Free People Merchandise Planner

Urban Outfitters • Philadelphia, PA

68d

About The Position

Free People is looking for a Merchandise Planner who will maximize sales and profit by developing sound merchandise plans for one or more departments that support the company's goals for sales, turn, and margin.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a Planning or Allocation Analysis role
• Strong financial and analytical skills
• Results oriented
• Creative problem solver/ 'outside the box' thinker
• Strong communication skills
• Works well in teams
• Strong excel skills

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the success of one or more departments by meeting or exceeding sales, gross margin, and inventory turn
• Partnering with the merchants to monitor and evaluate sales of current styles on a weekly basis
• Collaborating with planning and merchant team to identify any business opportunities
• Partnering with the buyer and planning manager to effectively manage receipts and inventory
• Maximizing opportunities thru key item programs
• Clearly communicating and providing reporting and analysis to highlight important trends and/or support key initiatives
• Utilizing the OTB to drive business
• Partnering with allocation to understand store level strategies
• Building strong partnerships thru constant communication and collaboration with merchant team
• Taking trend and merchant direction and interpreting it into a profitable strategy

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• PTO
• generous employee discounts
• retirement savings
• and much more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees