planning Assistants to prioritize newness/important orders, elevate and communicate delays in key launches
• Analytics: Analyze and validate sales and inventory needs for Key Initiatives, Animations and promotions. Conduct hindsight and key initiatives analysis on a regular basis
• Partner with Omni Planner to develop liquidation strategy on exit brands/collections or overstock
• Consistent communication with vendors on sales performance, in-stocks, and outstanding issues
• Validate productive assortment by analysis and recommendations of items to discontinue, and items to develop, within productivity guidelines in collaboration with Merchandising Team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Health and Personal Care Retailers
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees