Associate Merchandise Planner

David's Bridal•King of Prussia, PA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

At David’s Bridal, we empower our customers and our employees to stay true to their dreams and find the one, whether that means the wedding dress that matches her personal style—or the career that’s a perfect fit. We’re looking for leaders with diverse backgrounds and fresh ideas to help create a uniquely personal retail experience. Join a company that dominates the products in their category – 1 out of 3 being sold by them and taking care of them with one of the highest customer service scores in retail! We Make Dreams Happen! The Associate Merchandise Planner works in close partnership with a merchandise planner and a buyer to set seasonal inventory parameters and manage that inventory to achieve sales, turn, and return-on-investment goals. The Associate Merchandise Planner is responsible for independently managing assigned smaller volume areas of the business under the guidance of a more senior member of the merchandise planning team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or 3+ years related experience
3+ years Related Experience
Strong analytical and relationship building skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office.
Ability to communicate promptly and accurately via computer, telephone, or similar device with or without assistive technology.
Ability to perform sedentary work.
Ability to balance, bend, kneel, squat, and reach.
Ability to travel by car, rail or air.

Nice To Haves

Two plus years related experience in merchandise planning or buying, with comfortability in Excel and experience in Microstrategy a plus

Responsibilities

Responsible for managing monthly open to buy in assigned areas of business; advise demand planner and buying team on inventory metrics, sales, margin, inventory and promotional changes.
Make in-season recommendations/decisions on business approaches, including pricing, sales driving promotions, and inventory flow remediation.
Make pre-season inventory management recommendations including: assortment gaps, liquidation candidates, markdown/buyback requirements, mix of novelty/fashion, and benchmarks for productivity.
Analyze and contribute recommendations on cost/benefit of assortment expansion, changes in pricing or promotional strategies, extra services, special programs, vendor diversification, and company-wide expansions of inventory
Define inventory, in partnership with buying team that will achieve sales plan.
Present point of view on owned area of business in sales projection review and production planning review alignment meetings with demand planning.
Optimize markdowns and liquidations on underperforming merchandise.