Associate Merchandise Planner

Pacsun Careers•Anaheim, CA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Co-created in Los Angeles, Pacsun exists at the intersection of fashion, music, art, and sport. We’re a lifestyle brand built with and for the next generation, bringing together the culture, creativity, and self-expression that define youth today. Our curated assortment features some of the most relevant brands and styles in the world, including adidas, Brandy Melville, Fear of God Essentials, alongside Pacsun’s own labels and exclusive collaborations. But Pacsun is more than what we sell. It’s the community we build. This is Pacsun. Built with culture. Powered by community.

Requirements

Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in merchandising or allocation background overseeing planning at an item level within a large specialty retailer (100+ stores).
Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
Demonstrated logical analysis and problem-solving skills.
Solid understanding of financial measurements including sales, gross margin, GMROI, inventory turn, weeks of supply and how to impact them.
Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities; ability to organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
Ability to build and maintain productive relationships with peers and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Execute and make departmental merchandise financial recommendations and strategies that support the merchandising and financial objectives of multiple classifications for both retail stores and ecommerce.
Maintain strategic financial plans tied to merchandising strategies for both retail stores and ecommerce.
Make recommendations for planning sales, inventory, markdowns and margins at a department/class and/or program level.
Pre-season topside merchandise planning at a department/class level/style-color level, as well as in-season planning adjusting forecasts to trend.
Responsible for recommending pre-season class plans at the price type (regular and markdown) and weekly level.
Review analysis of business around risk and opportunities at division, class and/or program level.
Quantify in-season risks and opportunities and making the appropriate recommendations to merchant teams and management.
Partner with management, merchants and allocation in order to strategically move business toward increasing profit.
Review and generate monthly Open-to-Buy forecasts & supporting action plans as well as presentation of this data to Management and Cross Functional teams.
Recap and analyze actual sales results to plan and forecast in-season sales and inventories on a weekly, monthly, quarterly basis and ad hoc basis.
Work with merchants and allocation to determine and manage exit strategies recommending items for clearance and controlling aged inventory.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with Cross Functional team members; i.e., Merchandising, Allocation, Product Development, Store Operations, Visual and Finance.
Review historical data to determine pattern for future forecasting.
Performs other related duties as assigned.