Global Merchandise Planning - Women's Train
About The Position
The Global Merchandise Planner – Women’s Train (Footwear & Apparel) manages and forecasts financial targets across global markets, aligning plans with Under Armour’s financial goals, market demands, and product creation. The role focuses on sustainably optimizing profitability for Women’s Train across geographic regions by analyzing sales trends, product, marketing, and regional strategies in partnership with product and merchant teams. The planner develops financial plans for assigned categories and regions, collaborates with global product and regional planning teams, and contributes financial and analytical input to product line architecture, product creation and design, and assortment optimization. The role analyzes historical data and trends to inform forecasts and action plans, communicates business risks and opportunities, supports product transition planning, and monitors performance against targets. It also uses AI-enabled analytics tools and coordinates financial planning with demand, inventory, sales performance, and regional channel plans. The position is based within commuting distance of Under Armour’s Baltimore, Maryland office or global headquarters. The return-to-work designation is four days per week in the office, with the remainder of the work week remote. Travel is 5–10% of the year. No relocation is provided, and no employment-based work authorization sponsorship is offered for this position.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field.
- 2–4 years of experience in channel planning, marketing, or a related role.
- Knowledge of merchandise financial planning, including exposure to scenario planning and long-range forecasting using financial plans and historical data.
- Knowledge of fundamental financial concepts, including revenue, costs, and profit margins, and how they relate to planning processes.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and communicate key data findings to non-technical teams, with guidance.
- Proficiency in data analysis and basic proficiency with tools for reporting and insights.
- Ability to identify problems and work with predictive analytics tools to support refinement of recommendations.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work within a team and support planning initiatives.
- Ability to interpret data and contribute data-driven insights to business narratives and decision-making.
- Must reside within commuting distance of the Baltimore, Maryland office or global headquarters.
- Travel requirement of 5–10% of the year.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the apparel or footwear industry.
- Experience with planning tools such as Blue Yonder or similar.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement financial plans for assigned categories and regions, aligning plans with global targets, regional consumer trends, and macroeconomic factors.
- Collaborate with global product, regional planning counterparts, marketing, finance, and other departments to align financial plans with business objectives.
- Partner with Global Product to provide financial and analytical input into slot line architecture planning, product creation and design, and assortment optimization.
- Analyze historical trends and data to optimize future forecasts and inform strategies and action plans; communicate business health, risks, and opportunities.
- Support marketplace product transition planning, build product ladders, and provide recommendations to channel and supply teams.
- Work with Regional Merchandising to provide financial input into assortment development.
- Track financial performance against targets, identify trends and variances, and recommend adjustments to improve outcomes.
- Use AI-enabled analytics tools to derive insights into top-down financial planning.
- Synchronize financial planning with demand and inventory across channels, ensuring alignment with sales performance.
- Collaborate with Regional Channel Planning to reconcile top-down and bottom-up financial plans.
Benefits
- Paid “UA Give Back” volunteer days to support local community initiatives.
- Under Armour merchandise discounts.
- Competitive 401(k) plan matching.
- Maternity and parental leave for eligible and FMLA-eligible teammates.
- Health and fitness benefits, discounts, and resources promoting physical activity and overall well-being.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
