Merchandise Financial Planner

Dollar Tree•Chesapeake, VA

8d•$66,000 - $78,500•Onsite

About The Position

The principal purpose of this position is to serve as the business manager for the category team and translate the merchant’s strategy and vision into viable plans and profitable results. Central to the role is developing and maintaining the merchandise financial plans to the sub-department and class level, including all financial analysis and OTB management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree (BA / BS / BFA) or equivalent.
3-6 years of related experience.
Strong analytical and financial skills.
Market and trend analysis experience.
Detail oriented with knowledge of retail math.
Strong ability to work in multi-task and fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Merchandise financial planning experience preferred.
Hardlines retail planning or merchandising experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Providing input to the Category Director and Category Merchants to define category strategy.
Developing merchandise financial plans by banners, channel, and country to the sub-department level.
Financial analysis in weekly and monthly performance reviews (OTB), analyzing and reporting on current trends in financial performance and managing category inventory levels against targets.
Providing input to the development of the assortment definition and product selection to support the category objectives.
Granting financial guidance to the Replenishment Analyst and Allocator to achieve the proper inventory levels required by location to achieve financial objectives.
Granting financial guidance to product development, assortment and item plans, and store clustering, ensuring alignment to financial goals.
Analyzing actual business performance relative to plans and trends, reporting variances to plan and forecast future expected results.
Proposing action plans to capitalize on opportunities and mitigate risks.