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HEAD OFFICE
Position: Merchandise Planner
Reports to:Director Planning & Allocations
Position Available: Immediately
Responsible for developing the initial financial strategy for sales, inventory, and profit down
to sub class level to achieve agreed upon financial targets for their respective departments.
Perform on-going assessments of business trends and recommend course corrections and
improvements and may translate corrections into allocation of product.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES
- Develop initial financial plans for sales, realized margin, inventory to the class/sub class level.
- In conjunction with the Buyer plan sales, GM, and turnover goals by managing inventory
and merchandise flow within company guidelines.
- Use planning/reporting tools to generate and analyze statistical data on area of
responsibility relative to performance and trend for period/year sales, margin, inventory & turns.
- Work with merchandising to determine and manage seasonal exit strategies and recommend
items for clearance.
- Partner with Buyer to assess business and analyze actual sales results to plan and
forecast in-season sales and inventories on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis.
- Analyze and revise financial performance.
- Develop skill set required to maintain integrity of the OTB within the planning system.
- With Merchandise Analysts analyze sub department allocations to maintain in stock levels,
maximize turnover and fill rates and minimize lost sales for all stores.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (Experience, Education, Training):
- 3-5 years retail planning, inventory management or financial analysis experience
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Ability to work well in a team
- Creative problem solving skills, analytical skills and strong aptitude with numbers
- Exposure to relevant planning, analytical, data management systems
- Excellent skills Microsoft Office Applications, specifically Excel
PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience with the Arthur planning system
Please email your resume directly to our Human Resources Department.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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