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About The Position

Requirements

• Post-secondary degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of successful experience in a merchandise planning business unit
• Excellent financial acumen, strong analytical skills
• Demonstrated influencing skills with the ability to get things done
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Confident and effective written & verbal communicator
• Adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and use of ERP and Merchandise Planning systems
• Passionate about fashion and luxury retailing

Responsibilities

• Prepare and own merchandise plans that align with corporate strategy and deliver maximum full price sales and profit
• Build a strong partnership with merchant/buying counterparts, to collaborate on planning decisions and opportunities
• Produce and Interpret appropriate levels of end of season analysis to support optimising planning and buying decisions
• Manage plan integrity across all relevant hierarchies including merchandise, store and seasons
• Maintain plans across all relevant metrics including sales, markdown, margin, receipts and other inventory actions
• Manage in season performance through the reforecasting cycle to improve inventory productivity and drive profit
• Maintain forecasts across all relevant metrics and hierarchies to ensure a clear understanding of opportunities and risks
• Produce and interpret appropriate levels of in-season analysis to drive inventory recommendations & decisions
• Collaborate with merchant/buying counterparts to follow through on opportunities to mitigate risk and drive sales, full price sell-through & profit
• Work with Assistant Planners and Allocation Analysts to manage inventory levels to maximise opportunity across the network
• Where relevant, maintain accurate Demand Forecasts/Auto-Replenishment models and manage open to buy accordingly
• Manage markdown inventory and proposals on price reductions to drive profitable sell-through
• Collaborate with merchant/buying counterparts to identify slow moving items and propose markdowns
• Review markdown performance, liaise with stores and supply chain to drive opportunities
• Calculate and propose relevant further price reductions and actions to balance margin and off-price sell-through
• Work with buyers to produce a recode proposal that ensures optimised inventory performance
• Forecast and follow-up on performance of promotional, marketing and other events
• Make recommendations on event activity based on inventory performance analysis
• Predict sales and profit impacts and identify relevant inventory alignment and actions
• Produce analysis on event results and interpret future opportunities
• Take the opportunity to participate in and champion projects
• Develop the knowledge and skills of Assistant Planners and Allocation Analysts
• Collaborate with peers across planning to ensure consistent, best practice processes, systems and reporting
• Prepare performance presentation data where requested
• Present findings and results to cross functional audiences as required
• Build effective partnerships with internal contacts e.g. buyers, stores, supply chain, finance, marketing
• Develop processes, systems and reports
• Perform other duties as assigned

Benefits

• competitive total compensation
• generous employee discount
• pension
• health & dental benefits
• tuition assistance
• continuous learning and development