Merchandise Planner

Creative Co-Op, Inc. • Memphis, TN

3d

About The Position

Assists in providing in-depth business analysis and replenishment activity in select categories to help achieve the Company goals across all brands.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing/Business or similar.
• Knowledge and experience with retail and import buying/planning.
• Minimum 2-5 years’ experience in sales, merchandising, inventory management or purchasing equivalent.
• Strong PC skills, especially strong in Excel.
• Self-starter, Able to work independently and self-solve.
• Exceptional math, analytical, critical thinking, and problem solving skills.
• High level of retention, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to travel domestically when necessary.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in purchasing, procurement, or inventory management preferred.
• E-Commerce experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Reviews sales trends, reviews and vets forecast data, and adjusts demand forecast as needed
• Analyzes demand by customer channel and brand.
• Works with the manager identify/support areas of assortment opportunities for all channels and all brands.
• Develops knowledge of products and trends across all brands.
• Responsible for demand planning and replenishment of select Ports/Countries of Origin.
• Monitors and provides guidance to Ecommerce and Key Account on inventory reservations.
• Assists in updating and understanding impact of adjusting sales and receipts maintained via the Open To Buy.
• Assists in identifying areas of promotional opportunity/long inventory.
• Reviews historical sales trends, prepares forecast for demand planning and replenishment.
• Reviews top items and program items for in stock position of inventory and partners with Procurement Specialists to issue Pos and monitor on time shipment.
• Assists in maintaining and updating forecasting tools and reports.
• Reviews and validates reorder quantity on a regular cadence for select ports and/or categories.
• Reviews weekly out of stocks and prioritizes top items to ship for all vendors, and notes weekly ship dates at item level.
• Maintains healthy in stock levels on all active and key items.
• Assists in Key Account and Customer Service Out of Stock requests.
• Assists updating product statuses and end of life inventory maintenance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level