Specialist, Assortment Planning - NYC

Pandora • New York, NY

17h • Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Specialist in Assortment Planning within the world's leading jewelry company. The position is part of an exciting business area and works within an international organization. The Assortment Planning Team influences and partners with cross-functional teams from product development to go-to-market strategy and execution. The Specialist will primarily manage assortment building and item-level forecasting for the North America Market (NAM). This includes building and iterating an assortment range through analytics and assessment of market trends in styles and pricing.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Fashion Merchandising, Business, Marketing, Supply Planning
• 3-5+ years merchandising, planning, allocation or demand planning experience
• Best in class organizational and communication skills
• Passionate about product and industry trends
• Data-driven and fact-based decision maker
• Effective communicator with a clear point of view
• Team player with a positive mindset
• Agile in navigating through ambiguities and changes
• A strong understanding of strengths and weaknesses and ability to be self-aware
• Skilled in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Powerpoint

Nice To Haves

• In Store, commercial experience a plus (Store Leader)

Responsibilities

• Bottoms-Up Style level reporting and forecasting
• Using data and insights to optimize assortment by style, collection, product category, and any other relevant product attributes
• Manage end-to-end forecasting, item setup, and support wholesale selling of new products, as well as inform allocation and replenishment
• Partner with Merchandise Planning and Inventory Planning teams on the Open to Buy process, as well as inputs into demand forecast
• Effectively communicate product performance across teams in the NAM cluster and with global merch team
• Collaborate with marketing, visual merchandising, ecomm teams on go-to market strategies and product presentations
• Inform and influence sales teams on product knowledge and selling of focus products
• Ad hoc test and learn projects that further inform assortment strategy and/or commercial presentations
• Manage and optimize the assortment matrix, ensuring accurate product selection and strategic pricing across U.S. and Canadian markets

What This Job Offers

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